By now you've seen the latest news about the modifications to the Batsuit which looks brilliant and makes sense at the same time (to do with the cowl and the rest of the costume being seperate elements that overlap). The latest news that has come out from the upcoming Nolan sequel is the batpod. Now Michael's not digging this and if you go down further neither is Joen, must be a Danish thing, nooch. The guys are missing the point here BIG STYLE. Nolan is a Brit. So what is the best selling British comic book? 2000AD. Who's the star of that little weekly magazine? None other than Judge Dredd. And I believe that is where the mystery of this whole design lies:
The design is most blatantly inspired by Judge Dredd. Where the 1995 Sylvester Stallone movie made a complete farce of the hog (they made it fly for the love of god), this design is wearing it's inspiration on it's sleeve and for my money (as a comic book fan) it's a great little nod to a character that has crossed over with Batman on NUMEROUS occasions, most notably in the excellent Judgement on Gotham with art by Simon Bisley.
The difference between the first Batman movies (which I actually rate) and the Nolan movie is that one is trying hard to be as realistic as possible, while the other is trying to be as stylish as possible. Each have their own place and I bet the affinity for the Burton stuff is because we all watched it when we were 10-12 years and Batmania was in full throttle during that year, but as movies stand, the Nolan movie stands WAAAY far above the rest of the Batman movies (we don't mention Batman and Robin.....EVER). A huge amount of thought always goes into his movies and just because it's a massive blockbuster doesn't mean he doesn't stay focused to make the ultimate Batman flick. That and I believe Bale is a much better suited Batman (and Bruce Wayne) than Michael Keaton.
I completely agree. I LOVE the Burton era Batman films (all except Batman & Robin which I know wasn't a Burton-helmed film). Still I love those flicks because never before had we REALLY seen Batman on the big screen. I both like and dislike the old 60's tv show. But that's another comment/post....
Anyhoo, the Christopher Nolan stuff is WAAAAAYYYYYYYY better. I think because Nolan concentrates far more on character development, the movie was allowed to soar to heights never before achieved. It'll be interesting to see where he takes Wayne/Batman in this next installment. And the Pod DOES look absolutely cool!!
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