I only have two questions for you, JKR.
1) Why are you letting yourself become so defensive about the suit? It's not as if you designed it. People are entitled to like or dislike what they want.
2) Why raise a deliberate straw man argument by bringing Schumacher's abomination into the debate? The statement that one dislikes the new costume design in no way infers that one prefers (or even likes, on any level) the Schumacher design.
Personally, I tend to agree with Irish on the costume. It seems excessive, and deliberately so, in a yet another vain attempt to make Batman less of a superhero, and more of a supposed, "gritty, realistic" vigilante.
Between that, the new batcycle, and the new Joker character design, which I find the complete opposite of what I want to see in the Joker, I am really wondering why they are bothering to advertise this as having anything to do with Batman at all. At this point, unless something changes drastically between now and next spring, I can pretty much guarantee that I will be staying far, far away from the theater where this "film" is playing.
1)I'm not. I'm just asking why he is saying it's overblown and comparing it to the Shumacher suits, which, IMHO, didn't do crap except fit in with his twisted fantasy of crotch and butt shots. To me, this one looks more flexible, yet offering the same protection as the Begins suit, without the loss of flexibility, something which Batman would probably need in his field of work, would he not?
2)Yes, but if you notice on the other page, he DOES compare it to Shumacher's suits, which IMHO, isn't very right, considering the Shumacher suits did absolutely nothing useful.
Again, this is Batman we're talking about here. If he has a chance to upgrade his mobility while still having the same amount of protection with the other suit, then I think he would upgrade to a suit like this, wouldn't he?
To be, honest I don't care for the new Joker myself, though I saw a video on youtube of the Batcycle in action, and believe me, despite it's weird design, it's pretty fast, which would probably be useful to Batman if he were trying to make a quick strike at an armed band of criminals without getting hit or caught, wouldn't it?
Either way, I like the new suit. It's nice that Batman can finally move his head and isn't as restricted when he's fighting some thug or ninja. The only thing I don't like are the retractable wrist blades. I honestly wouldve preferred he kept the gauntlets.
