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Date: 2004-04-30 23:24:35

Comment:

The costume looks cheap and unfinished... it's a good excuse to say that BATMAN BEGINS...

What in God's name is WB/Nolan/costume department doing??? The reduced ears look good in the animated series and the comics... the bat-fanatic in me is trying really hard to swallow this costume. Even though the ears are dwarfed again in recent depictions, the emphasis is laid on batman's "white-eyes'" expressions and what has been cut is compensated by the more than exagerated torso while a constant play is conducted on the shadows to give the dark knight a freaking aura that sends the signal that yeah it's time to pee in your pants...Here comes the BATMAN!!! So, am I mistaken or is this new supposed costume a carbon copy or ridiculous take of the black and gray + yellow belt of the latest batman animated series? Oh sorry the bat insigna is gray as well but elevated... come on!!! Show some bloody respect...

WB's poor vision and investment skills is going to destroy all DC characters (most of which are too old and childishly written to suit today's audience) in the long run... It is inevitable!!  Marvel is taking over and has more superheroes under its sleeve and has a clear vision of what its properties are and how they should be depicted.

WB's new Catwoman movie could work... but how can this property attract large audiences in the US- hopefully Halle Berry is sexy enough and makes an extraodinary screen performance to convince the ethnically conservative majority of fans in the US and perhaps lure a new audience!! WB has tossed  SuperMan in an abyss where he will never find his way to the big screen. Noone can play the man of steel, for there are no director(s) out there yet + gutts for injecting reponsible and creative investment that can pull it off. Just like the weak and childish DC storylines for the character, they just don't know what to do with it. Open-mindedly, Smallville's like Dawson's Creek + X-files + old superboy comics + whatever nonsense and teen flicks're out there (stupidly weak storyline, no respect for the intial characters.. due to lack of investment there's unnecessary emphasis on character development for new characters to stretch the storyline).

To leave on a positive note... At least Bale's unrecognisable under the head piece or helmet or whatever the hell you can call that despicable creation that looks like a frozen 3D rendering of Alex Ross's grinned batmask morphed with some Dark Knight comics influence that has gone terribly wrong suggesting that Batman has had unlawful relationships with Gargoyles on rooftops(gosh at least do something about the neck guys.. it's just all bloated out.. is that a tumour?? - Every frame shwoing the batman should be done with respect - learn from Raimi - you could have considered the fabric and technology used for the spiderman costume).
I love the new cape fabric though.. it looks like it enables flight and declines all allegations of being protective in nature. It's the only asset that could pull it off or perhaps Bale's acting... but that's me being polite. I hope it didn't cost millions to make this costume, 'cause this is a definite rip-off. (Hint - the same blunder that happened with DD's costume is being repeated here...you thought people would learn...see the consequences of shirking History classes)