Hey Batman? Your wardrobe seems a little... dangerous.

[Radelaide]

I?m doing a bit of multi-tasking at the moment. In preparation of Batman: Arkham City being released sometime this month and doing a little research (and a LOT of procrastination), I?m playing Batman: Arkham Asylum but I?ve just had a though, ?Batman, your costume seems a little impractical.? Huge long cape that seems that it would get tangled somewhere, a face mask that seems like it blocks the view and really heavy looking armour... Okay, so maybe that last part ISN?T so bad.

Impractical costumes seem par for the course though! Capes, high-heel boots, awkward looking face-masks, none of it seems to make sense!

So, I ask, what is the worst costume any super hero has? And if you suddenly found yourself defending the planet from bad guys, what would your costume entail? Points for awesome names, too.

 

[TimeLord]

Why worry about practicality when you look cool while punching people and/or flying?

 

[emeraldrafael]

the thing about superheroes are they have to fit a theme.

batmans suit is rather practical when yout hink about it. the body armour is body armour, the cape helps for gliding and intimidation, and the mask also counts to intimidation.

batman doesnt just walk up to you like superman, batman works int he shadows, using your own fear against you. hes much more psychological than physical in nature.

now wonderwomans outift seems impractical to me.

anyway, if i were going to fight bad guys, I'd use the flamethrower suit from the opening of one of the lethal weapon movies.

Or some light body armour camo painted to my situation and work at piccking them off one by one or in a similar fashion as batman does.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

The Brass Thief.

Fully decked out brass armor, probably a stronger/lighter metal with a brass covering. Kinda skeletal looking maybe, no mouth or nose hole, just a flat mask with two green tinted sockets to look through. Gauntlets end in sharpened claws, as do toes. Im thinking robotic skeleton, like the necrons maybe. Just brass. Id like a cloak as well, loosely attatched at the shoulders so it could snap off if pulled, and again magnetically affixed to the base of the spine so it doesnt flap like crazy. It would be like thousands and thousands of razor blades fixed chainmail style together into a cape. Lets see someone grab that. Also good for ripping off and throwing. Lets add weights at the corners.

I want a draich too. Think double ended spear, one end has a pair of polarms on either side and one end as two cresent moon shaped blades that curve inwards to a point.

To be honest while batman might look impractical the technical detail they put behind his features does kinda make up for it. The detective mode vision his mask grants is kinda cool, as is the cape for gliding. The armor makes sense, it doesnt make batman bullet proof by a long way, but it absorbs a lot of impacts. Maybe its lighter than it looks.

 

[Sonicron]

I'm sorry. I just had to.

As for my pick of 'Worst Hero Costume', I don't have one, as there are sooooo many entries that qualify. Just pick anything out of roughly 80% of the DC hero gallery, you'll have a legitimate shot at the prize.

EDIT: Oh yeah, almost forgot... I'd construct some kind of unbreakable power armour and call myself Anvil. Smash me all you like, you'll just end up breaking yourself against me, evildoers!

 

[Radelaide]

Why are about practicality when you look cool while punching people and/or flying?

Jet Engines.

'nuff said.

 

[dickywebster]

What about those spikes on his gauntlets? accidents waiting to happen =P
Also forget the costume, i always wandered how most of arkhams imates werent dead after batman finish with them...

 

[DarkRyter]

Trench Coat, Body Armor, Gas Mask. I'm scary, I get something long and flowing but a bit more practical, and I'm well protected on a controlled budget.

Also, I have a gun that shoots bees.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

The part of Batman's outfit that seems foolish is the spikes on his arms. Isn't he not meant to kill people?

 

[Scarim Coral]

I would say the worst costume is Huntress from DC comic-

Spoiler: Huntress

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Sure she looks awesome and all but since she is night time crime fighter surely she would catch a cold? I just assume the temperature in DC comic is just warmer compare to real life so that she can fight crime and not catches a cold at all. Even exposing her stomach like that is just asking it to be a punching bag!

As for my costume it would just be a mixture of the typical spandex like materials (NOT skintight) and abit of Ironman armour (my power is armour related). I suppose the only problem I would face with my costume is my compact jetpack.

 

[Sectan]

I'm sorry. I just had to.

As for my pick of 'Worst Hero Costume', I don't have one, as there are sooooo many entries that qualify. Just pick anything out of roughly 80% of the DC hero gallery, you'll have a legitimate shot at the prize.

EDIT: Oh yeah, almost forgot... I'd construct some kind of unbreakable power armour and call myself Anvil. Smash me all you like, you'll just end up breaking yourself against me, evildoers!

Now I have to go re-watch my favorite movie again! Maybe not a bad thing.I had that movie memorized. When that came to dvd that was the first movie where I watched all of the extras, listened to the commentaries and it got me interested animation.

Anywho for my costume I'd probably just wear clothes I had around the house until someone approached my super self and offered to design one. I'd be PRACTICAL MAN! Protecting the world from stupid people and stupid ideas. I would be assisted in this endeavor by my sidekick Reality Check.

 

[funguy2121]

the thing about superheroes are they have to fit a theme.

batmans suit is rather practical when yout hink about it. the body armour is body armour, the cape helps for gliding and intimidation, and the mask also counts to intimidation.

batman doesnt just walk up to you like superman, batman works int he shadows, using your own fear against you. hes much more psychological than physical in nature.

now wonderwomans outift seems impractical to me.

anyway, if i were going to fight bad guys, I'd use the flamethrower suit from the opening of one of the lethal weapon movies.

Or some light body armour camo painted to my situation and work at piccking them off one by one or in a similar fashion as batman does.

I agree with everything you said (and it was Lethal Weapon 4 by the way) except for one: how does a cape "work for intimidation" for you? I see a modern frickin' man walking around in a cape, I don't think, Oh, shit, I'd better get out of here. I think, Let's follow the silly man and see what stupid shit he does next? And I am acquainted with one person who wears a cape while taking himself seriously.

 

[drummond13]

Alan Moor pointed this out decades ago. Brad Bird reiterated it again more recently. Good observation, but you're rather late to the party.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I would say the worst costume is Huntress from DC comic-

Spoiler: Huntress

<img src="http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/14487/1668885-huntress_super.jpg" img src>

Sure she looks awesome and all but since she is night time crime fighter surely she would catch a cold? I just assume the temperature in DC comic is just warmer compare to real life so that she can fight crime and not catches a cold at all. Even exposing her stomach like that is just asking it to be a punching bag!

As for my costume it would just be a mixture of the typical spandex like materials (NOT skintight) and abit of Ironman armour (my power is armour related). I suppose the only problem I would face with my costume is my compact jetpack.

Mind you, she swaps her costums around a bit, she also sometimes wears a full set of dark purple body armour...figure hugging, but not too stupid.

anyway, if i were going to fight bad guys, I'd use the flamethrower suit from the opening of one of the lethal weapon movies.

IIRC, he was just wearing a vest and a welding mask over normal urban camouflage pattern clothes. Riggs had to get him distracted so he could shoot the tiny tank nozzle from behind, rather than shooting him in the legs, which is half the guys height, and exposed from any direction other than above.

 

[Rednog]

The part of Batman's outfit that seems foolish is the spikes on his arms. Isn't he not meant to kill people?

I think those are more for catching blades on his gauntlet, and then turning his arm to break the blade.

 

[gellert1984]

I agree with everything you said (and it was Lethal Weapon 4 by the way) except for one: how does a cape "work for intimidation" for you? I see a modern frickin' man walking around in a cape, I don't think, Oh, shit, I'd better get out of here. I think, Let's follow the silly man and see what stupid shit he does next? And I am acquainted with one person who wears a cape while taking himself seriously.

Makes you look larger than you really are allows you to hide your hands while drawing weapons, in poorly lit environments can aid evasion since the cape lags people tend to hit the cape and not you. All in all though a trench coat or great coat is a better bet.

Best costume? The Engineer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer_%28comics%29] She's naked under the nanites. Stupidest costume? Superman's seriously, bright colours so no stealth properties, pants on the outside and a cape. But its not like it matters when you headbutt the moon and come out on top.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

You do know that Batman's suit was built to counter all the impracticalities of superhero suits?

The Cape allows him to fly, and its detachable if it becomes a liability. His mask can switch to full-on 360 peripheral vision a la Boba Fett (i.e. his eyes seemingly turn "white"). His "ears", while making him look like a cheap imitation of a bat, are 2 antenna that enhance his hearing. His buff suit can take small caliber bullets for a short amount of time. Finally he wears black and grey, two of the most practical colours for stealth, next to dark blue and dark green.

 

[hooksashands]

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Ladies and gentleman, an expert has spoken. There you have it.