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Date: 2004-08-01 21:00:42

Comment:

As a long time follower of the Batman I understand Wayne utilized a number of uniform "Batsuits". It appears the Batman Begins film is following the graphic accounts illustrated in "Year One".  I know from many of the comics Batman, in some instances detached his cape from the hood or cowl and uniform body suit. I applaud the authorities behind this film for a noble attempt to capture the ominous terror of the Dark-Knight. If Batman Begins succeeds -and I certainly hope it does, we should look for the Batman to enhance, accesorize or alter the uniform -including the cape as he finds necessary.
 As a matter of interest I think the Batman of the two 1940's films are not far at all removed from what Frank Miller conceived in the Dark Knight returns. There we saw an older -stocky Batman.
  If Joel Shumacher had passed on the ridiculous nipple additions, I thought Val Kilmer's suit was the most streamlined and stealth to have been conceived to date.
 The uniform of "Batman Begins" is supposed to be the forerunner or proto-type of that stealth model.

Bale's talent bring's the pathological scarring and engineering necessary to make this character work. He can set up the menace and intrigue even under all of the Batsuit's armored covering that others did not.