Why foam rubber molding for the batsuit?
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glynis23-282-577521 — 10 years ago(February 26, 2016 07:15 PM)
Cloth version of the Keaton suit.
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HellboundHero — 9 years ago(July 03, 2016 08:56 PM)
They had padding but I doubt padding under spandex would have looked that great either. But consider that the suit was meant to be bullet proof/armor. Maybe they thought rubber would look more substantial. It seems like they stuck with that philosophy not only throughout the 90s series, but the Nolan series as well.
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glynis23-282-577521 — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 06:00 AM)
They had padding but I doubt padding under spandex would have looked that great either.
Why would it looked good back then?
They had no idea the rubber would restrict his movements, it was really thick, they tried to make it flexible in later films but the rubber could easily rip. TDK achieved the head movement by dividing the head cowl from the neck and the suit broken into multiple pieces of armor.
One problem about the body armor it gives away to his enemies he needs body armor, in the comics he has armor hidden under his suit. -
TMC-4 — 9 years ago(June 30, 2016 05:39 PM)
http://www.avclub.com/article/batman-forever-your-stereo-238785#comment-2759445056
Keaton was the only actor who made the rubber body suit make sense. I still don't like it, but it helps explain why no one would ever connect Bruce Wayne to Batmanthey aren't the same physical type. -
glynis23-282-577521 — 9 years ago(July 06, 2016 12:06 PM)
Get it was to bulk up Keaton, Burton was going through the trouble of distinguishing Bruce Wayne and Batman by having Bruce Wayne smaller and thinner than Batman. Drawback was it lacked flexibility, issue with the foam latex molding no matter how well you design the sculpt of the suit is that your pretending the material is something else, with the Affleck suit which still bulks you up it's like american football gear with the padding underneath fabric.
