Poll: The Dark Knight Rises: why does cat woman look so stupid?

[Elamdri]

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Yes, this post is nit-picky and petty and pointless.

You know what's worse? This:

Even putting aside the impracticality of a "disguise" that does basically nothing to hide your appearance/identity, how fucking lame is that mask/ears combo?

It's not as bad as, say, this:

but still nowhere near as sweet as

I know this is a really unnecessary and trivial thing to complain about here, but does anyone honestly think Nolan's cat woman doesn't look completely stupid?

Dude, do you see that outfit she's wearing? Who gives a rat's ass what the ears look like. You shut your dirty pirate hooker mouth and don't ruin this for the rest of us.

 

[Sexy Devil]

Ok, I'd buy that if 2Face hadn't looked so stupid.

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I mean I like the idea of burning instead of acid, but the execution considering this was supposed to be a realistic take on Batman looks more than silly, if we're going for the realistic defence then he shouldn't be able to talk!
But that's just me, I think I get a little bit too nitpicky with the costumes.

How dare you!

Harvey Dent was easily the most compelling villain any Batman film has ever had! You scoundrel! You fiend!

Oh, I do think Two Face is one of the best Batman villains, and I did like Aaron Eckhart as Two Face but the way he looked was stupid.

The man just lost his fiancé and had half of his face burnt... have you no heart?

But I never said I didn't like the character, I just said that his design is stupid and if he really had the face burnt exactly like that he shouldn't be able to talk not to mention, he should be dripping saliva from that gigantic hole on his cheek, what I'm saying is that hole is stupid.

They originally had a realistically burned face but the test group didn't respond well to it. At least that's what I heard.

 

[The Human Torch]

I KNOW, RIGHT?!

Seriously, Anne Hathaway as the Catwoman has me driving up the walls. I am less inclined to see the movie because of her and Bane (out of all the villains you could pick, you went for the steroid one).

To be quite honest, there aren't really too many alternatives left that could actually end the franchise. Harley Quinn would have been fun to see after Joker's demise, but it would be underwhelming. The Riddler is cool, but this is the final movie and riddler cannot possibly turn the movie into a good finale.

I would have wanted it to somehow end with Joker, as I've always seen him as the main villain of the series, but seeing as he's already done for in the second movie, choosing the genius monster that once beat Batman is a decent choice.

Who else could they have used? The Penguin? Poison Ivy? Killer Croc?

Seriously? You can't see the Riddler as used in a good finale? He is a big whopping psychopath that uses different, outlandish contraptions to abduct, hurt and kill people. The amount of crazy stunts they can create with this setup would be unlimited!

As far as different villains, here is a list of enemies that I think would be far better options:
Man-Bat
Solomon Grundy
Clayface
And my personal favorite: Mr. Freeze

There is so much source material to draw from, so many great costumes to be designed. Yet we get Bane with a Predator face mask and a sleeveless jacket with a fur collar.

 

[Davroth]

I don't find it offensive or anything. Quite frankly, cat as a theme for a superhero or villain is kinda lame in general. Except for Catman. He's the boss.

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JK I mean that guy.

Wait, he looks kinda lame, too. XD

Step into the ring with Wildcat and see how fast your opinion changes.

Granted, he's an oldschool badass, but he still looks like an idiot. XD

catcha: be serious now

Fat chance.

 

[Absimilliard]

I don't think it looks completely stupid, at least HER costume doesn't remind me of Goatse every time I see it.

Looking at you Bane..

And now I can't un-see that...
(Original comment, I know.)


But on the actual topic, yeah, kinda silly. Also, I completely agree with this:

Even putting aside the impracticality of a "disguise" that does basically nothing to hide your appearance/identity, how fucking lame is that mask/ears combo?

It looks silly and does not hide her facial features at all, which I believe is the complete opposite result of what you'd want. It looks a lot like the costumes you see hundreds of every Halloween...

 

[BrionJames]

I don't know why they included Catwoman in this. I honestly think its a mistake to have this character in these set of films, given how gritty they're supposed to be. Perhaps I'll be proven wrong by this Catwoman but we'll see.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

I KNOW, RIGHT?!

Seriously, Anne Hathaway as the Catwoman has me driving up the walls. I am less inclined to see the movie because of her and Bane (out of all the villains you could pick, you went for the steroid one).

To be quite honest, there aren't really too many alternatives left that could actually end the franchise. Harley Quinn would have been fun to see after Joker's demise, but it would be underwhelming. The Riddler is cool, but this is the final movie and riddler cannot possibly turn the movie into a good finale.

I would have wanted it to somehow end with Joker, as I've always seen him as the main villain of the series, but seeing as he's already done for in the second movie, choosing the genius monster that once beat Batman is a decent choice.

Who else could they have used? The Penguin? Poison Ivy? Killer Croc?

Seriously? You can't see the Riddler as used in a good finale? He is a big whopping psychopath that uses different, outlandish contraptions to abduct, hurt and kill people. The amount of crazy stunts they can create with this setup would be unlimited!

As far as different villains, here is a list of enemies that I think would be far better options:
Man-Bat
Solomon Grundy
Clayface
And my personal favorite: Mr. Freeze

There is so much source material to draw from, so many great costumes to be designed. Yet we get Bane with a Predator face mask and a sleeveless jacket with a fur collar.

The Riddler out of that list who would've fit in the realistic, gritty aesthetic of Nolan's Batverse. And sleeveless jacket?

***** please, the sleeves are just as badass as the rest of the coat.
Do you want him to have tubes coming out of him or something? They're going for realism; not hulking green-eyed roided monster; not pale skinned ice-weapon using man who can only survive in cold conditions, not unkillable roided zombie; not a shape-shifting monster; not a GIANT FUCKING BAT.

 

[The Human Torch]

***** please, the sleeves are just as badass as the rest of the coat.
Do you want him to have tubes coming out of him or something? They're going for realism; not hulking green-eyed roided monster; not pale skinned ice-weapon using man who can only survive in cold conditions, not unkillable roided zombie; not a shape-shifting monster; not a GIANT FUCKING BAT.

I saw another screenshot with him in a sleeveless jacket, ah well, he is still a douche for wearing a fur collar.

And realism in a Batman movie? Really? I can see how a giant bat or shapeshifting clay thing might be hard to explain, but the Riddler could fit in easily, and they could probably come up with a feasible explanation for Solomon Grundy.
Mr. Freeze is also entirely explanatory, seeing as how you have people who cannot stand sunlight, why not someone with a condition that can't take any heat (if such a condition doesn't already exist in real life). Give him a freeze gun and tadaa, Mr. Freeze.

I am not sure what I expected of Bane, but why not turn him into a Hulk? The wrestler's mask might be a bit overkill, but some kind of experimental super steroid? I can see it happen.

Regardless of the difference in our personal opinions, we are both probably going to see it, and I may or may not like it. I can get over this new version of Bane, but Catwoman is just bluh. I want to see a busty woman, with a fitness body and cat ears, kicking the snot out of enemies. Is that so much to ask? ^^

 

[Skipper zammo]

Seriously? You can't see the Riddler as used in a good finale? He is a big whopping psychopath that uses different, outlandish contraptions to abduct, hurt and kill people. The amount of crazy stunts they can create with this setup would be unlimited!

As far as different villains, here is a list of enemies that I think would be far better options:
Man-Bat
Solomon Grundy
Clayface
And my personal favorite: Mr. Freeze

There is so much source material to draw from, so many great costumes to be designed. Yet we get Bane with a Predator face mask and a sleeveless jacket with a fur collar.

The Riddler is kind of a joke villain. He's a really good joke villain but still a joke villain.
He'ss an obsessive weirdo who commits crimes that leave a ton of clues for Batman to find because he wants to prove he's smarter then Batman.
The problem is he isn't smarter then Batman. So he gets caught over and over again never learns his lesson.

And none of the villains you listed would work in a Nolanverse movie. I highly doubt doubt Man-bat and Grundy could carry a movie anyway.
And lastly Banes costume is awesome. I want that jacket.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Anne Hathaway in a skintight rubber suit. I'm not complaining at all.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

I saw another screenshot with him in a sleeveless jacket, ah well, he is still a douche for wearing a fur collar.

And realism in a Batman movie? Really? I can see how a giant bat or shapeshifting clay thing might be hard to explain, but the Riddler could fit in easily, and they could probably come up with a feasible explanation for Solomon Grundy.
Mr. Freeze is also entirely explanatory, seeing as how you have people who cannot stand sunlight, why not someone with a condition that can't take any heat (if such a condition doesn't already exist in real life). Give him a freeze gun and tadaa, Mr. Freeze.

I am not sure what I expected of Bane, but why not turn him into a Hulk? The wrestler's mask might be a bit overkill, but some kind of experimental super steroid? I can see it happen.

Regardless of the difference in our personal opinions, we are both probably going to see it, and I may or may not like it. I can get over this new version of Bane, but Catwoman is just bluh. I want to see a busty woman, with a fitness body and cat ears, kicking the snot out of enemies. Is that so much to ask? ^^

He is meant to be a douche

Yes, realism in a Batman movie, they've been doing it for 2 films now, do pay attention
Refer to above explanation of Riddler as a joke villain, alongside with him just being so damn similar to the Joker in modus operandi.

Mr.Freeze does indeed have potential as he has a credible back story and an emotional reason for his crimes etc. But the problem lies with the freeze gun, and if you made him basically Michael Jackson with a freeze gun the fandom would protest too much.

The super soldier serum origin is far too cliche nowadays for people to take it seriously, especially in a Nolan flick. And the probably with turning him into the Hulk is, he would be the Hulk...

Are you suggesting that Anna Hathaway does not have the cleavage for Catwoman? :O You'd prefer she gave herself a black eye do you?

 

[Silvianoshei]

As far as costumes go, Tim Burton's is the best. It's totally out of place in this movie, though.

 

[Vrach]

Those suts have to get hot. Well maybe not the middle one but. Yeah Dosin't look comfortable.

You've never seen someone biking in proper equipment, have you?

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Well to be fair Batman's costume in Nolan's films has always looked quite awful too, I mean just look at it, does it even look like Batman?

No of course it doesn't, it's probably the fact that it looks like an armor, but even the mask seems all wrong, let's face it the costume is just awful, it still didn't stop me from liking the previous films, but yeah, though to be fair I just don't like Christian Bale as Batman, I mean that voice so stupid.

And I'm not a fan of Bane's costume either, so I'm just going to assume that whoever makes the designs for Dark Night Rises is awful at designing super-hero costumes.

Spoiler: This is how a Batman costume should look BTW

Sure the person wearing is obviously being silly, but he looks way more like Batman than the Nolan version

I dunno. in TDK during the scene where Batman raids the Japaneese company, and he's on the building shooting the bombs out with that gun, I thought he looked more SWAT team member then Batman.

 

[The Human Torch]

He is meant to be a douche

Yes, realism in a Batman movie, they've been doing it for 2 films now, do pay attention
Refer to above explanation of Riddler as a joke villain, alongside with him just being so damn similar to the Joker in modus operandi.

Mr.Freeze does indeed have potential as he has a credible back story and an emotional reason for his crimes etc. But the problem lies with the freeze gun, and if you made him basically Michael Jackson with a freeze gun the fandom would protest too much.

The super soldier serum origin is far too cliche nowadays for people to take it seriously, especially in a Nolan flick. And the probably with turning him into the Hulk is, he would be the Hulk...

Are you suggesting that Anna Hathaway does not have the cleavage for Catwoman? :O You'd prefer she gave herself a black eye do you?

The Batman movies might TRY to be more realistic than the average superhero movie, but they are NOT realistic. Most of Batman's gadgets only work because Batman says that they work, it's techno-magic.

I am still not convinced that the Riddler wouldn't suffice. The Joker barely used any contraptions or outlandish things to get to Batman, granted, surgically installing a bomb hooked to a cellphone into a schizophrenic criminal was kinda crazy, but that was just about the only thing.

The Riddler would be far more extravagant, and might even make a mockery of Batman and his serious ways. I don't know, I am pretty sure that more imaginative people can come up with a gritty Riddler.

And Mr. Freeze is a favorite of mine, especially how the Warner Brothers cartoon gave him a proper backstory and turned him into a good guy turned villain due to circumstances. Although that is also almost the same like Two-Face... Crap. And it's not hard to come up with something like a freeze gun, it doesn't even need to be a gun that spits out ice, but maybe a fire extinguisher type thing that sprays out freon. A random example: freon, when combined with copper turns into fosgeen, which was used in the first World War as a chemical weapon. The possibilities are endless!

I am indeed saying that Anne Hathaway lacks cleavage and body. I hate how the male superheroes are ultra buff, hardcore working out muscle types, but the women are skinny supermodels. Give me a freaking muscle girl that actually looks like she can kick me in half.

Anne Hathaway is cute, but she is NOT a femme fatale.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

She looks stupid because she's played by anne hathaway.
The costume is not the problem.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

The Batman movies might TRY to be more realistic than the average superhero movie, but they are NOT realistic. Most of Batman's gadgets only work because Batman says that they work, it's techno-magic.

I am still not convinced that the Riddler wouldn't suffice. The Joker barely used any contraptions or outlandish things to get to Batman, granted, surgically installing a bomb hooked to a cellphone into a schizophrenic criminal was kinda crazy, but that was just about the only thing.

The Riddler would be far more extravagant, and might even make a mockery of Batman and his serious ways. I don't know, I am pretty sure that more imaginative people can come up with a gritty Riddler.

And Mr. Freeze is a favorite of mine, especially how the Warner Brothers cartoon gave him a proper backstory and turned him into a good guy turned villain due to circumstances. Although that is also almost the same like Two-Face... Crap. And it's not hard to come up with something like a freeze gun, it doesn't even need to be a gun that spits out ice, but maybe a fire extinguisher type thing that sprays out freon. A random example: freon, when combined with copper turns into fosgeen, which was used in the first World War as a chemical weapon. The possibilities are endless!

I am indeed saying that Anne Hathaway lacks cleavage and body. I hate how the male superheroes are ultra buff, hardcore working out muscle types, but the women are skinny supermodels. Give me a freaking muscle girl that actually looks like she can kick me in half.

Anne Hathaway is cute, but she is NOT a femme fatale.

I'll agree with you on the techno magic, but it's at least based in realsim.

Extravagance just isn't something that fits in the adaptation really, and a gritty Riddler would just come off as a Jigsaw expy.
The practicality of a freeze gun on the other hand...I mean I do like Freeze, but without all of his gadgets he just really isn't Mr Freeze. And did you mean Phosgene?

And I do agree that there were better choices than Anne Hathaway to play Catwoman, but she isn't really a "muscle girl" kind of character, or at least not in my eyes. She's always be lithe, and sexual, and acrobatic more than pure strength.

 

[Xman490]

The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman is at least more sexy than the Batman Returns Catwoman. In BR, she looks too messed up to be sexy beyond fetishistic. In DKR, though, the costume looks rather simple as well as sleek.

 

[The Human Torch]

I'll agree with you on the techno magic, but it's at least based in realsim.

Extravagance just isn't something that fits in the adaptation really, and a gritty Riddler would just come off as a Jigsaw expy.
The practicality of a freeze gun on the other hand...I mean I do like Freeze, but without all of his gadgets he just really isn't Mr Freeze. And did you mean Phosgene?

And I do agree that there were better choices than Anne Hathaway to play Catwoman, but she isn't really a "muscle girl" kind of character, or at least not in my eyes. She's always be lithe, and sexual, and acrobatic more than pure strength.

It could be called Phosgene in English, I am Dutch, and we call it 'fosgeen'. I (stupidly) assumed that it would be the same in English, I will do a dictionairy check next time.

When I say muscle girl, I don't mean those Mrs. Olympia contestants that have more steroids than blood flowing through their veins, I mean more of the acrobatic type. Like this:

Someone who actually looks like she can kick ass. Heck, get one of the Cirque Soleil acrobats to fill the part, that works too.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Eh. I've given up on Catwoman ever being anything other than a lazy anagram for crazy, lonely old ladies.
This isn't a new development...but lets just say Halle Berry sealed the deal.