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How to Become A Real-World Superhero
utherdoul writes "Batman isn't from outer space and wasn't born with a mutant gene --he uses his riches, raw determination and technological know-how to equip himself to fight evil. So why couldn't the average geek do the same? I've written a story for Forbes.com that breaks down the Dark Knight's expenses and explains what it would cost to become a real-world Batman using commercially available training and technology." From the article: "Batman's suit is a modified piece of infantry armor built by the applied sciences division of Wayne Enterprises. It's waterproof, bulletproof, knife-proof and temperature-regulating. Paired with an impact-resistant, graphite-composite cowl and spiked ninja-style gauntlets, it allows Batman to protect himself against everything from swords to machine guns."
ans several years of your life for training.
The Bottom Line
Final Cost: $3,365,449
The Training: $30,000
The Suit: $1,585
The Belt: $290
The Car: $2,000,000
The Cave: $24,000
The Alter Ego: $1,109,574
The Butler: $200,000
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Actually there were 8:
:-)
1. Batman (1989)
2. "Batman" (1992)
aka "Batman: The Animated Series" - USA (promotional title)
aka "The Adventures of Batman & Robin" - USA (new title)
3. Batman (1966/I)
aka "Batman: The Movie" - USA (video box title)
4. Batman Returns (1992)
5. Batman Forever (1995)
aka "Batman 3" - USA (working title)
6. Batman & Robin (1997)
aka "Batman and Robin" - USA (alternative spelling)
7. Batman Begins (2005)
aka "Batman 5" - USA (working title)
aka "Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience" - USA (IMAX version)
aka "Batman: Intimidation" - USA (original script title)
aka "Batman: Intimidation Game" - USA (fake working title)
8. Catwoman (2004)
aka "Untitled 'Batman Returns' Spin-off" - USA (working title)
Although IMDB does say Batman begins is called Batma 5 so u are right... kinda
Warning, comments may not have been passed by the sanity department of my brain.
Well, that depends on how you define major injury.
- he has recevied wounds that resulted in broken ribs and broken arms (for that matter he has fallen from great heights in such a way that the reader would assume much worse);
- he has occassionally suffered the effects of neurological toxins which rendered him incapable of normal function;
- he suffered from a disease similar to vampirism that made him incapable of being out in the light;
- he has drowned to the point of needing to be resuscitated;
- he has been impaled and flailed to the point where blood poured out of his costume;
Now, I am not enough of a comics geek to be able to point out issue / page numbers, but I fondly remember these events from the pages of the comics I read in my youth. I always thought he was the toughest superhero because of the predicaments in which he would be placed by writers.
M
"Platonic", you ignorant poltroon! A "plutonic" relationship would be one you had with an igneous rock formed by solidification at considerable depth beneath the earth's surface.
One god, one market, one truth, one consumer.
I'm not sure if "brace" is the right word.
I took Airborne school in '93. We jumped T-10 'chutes. According to some random page I found with google, the terminal velocity of a T-10 with an equipped soldier hanging off of it is 22-24 feet per second (6.7 to 7.3 m/s^2). Sadly my Physics is too rusty to figure out the height from which an unrestrained fall would produce that velocity on impact.
Understand that this is a fall that a parachutist should be able to walk away from with some regularity. (In Jump Week twice a day on each of Monday and Tuesday.)
The strategy for walking away from this fall was, long story short, fall over on impact.
We were taught to make five discrete impacts with the ground, reducing the force of each. (For reference, the points are the balls of the feet, the side of one calf, the side of the upper part of that leg, the ass cheek on that same side, and the same side of the back.*)
Anyway, "bracing" one's self is likely to end in at least one broken leg.
-Peter
PS: Before anyone asks, yes, I'm a five jump chump . . . but at least I'm not a leg!
-P
The generally regarded LD50 (lethal dose where 50% of the involved die) for height is about 4-5 stories. I do a lot of trauma orthopaedic surgery, and I have to say that we don't get many people alive who've fallen more than 50 feet. We do get some exceptions, but just remember the good old E=1/2MV^2 rule - survivability falls off sharply at height greater than 50 ft (roughly 40 MPH).
..........FULL STOP.