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[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 88 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I just want to know who approved nips on the suit

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 119 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"With Val Kilmer’s suit in Batman Forever, the nipples were one of those things that I added. It wasn’t fetish to me, it was more informed by Roman armor — like Centurions. And, in the comic books, the characters always looked like they were naked with spray paint on them — it was all about anatomy, and I like to push anatomy. I don’t know exactly where my head was at back in the day, but that’s what I remember. And so, I added the nipples. I had no idea there was going to end up being all this buzz about it."

- Jose Fernandez, costume designer and sculptor

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never seen or heard anyone ever answer for the design choices and this makes perfect sense. Always thought Schumacher was having his fun like Tarantino does with feet.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago

It's cool to see the person that made that decision just own it.

"Yeah I like nipples so I put them on there."

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the quote. Also from an appropriate user handle haha.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Would have been funnier if he was like "what are you talking about those were just Clooney's nips"

No more ridiculous than abs on the suit.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

There were probably long meetings about nip or no nip.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 8 points 13 hours ago

Bats are mammals, if it didn't have nipples he can't be Batman.

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Say what you like of Clooney Batman, but it was the most memorable. I think of the bat credit card more than I would like.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's such a fucking good joke too

"good thru: FOREVER"

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Gothcard is pretty on point too.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago

Such a good joke all the Nostalgia Critic could do was repeat "A BAT CREDIT CARD???" like it wasn't hilarious.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago

They must have had a Visa/MasterCard/whatever product placement in mind that fell through, and then they did the scene, anyway.

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 42 points 1 day ago (12 children)

There was something about that movie (uma Thurman) that no Batman movie after was able to do (it was uma Thurman). I haven't seen the movie in years, but I remember empathizing with the villains in a way that modern movies just don't want you to (it may have just been uma Thurman but I remember feeling bad for mr freeze too). I might just be queerer than other people but the level of camp felt genuine. I don't dislike other Batman movies, but that one felt fun to watch the way old comics were fun to read.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

mr freeze and poison ivy are definitely the most sympathetic of the main cast of batman villains. as in, their motivations make more sense than like... calendar man.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I assume Calendar Man had a mental illness like OCD that manifested around dates due to the fact that his parents named him Julian Gregory Day.

And if someone has a mental illness in Gotham, you can bet a billionaire in S&M gear is there to beat the shit out of them.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

I assume Calendar Man had a mental illness

Pretty much every batman villain is mentally ill in someway or another, and it's probably easier to list the ones that aren't. That's why they end up in Arkham "Asylum".

The ones that aren't mentally ill are disfigured. And at this point, you can probably count out the only ones left.

Ra's Al Ghul
Catwoman
Hush

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 hours ago

Poison Ivy is like Magneto. It becomes harder and harder every year to say they're wrong.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Also Jim Carrey having so many consecutive bad days at work he loses his fkin mind, I felt that.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 30 points 1 day ago (16 children)

keaton was the best, but clooney was up there.

batman & robin was probably the closest a mainstream comic book movie has ever been to the tone of the source material.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Schumaker films had good casting. Clooney, Kilmer, Thurman, Jones, and Carrey were all great for their roles. They just happened to be cast in terrible films.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 12 points 1 day ago

i mean, the films perfectly captures the camp of the batman characters, which i'd say makes the films good.

i hold that the best modern version of batman is The Brave and The Bold.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I saw Batman Forever when I was 6 years old and I loved it. It was made for kids.

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[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

It was reminiscent of the older silly Batman stuff and I liked it! I'll die on that hill!

[–] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Lmao damn, George Clooney 's son is colder than Mr Freeze

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 16 points 1 day ago

I heard him tell a story about the time he had a close call with guys with machine guns on one of his foreign aid missions, and found himself on his knees with his hands in the air. He said he was worried that they'd figure out that they were safe, and start to let them go, and then recognize him, and say "YOU PUT NIPPLES ON THE BAT SUIT!" and shoot him anyway.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

When I saw that movie I was disappointed. Everyone in my life would always tell me how terrible it was and I shouldn't watch it, then when I actually did watch it it turns out the movie is actually just a gigantic love letter to Adam West's batman and is one of my favorite batman movies and I'm upset I listened to The Average Idiotic Movie Viewer and didn't watch it sooner.

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The problem is that it's supposed to be a sequel to the Tim Burton movies and it just doesn't work on that front.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 4 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Neither does Batman Forever but that one is treated a lot better.

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[–] trk@aussie.zone 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I really liked George Clooney as Batman.

But I also liked Pierce Brosnan as James Bond so I'm probably wrong.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Pierce Brosnan was great as James Bond. Goldeneye probably saved the franchise from oblivion. He got shit scripts after that, but he was right for the role.

Also, Dalton's first movie as Bond is highly underrated.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Please elaborate on the Brosnan part? I think he fit the role well, and I think GoldenEye is one of the best Bond movies. That being said, I wouldn't call myself a Bond connoisseur.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 11 hours ago

I don't think any of the Bonds were bad in the role. They all bought their own thing to it.

Some of them got some dogshit plots and scripts though, and frankly Brosnan's may have been even worse than Dalton's. Goldeneye is at least goofy and fun, a return to the Moore era. The rest were irredeemably bad.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

So many good cast members completely wasted

[–] jpablo68@infosec.pub 8 points 11 hours ago

Clooney Batman was great, he fit right in the role IMHO, too bad he was in Batman & Robin, but I could easily see him doing what Keaton did, or even Pattinson.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Both of the Joel Schumacher films are fun if you don't take them seriously. They're not perfect by any means, but I'll throw them on every few years and have a good time. I can't even remember the last time I watched the Burton films, besides clips of "Love that Joker"

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Batman Returns is in my holiday movie rotation.

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago

I call it the Nipple Batman, and I enjoyed it too.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

he wasn't the problem with that movie

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