Owl by myself no longer – Justice League (2017) Many Batman costumes are recognisable, but only the Sonar suit is an example of blending madness with style. Giger’s signature biological bend towards the bizarre may not have been used in Batman Forever, but his influence was certainly felt in the Sonar suit, a costume which oozes traces of his signature design flair.
Fun fact: Alien artist H.R Giger did some concept art for Batman Forever at the behest of director Joel Schumacher, and his designs were utterly mental of course. Beyond a wrist-mounted grappling hook, sonar vision and action figure tie-ins, I’ve got no idea what made this costume so special in the world of that film.īut outside of it? I adore it actually. Near the end of Batman Forever, Bruce Wayne’s collection of hawt rubber had all but been destroyed, leaving him only one prototype suit to wear into battle: The Sonar batsuit. Not a bad costume by any stretch, but sloppy seconds that smell vaguely of Val Kilmer’s hate don’t count for much on this list. Clooney’s stiff rubber costume wasn’t exactly original stuff either, but rather a blue-tinted version of the Panther suit from Batman Forever. Instead, it was a critical bomb that he still hands out refunds to whenever a fan complains of wasting their cash on a ticket to go see the flick back in 1997. His involvement in Batman and Robin should have been a defining moment in his career. Pure West, and the best batsuit according to Geoff at least.
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It’s campy to the extreme, yet somehow eternally iconic and a fantastic example of its age when TV was a lot less serious. And yet, no other actor could make this costume work as well as West could. A pair of tights that were perhaps a tad bit too confining for the man himself, a suit which didn’t exactly flatter the actually formidable physique that contained West. Those weird eyebrows, the tiny logo and satin cape. Pure West – Batman (1966)Īdam West’s Batman costume is a case of design being so bad, it’s actually good. And it just looks awful, 90s decadence at its worst and most garish in a film where Batman brandished a bat-credit card in his belt. Specifically, the Sonar Suit from Batman Forever which had been repainted with a blue tint and silver highlights for the final climatic scene against Mr Freeze, Bane and Poison Ivy. It doesn’t help either that the final costumes worn in Batman and Robin were a case of recycled rubber. While Batman Forever was at least a balanced mix of camp and seriousness for a mid-90s generation, Batman and Robin ran wild with its kid-friendly themes and created something that had people cringing themselves out of space and time whenever they saw it. Sweet Bill Finger, is there any redeeming factor in 1997’s Batman and Robin? No, none at all. At least Lowrey had a nice cape, which is something I guess? Ice to meet you – Batman & Robin (1997) Choosing the worst batsuit between these two is the equivalent of asking which eyeball you’d like to introduce to a blowtorch.īoth options are painful and blinding, reminders of a Hollywood industry that would cut any corner possible to save a few bucks if they could and crank out as many movies as possible before the well ran dry. Have you ever been invited to a costume party at the last minute, and decided to craft a fancy getup from the contents of your rubbish bin? Because that’s the feeling that I get whenever I see the monstrosities that actors Lewis Wilson and Robert Lowrey wore in 19 respectively.
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I can’t believe they were being serial – Batman (1943 serial), Batman and Robin (1949 serial) You’re going nowhere as I kick this feature off. Also the doors are locked and I spiked your drink with a mild paralytic agent. In as many words as possible, because I’m about to wax lyrical on the subject. So which suit is still the best then? Which combination of rubber, foam latex and the sheer hate-sweat of the actor trapped inside has managed to endure and become iconic over the years.Īs the official and fully qualified Batmanologist of this site, that’s a question that I’m more than qualified to answer. But throughout the decades, the suit has evolved and changed with the times.
Which is why I’m sitting here in a black rubber condom slowly melting away because dammit I will be the next Batman! There is no movie suit cooler than the Batsuit: A costume that has been on the big screen for more years than you’ve been alive. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have they say.
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