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How the Batsuit Works 379

Posted by samzenpus from the holy-too-much-free-time dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Batman's outfit plays a much more prominent role in Batman Begins than it did in the previous films. And a lot of the technology actually seems plausible. This HowStuffWorks article explains all its features."
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  • Hmm (Score:5, Funny)

    by mister_llah ( 891540 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:08PM (#12828631) Homepage Journal
    This is an improvement over the only noticable feature of "has nipples" from previous Batman films... I approve!

    • Re:Hmm (Score:3, Funny)

      by aftk2 ( 556992 )
      Only on Slashdot would this be an improvement over that feature.

    • Re:Hmm (Score:5, Interesting)

      by Tet ( 2721 ) <.ku.oc.enydartsa. .ta. .todhsals.> on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:15PM (#12828689) Homepage Journal
      This is an improvement over the only noticable feature of "has nipples" from previous Batman films

      The suit was made by a friend of mine, who happens to be a big fan, so he put the effort in to make the suit look right. Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

      • Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

        So is the bat suit supposed to be hard body armor or a shirt? Some of the Batman comics that I used to read years ago seem to indicate a shirt and he kept a spare shirt in the trunk. Then again, the criminal elements probably didn't have armor-piercing ammo back then.

        • Re:Hmm (Score:5, Informative)

          by Toxygen ( 738180 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @09:15PM (#12829068) Journal
          He actually had a number of different suits that he would wear depending on the type of combat he was expecting to encounter. Batman had his heavy armor suits for fighting baddies with guns, he had lighter armor suits with more flexibility for melee villains, ultra-light suits for reconnaissance work, even suits built for various climates and elevations. Some writers gave him a closet full of suits, others gave the idea that the suit was modular and Batman could mix-n-match the peices he wanted.

      • Re:Hmm (Score:4, Funny)

        by That's Unpossible! ( 722232 ) * on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @09:15PM (#12829067)
        The suit was made by a friend of mine, who happens to be a big fan, so he put the effort in to make the suit look right. Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

        Who is your friend? The article specifically mentions, "The Batsuit for 'Batman Begins' was created by costume designer Lindy Hemming."

        Lindy Hemming is either a woman, or one of the ugliest men I've ever seen. [google.com]
        • Who is your friend? The article specifically mentions, "The Batsuit for 'Batman Begins' was created by costume designer Lindy Hemming."

          He didn't fabricate it alone. He has a work shop and employees.

      • Re:Hmm (Score:2, Interesting)

        by RapmasterT ( 787426 )

        The suit was made by a friend of mine, who happens to be a big fan, so he put the effort in to make the suit look right. Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

        Sorry, I got to call BullSh*t on that one. No Batman comic ever suggested a batsuit anything like any of the movies. The comic suit was always a typical cloth, nothing fancy, foldup-stuff-it-in-a-sack spandex suit.

        The closes thing to the movie batsuits was in the "NightFall" storyline whe

      • When I was in kindergarten, I watched the Adam West series on television every day. I wrote a letter to our local television station, with my parents' help, asking where I could buy a Batman utility belt. Someone at the station must have thought it was cute, because they replied with a polite note saying, We're sorry, but we don't know where you can purchase a Batman utility belt.

        I always thought that was a stupid, missed opportunity for merchandising Batman. It wouldn't have been expensive to manufacture

    • This is an improvement over the only noticable feature of "has nipples" from previous Batman films... I approve!

      No no, the concept is good! The mistake was making Batman's visible. Maybe that explains this film's [imdb.com] creation...

  • Shark Repellent (Score:5, Funny)

    by hools1234 ( 789912 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:09PM (#12828635) Homepage
    As long as it comes with Shark Repellant, you can put me down to buy 2!

  • Plausible (Score:2, Funny)

    by kristopher ( 723047 )
    Plausible in the sense of it being a movie in the fantasy genre.

  • Real Stuff (Score:5, Interesting)

    by BobPaul ( 710574 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:10PM (#12828642) Journal
    I remember back in the glory days when howstuffworks.com used to have articles about actual products and phenomena. They still do that sometimes, right?
    --
    Don't fight Firefox! Let FireFox fight YOU! [bobpaul.org]

    • Re:Real Stuff (Score:4, Insightful)

      by yotto ( 590067 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:18PM (#12828719) Homepage
      Seriously. I understand that howstuffworks.com (and slashdot, for that matter) has to make money and all, but do they sleep well at night knowing they turned an informative website into a showcase for the latest movie?

      • Re:Real Stuff (Score:5, Insightful)

        by jayhawk88 ( 160512 ) <jayhawk88@gmail.com> on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:52PM (#12828943)
        HowStuffWorks: Here are thousands upon thousands of articles on real items, devices, and phenomena that are both interesting and useful to the reader, composed and compiled over many years.
        Yotto: *Yawn*
        HowStuffWorks: Here are a handful of articles written for fun on technology seen in popular movies.
        Yotto: OMG, HowStuffWorks sucks! They are teh sellouts! How can they do this to me?

        It must be terrible to live in your serious, serious world.

        • Re:Real Stuff (Score:3, Insightful)

          by albieomoss ( 770819 )
          I think people are a little preturbed by the fact that HowStuffWorks.com has thousands of articles that are based on real things and then they throw in this Pseudo-Science bullsh*t which brings down the credibility of their site. Its like if I was watching the news and they told me what was going on in World of Warcraft or something. It's nothing to get your panties in a bind about, its just out of place.
    • There was SOME real stuff in the article, i.e. the various notes on the movie.

      I found this one particularly interesting:
      "Batman Begins" Production NotesBefore Christian Bale was cast as Batman, many other actors were considered or read for the role. These actors include Guy Pearce, David Boreanaz, John Cusack, David Duchovny, Hugh Dancy, Joshua Jackson, Eion Bailey, Billy Crudup, Cillian Murphy, Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal.

      Imagine John Cusack as Batman!

  • Sponsor? (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Malicious ( 567158 )
    This is very reminiscant of "How Lightsabres Work". Apparently Howstuffworks.com has become a major sponsor of Slashdot.

    Sponsored links should be declared as such to help seperate news from "news".

  • Batman (Score:5, Insightful)

    by nepheles ( 642829 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:12PM (#12828666) Homepage

    Looking forward to the new Batman -- he's one of the deepest comic book heroes out there. Apart from his own turmoil, documented throughout the series, the madness, brooding insanity and general darkness of Gotham is still an interesting depiction of a vaguely 40s American Urban wasteland. It contrasts fairly starkly with today's forgettable, fluffy all-star heroes.

    This Kuro5hin article [google.com] makes interesting reading.

  • In the table of contents (Score:2, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    "Shop or Compare Prices"

    If only...

  • What we really need; (Score:4, Funny)

    by jafac ( 1449 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:15PM (#12828691) Homepage
    is a "How the Slasdot effect Works"

    • Re:What we really need; (Score:3, Insightful)

      by pla ( 258480 )
      What we really need ... is a "How the Slasdot effect Works"

      Simple, really...
      1. Write something that tangentially touches on a geeky subject
      2. subscribe to a million and one pageads
      3. submit your link to Slashdot
      4. Profit!

      Notice the lack of a "..." step here... Slashdot has nicely answered that (apparently-not-so-)eternal question for us.

      The only real skill involved occurs in step #1... In this case, I have to admit, getting geeks to read a description of what boils down to a fashion accessory really takes t

    • Ask, and ye shall receive [wikipedia.org].

      p
  • so where can I buy it? and what about that lightsabre they did an article on a while ago, I still can't find one like in the article. But it's real, just like the batsuit. right? Right?? RIGHT??!?! OH GOD DON'T TELL ME IT'S JUST ANOTHER PRANK!!!!!!! AAAAAAH!

    hehehe...

  • So is this movie actually good? (Score:4, Insightful)

    by caitsith01 ( 606117 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:17PM (#12828715) Journal
    May as well ask, as we're clearly just discussing new products and services we plan to buy here on ./ these days...

    After the last few Batman horrors I swore I would never go to another Batman-related movie, but this one seems to be faring well on Rotten Tomatoes, and Roger Ebert even gave it 4 stars (although he is admittedly something of a teenage boy when it comes to superhero movies). However, I'm sorely tempted to actually pay money to see this. Especially because Christian Bale is so much more interesting than run-of-the-mill action heroes. I had to kill a *lot* of people.

    So, would it be worth it, or is this essentially more Hollywood crap? Are the good reviews merely a product of relief a the fact that it's not monumentally awful, or is it actually _good_?

    • Comment removed (Score:4, Informative)

      by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:33PM (#12828828)
      Comment removed based on user account deletion
    • Roger Ebert even gave it 4 stars (although he is admittedly something of a teenage boy when it comes to superhero movies)

      That is true. Ebert said that Spidey 2 should win a best picture Oscar! Not that I don't like Spiderman but I thought both movies weren't that great - as far as movies go.

      It's my opinion, I'm entitled to be wrong though.
      • I disagree with you (no insult intended). People tend to dismiss movies that are action-packed and funny as being somehow "without content". Critics and laymen both would tend to dismiss a superhero flick as being "that sort of movie" and therefore not warranting serious consideration and thought.

        But if you ask me, both Spiderman movies pretty much have it all. They're actually pretty deep and interesting on the emotional level, if you're willing to take the risk of taking them seriously. They're also

        • No insult taken.

          I pretty much was let down by the Spiderman movies. The first one was pretty good, comical, action packed and featured Stan Lee (!!!). I think it was William Dafoe that ruined it for me, if not the entire Osborne family - both of them. It wasn't really that I hated the movies, but I'd take X2 over Spiderman any day.

          Again, just my opinion. Maybe I just need to watch them both again?
      • To be fair to Ebert, at the time Spider-Man 2 came out, it probably WAS by far the best movie of 2004. (Remember, it came out in May, and when's the last time a good movie came out between January and May?)

        p

    • So, would it be worth it, or is this essentially more Hollywood crap?

      As contrasted, say, by those fine, fine French superhero films? Or those magnificent big-budget Dutch action-adventure movies?

      I mean, d00d, it's a Batman flick! The scale for movies adapted from comix goes from Corman's Fantastic Four at the crap end up through Spiderman 2 on the Tiffany side, but either way it's all Hollywood. Don't get all sniffy and European when you're discussing grand-scale superhero movies: nobody does them be
      • Easy tiger, no need to get all defensive-American on me.

        I believe "Hollywood crap" can be contrasted with "Hollywood non-crap." There are a rare few action movies that are both smart, entertaining and well-made. For example: Ronin, The Matrix (I), The Crow, Aliens, arguably the first Spiderman (though I'm not totally sold on this). As for European action movies, I strongly recommend Enemy At the Gates, a very realistic and gripping war movie about Stalingrad. Watch it instead of assuming that nothing good
      • cuz nobody else does them at all!

        Japanese - manga anyone?
        Russian - who do you think first made Solaris into a movie? And I recall an aquaman-type movie from the Soviet era (wish I could remember the name) that was amazing.
        British - How many times has Robin Hood been made into a movie? Not to mention Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, etc, etc, etc.
        China - The Hong Kong film industry was built on the back of martial arts superheroes from Chinese history. And don't get me started on Bollywood

        • The Hong Kong film industry was built on the back of martial arts superheroes from Chinese history. And don't get me started on Bollywood!

          You seem to be the only one here who doesn't understand what a 'superhero' is. Let me help, there are these things called comic books...
    • Common, don't tell me anyone here actually give credits to what he says. This guy must be the biggest Hollywood whore out there, you can read two-thumbs up on every single blockbuster or blockbuster wannabe movie released each and every year as long as its from Hollywood. I use this two thumbs up quote to actually separate what is tempting from what I'm sure I'll never see, if I see two thumbs up on a movie poster I know that:

      1-Lotsa budget on the movie
      2-Big names, awfull movie
      3-He just made a few bucks
    • I felt that, if Batman were to exist in the real world, this isn't too far off from how it'd go.

      One thing: this is NOT an action movie. It's a drama with some comic-booky elements, but the action in it is really not done in a spectacular form. The fights are not very clear - it's really hard to make out what they're doing to eachother when people fight. Some people have been complaining about that because they expected this to be one of those spectacles.

      I liked it as a movie and I liked it as a Batman sto

    • Re:So is this movie actually good? (Score:5, Funny)

      by YOU LIKEWISE FAIL IT ( 651184 ) on Thursday June 16, 2005 @12:32AM (#12829953) Homepage Journal
      I had to kill a *lot* of people.

      ???!

      Did this just slip out, or what?

      -- YLFI

  • The Batmobile is much more interesting (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Spodlink05 ( 850651 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:20PM (#12828728)
    Partly because it's insane and partly because all of the US manufacturers said it couldn't be done - so they made it in England.

    • Some photos (Score:2, Informative)

      by pete19 ( 874979 )

      It was featured on the BBC motoring program 'Top Gear' [bbc.co.uk] last week.

      They had to build it from scratch instead of just modifying a base vehicle. It looks kind of like a big monster truck thing, pretty cool!

      http://www.movieforums.com/news/277 [movieforums.com]

    • I saw the photos. Although the comments on them state that it looks a bit dubious, to me the design looks extremely logical, and basically exactly what I'd expect Batman to drive.

      Realistically, to my mind he'd want if not caterpillar tracks, then as close to all-terrain as tires could give him. That would mean all-wheel drive presumably, and it would also mean big tires like the ones we see there. He'd also presumably want it to be very heavily armoured; capable of withstanding anything short of rockets if

  • Good Investment (Score:4, Insightful)

    by TeacherOfHeroes ( 892498 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:20PM (#12828731)
    It's very rare that you see anyone in the movie industry taking the time to make their technology realistic. In most cases there's no incentive to do so; The movie will only seem less realistic to a small number of people who really know the difference. This movie, however, has a large enough pre-existing existing fan base that does care, and in this case the higher level of detail is a worthwhile one.
    • Yeah ... as a software engineer myself I find the depiction of computer technology in the vast majority of films appalling, and it does detract from my enjoyment of the film. Especially because it wouldn't be all that hard to get it right.
      • I find the depiction of computer technology in the vast majority of films appalling..Especially because it wouldn't be all that hard to get it right.

        You have ninety minutes to tell your story. If something must be explained, you want to do it simply, quickly and in as strongly visual and entertaining a way as possible. Good examples of computer tech done right can be found in The Incredibles, amusingly, if you freeze-frame on a keyboard, you'll find the familiar Apple key and logo.

  • Not mentioned. (Score:5, Funny)

    by AtariAmarok ( 451306 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:22PM (#12828747)
    Not mentioned are some of the secret compartments in the Utility Belt, such as the one containing live radioactive spiders, just in case Batman finds the need to shoot goo from his wrists and "Swing the extra mile" over Gotham. Kryptonite is found in another compartment: never know when you need to reduce that overgrown boy scout to such a weak state that he can't cross the street himself (let alone help an old lady across it). Also found in a secret flat part of the belt buckle are those certain photos he took of Robin that he does not ever want anyone to find, but he can't bring himself to destroy them.

    • You're actually right about the kryptonite (Score:5, Informative)

      by Toxygen ( 738180 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:58PM (#12828969) Journal
      In modern DC Comics lore, Superman gave Batman a chunk of kryptonite after a nasty fight with a villain (I think it was Brainiac) who managed to control Superman's mind. The logic behind it was that in case a situation like that ever happened again and he needed to be taken down, Superman wanted his most trusted ally to have a trump card to stop him from doing evil. Batman's the man he trusted most to both keep it safe from the hands of other villains, and not to be tempted to use it unless it was an absolute emergency.
    • "Also found in a secret flat part of the belt buckle are those certain photos he took of Robin that he does not ever want anyone to find, but he can't bring himself to destroy them."

      That's true as well.

      See here http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/5.html [superdickery.com] (safe for work). Be sure to click on the "Next" links for more examples that reveal the true relationships between Batman and Robin (and Superman too)!

  • Hhrmmm.. (Score:4, Funny)

    by Bananatree3 ( 872975 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:23PM (#12828750)
    Shucks. And I thought I was batman with my batman costume. Oh well, I guess those of us who can burn the hundreds of thousands to get this kind of suit are really batman.

  • From the Article (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:24PM (#12828759)
    (The exact nature of Batman's relationship with Wayne Enterprises is unclear at this point.)
    How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne and owns Wayne Enterprises?
    • OMG! So the rumors are true then?
    • (The exact nature of Batman's relationship with Wayne Enterprises is unclear at this point.) How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne and owns Wayne Enterprises?
      actually, no that's not true, as you'd find out after seeing the movie.

      By the end of the movie he is the majority shareholder of the publicly traded company, but through the other 99% he has no legal relationship with the company.

    • "How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne and owns Wayne Enterprises?"

      To be fair, it's difficult to imagine that Wayne himself built the suit by hand in his off hours. Presumably, a team of people had to build the thing. It is rather distinctive. It makes one wonder how he was able to have it built at Wayne Enterprises and maintain his secret identity.
    • How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne .....

      Way to ruin it for me ya jerk! How about a spoiler warning next time?

  • Warning!!! (Score:2, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Costume does not enable user to fly.

  • Go go go Gadget Bat Belt (Score:4, Funny)

    by ROFLMAObot ( 891386 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:25PM (#12828778)
    Is one of the features and uses of Bat Utility Belt "...to hold up Batman's Bat Pants"?
  • >With an innovative gear-attachment system, Batman can easily grab and replace anything on the belt quickly and easily.

    gear-attachment system?
    easily... and easily?

  • Advertisement? (Score:2, Insightful)

    by mcguyver ( 589810 )
    How much did howstuffworks pay slashdot for this article? Same price as the lightsaber article?

    /karma to waste

  • Magnetic grappling gun good for (Score:3, Funny)

    by planckscale ( 579258 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @08:43PM (#12828885) Journal
    1. Catching the bus

    2. catching that elevator

    3. Climbing those stairs

    4. grabbing that beer from the fridge

    5. getting to the seat in the middle of that crowded theatre

    6. Getting to the front of the Batman rollercoaster line

    7. Peeping from the 5th floor fire escape

    Sign me up!

  • Plucky Duck.... (Score:4, Funny)

    by Himring ( 646324 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @09:00PM (#12828988) Homepage Journal
    I thought Plucky Duck did an excellent Batman:

    [Plucky Duck as Batman attempts to join the Justice League]:
    Justice League: "We have incredible powers! [each displays genetic abilities]. What are your powers?
    Plucky Duck: [Looks concerned and then draws attention to his waist] "Well ... I have this really cool belt...."
    [Entire Justice League bursts into laughters]

    And then Lex Luthor shows up and drains each hero's abilities making him singularly incredible, but then tries to drain Plucky's forcing him into a weakened state and thereby losing it all. Justice League lets Plucky in based on his success as a failure....
  • And here I thought "batsuit" as in some different kind of lawsuit. And /. was going to explain me how it works... Please stop giving me false hopes, ok?

  • How kind of Anonymous Reader (Score:5, Interesting)

    by barakn ( 641218 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @09:44PM (#12829223)
    to submit this story right before the movie comes out. There's a 99%$ chance that "anonymous reader" is an employee of the movie or ad industries or of howstuffworks itself. Thanks for giving a large corporation free advertising, Slashdot!
  • So.. where on the bat belt does he keep his black eye makeup?

  • I must be the only one (Score:3, Funny)

    by dubdays ( 410710 ) on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @10:12PM (#12829352)
    ...who thought the headline read "How the Biscuit Works".

  • On the Utility Belts (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @10:53PM (#12829520)
    On the Utility Belts

    * Bat-antidote Powder (used to recover from any form of poison)
    * Bat-cillin (also called Bat-acillin, available in lozenge form to prevent infection)
    * Mobile Phone Bat-plugs (enable use of a portable Bat-phone)
    * Bat-gas (also called Bat-sleep, used to put people to sleep)
    * Bat-awake (counteracts effects of Bat-gas)
    * Anti Bat-sonic device (deflects energy beams)
    * Underwater Bat-sonar Device (can be attached to tracking devices to enable them to work underwater)
    * Bat-homing Devices (can be rendered ineffective by some metal alloys)
    * Emergency Bat-air Pumps (used for pumping up Batmobile tires)
    * Bat-respirators (used for traveling underwater)
    * Remote Batcomputer (allows access to the Bat-computer's databanks from any distance)
    * Bat-detector (can be set to super laugh track sensitivity)
    * Bat-plugs (go in nostrils, to prevent inhalation of poisonous fumes)
    * Anti Short-circuiting Brain Bat-electrodes (also known as Anti Short-circuiting Bat-brain Electrodes)
    * Mini-charge (puts out 5000 Volts)
    * Remote Control Batcomputer Oscillator (activates Radio Frequency Bat-generator in Batcomputer, accepts Batman's voice commands)
    * Bat-melter (for locks)
    * Emergency Bat-communicator (fits on jacket lapel, or disguised as cufflinks)
    * Anti Eavesdrop Bat-plug (placed on telephone mouthpiece)
    * Remote Batmobile Control Phase Advancer (brings Batmobile to user's current position)
    * Small Echoing Seal Pulsator (tracking device for seals)
    * Super-thermalized Bat-skivvies (also known as bat-thermal underwear, protect against Mr. Freeze's freeze gun)
    * Batrope (used in the Bat-climb)
    * Anti Radioactive Bat-pill
    * Bat X-ray deflector
    * Special Exploding Batarang
    * Bat-cuffs
    * Bat-sound Amplifier
    * Trusty Bat-deflector
    * Bat-fan
    * Small Batcave Improvement Loan
    * Empty Alphabet Soup Bat-container
    * Bat-negative Ion Attractor
    * Instant Unfolding Bat-costumes complete with Utility Belts (add warm water)
    * Shark Repellent Bat-spray
    * Heel-and-toe Bat-rockets (experimental)
    * Portable Ultra-violet Bat-ray (used to set off explosions)
    * Bat-geiger Counter (detects radiation and indicates which direction it's in)
    * Pipe of Fog Bat-reverser
    * Anti Blast Bat-powder
    * Insecticide Bat-bomb
    * Bat-tweezers
    * Bat-shield
    * Miniature Bat-communicator
    * Bat-ear Plugs (block out any sound over 14,000 decibels)
    * Anti Thermal Bat T-shirts (provide protection from explosions)
    * Anti Lethal Fog Bat-spray
    * All Purpose Bat-swatter
    * Reverse Thermal Bat-lozenge
    * Ice Batarang
    * Ice Batrope
    * Bat-tools (for picking locks)
    * Bat-synchronizer (moves lips of the Bat-dummy)
    * General Emergency Bat-extinguisher (can remove fog from a room)
    * Batmobile Bat-tracker Device (leads the user to current position of Batmobile)
    * Bat-file (for escaping from handcuffs)
    * African Death Bee Antidote Pill
    * Bat-brush
    * Laser Bar Cutter
    * Bat-hooks
    * Bat-chemical (makes metal 20 times heavier)
    * Anti Alvino Ray Bat-disintegrator
    * Steam Neutralizing Bat-pellets
    * Three-Seconds-Flat Bat-vault Combination Unscrambler
    * Anti-percussion Asbestos Bat-flax
    * Bat-bomb Machine (defuses bombs)
    * Bat-hook (attached to suction cup, allows things to be hung on wall)
    * Bat-gauge (used to search for hidden doors)
    * Laser-gun (can be used to melt things)
    * Special Super Thermal B Long Underwear
    * Universal Drug Antidote Pill
    * Anti-freeze Capsule
    * Anti-mesmerizing Bat-reflector (for deflecting Mad Hatter's Super Instant Mesmerizer)
    * Bat-key (though likely highly illegal, can open

  • Utility Belt? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by stuffduff ( 681819 ) on Thursday June 16, 2005 @12:01PM (#12832809) Journal
    The one feature of both Batman and Star Wars was the Utility Belt. We have Cell Phones, Pagers, PDAs, Music Players, Multi-Tools, and the list is growing. It will be quite a while before we can expect an all in one tool that will do it all. It takes a while after dressing to load up the belt with all this stuff and cram the extra media in the pocket along with wallet and keys. I've often thought that it would be nice to just have a Utility Belt that could hold all the stuff and be ready at a moments notice.

    On a somewhat related matter, the physician's vest in Event Horizon also seems like a good idea. I'm considering a 'Red Green' and modifying a fishing vest to accommodate the usual tools I use for PC repair for family and friends. Just slip it on and I'm ready to tackle hardware and software problems!

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