How the Batsuit Works

An anonymous reader writes "Batman's outfit plays a much more prominent role in Batman Begins than it did in the previous films. And a lot of the technology actually seems plausible. This HowStuffWorks article explains all its features."

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Real Stuff

[BobPaul]

I remember back in the glory days when howstuffworks.com used to have articles about actual products and phenomena. They still do that sometimes, right?
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Re:Hmm

[Tet]

This is an improvement over the only noticable feature of "has nipples" from previous Batman films

The suit was made by a friend of mine, who happens to be a big fan, so he put the effort in to make the suit look right. Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

The Batmobile is much more interesting

[Spodlink05]

Partly because it's insane and partly because all of the US manufacturers said it couldn't be done - so they made it in England.

Re:So is this movie actually good?

[ImaLamer]

Roger Ebert even gave it 4 stars (although he is admittedly something of a teenage boy when it comes to superhero movies)

That is true. Ebert said that Spidey 2 should win a best picture Oscar! Not that I don't like Spiderman but I thought both movies weren't that great - as far as movies go.

It's my opinion, I'm entitled to be wrong though.

Re:So is this movie actually good?

[caitsith01]

Easy tiger, no need to get all defensive-American on me.

I believe "Hollywood crap" can be contrasted with "Hollywood non-crap." There are a rare few action movies that are both smart, entertaining and well-made. For example: Ronin, The Matrix (I), The Crow, Aliens, arguably the first Spiderman (though I'm not totally sold on this). As for European action movies, I strongly recommend Enemy At the Gates, a very realistic and gripping war movie about Stalingrad. Watch it instead of assuming that nothing good and exciting comes out of Europe.

If I'm going to pay $15 (Australian) to see a movie I want to make sure it is worth it. I would rather pay to see a well made drama, be it European, American or 'foreign', than a bad action movie. Hence the question.

Re:Hmm

[RapmasterT]

The suit was made by a friend of mine, who happens to be a big fan, so he put the effort in to make the suit look right. Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

Sorry, I got to call BullSh*t on that one. No Batman comic ever suggested a batsuit anything like any of the movies. The comic suit was always a typical cloth, nothing fancy, foldup-stuff-it-in-a-sack spandex suit.

The closes thing to the movie batsuits was in the "NightFall" storyline where Azrael replaced Batman for a while and built his own armored and weaponed batsuit.

So dude, either you're full of it, or your friend set you up to look like a jerk.

Re:Hmm

[__aaclcg7560]

Bullets just bounce off of him.

That's Superman. Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller shows Batman seriously getting seriously wounded during a confrontation.

How kind of Anonymous Reader

[barakn]

to submit this story right before the movie comes out. There's a 99%$ chance that "anonymous reader" is an employee of the movie or ad industries or of howstuffworks itself. Thanks for giving a large corporation free advertising, Slashdot!

Re:Hmm

[westlake]

Why does it matter? He's Batman. Bullets just bounce off of him

No they don't. That Batman is a hero without superpowers is what makes him special.

Re:Cyberpunk gear

[Suddenly_Dead]

I don't exactly get the classification of "cyberpunk gear", but I did hear something about those sunglasses. More accurately, it's currently more like the other "head mounted computers" or whatnot, wearing a computer on your belt and some glasses over your eyes hooked up to it (though the glasses may be less dorky, can't remember too much). They figure that they'll eventually get it so useful information is displayed in the place of billboards. Weather forcasts or email or whatnot.

That's just one application of that technology though, and it's still probably not being commercially produced.

Re:You're actually right about the kryptonite

[JahToasted]

Yup. And in the Hush series Poison Ivy took over Superman's mind and Batman had to use the kryptonite. That was actually an excellent comic (Batman #612), but then I always enjoy seeing Batman slap around Superman.

Batman: He [superman] is the best at what he does.
Catwoman: That's open to debate
Batman: I said he's the best at what he does, not at what I do.

Re:I really hope they do real articles too

[Bortal]

Make your own how-to-pages on wikiHow then: http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page

Though how-to and how-stuff-works aren't exactly the same, but enough close for me.

Damn, I missed that one

[Toxygen]

Sounds like a great story, sadly my readership mostly spanned the 500s. Superman/Batman stories were always among my favorites, the two just complement each other so well. Batman was Malcom X to Superman's Martin Luther King.

One of my favorite bat-quotes:

Robin: You know where every sewer pipe goes?
Batman: I don't say it's my city just because I live here.

Utility Belt?

[stuffduff]

The one feature of both Batman and Star Wars was the Utility Belt. We have Cell Phones, Pagers, PDAs, Music Players, Multi-Tools, and the list is growing. It will be quite a while before we can expect an all in one tool that will do it all. It takes a while after dressing to load up the belt with all this stuff and cram the extra media in the pocket along with wallet and keys. I've often thought that it would be nice to just have a Utility Belt that could hold all the stuff and be ready at a moments notice.

On a somewhat related matter, the physician's vest in Event Horizon also seems like a good idea. I'm considering a 'Red Green' and modifying a fishing vest to accommodate the usual tools I use for PC repair for family and friends. Just slip it on and I'm ready to tackle hardware and software problems!