Well....after months of speculation and guessing what the design will be, we FINALLY get our first look at the Batmobile from Zack Snyder's
Batman vs. Superman (working title). And as an added bonus, not only do we get a look at the design of the Batmobile, but we also get our very first look at Ben Affleck himself in the Batman costume. Check out the picture below!
First, let's talk about the design of the Batmobile itself. I absolutely love the design of it. To me, this looks like they combined the sporty look of Tim Burton's Batmobile with the military design of Christopher Nolan's Tumbler. If you see the picture that Snyder posted the day before the reveal, you can see that there even seems to be some inspiration from the Schumacher films, as evidenced by the raised wing in the back. It looks as if they took the best parts of all previous Batmobiles on film and combined them together. I absolutely love the look of it.
And now we get to the biggest part of this picture: the first look of Ben Affleck in the Batman suit. Right off the bat (ha ha...bat....I slay me), it is clearly obvious that the suit is heavily inspired by Frank Miller's Batman costume from
The Dark Knight Returns, as evidenced below As you can see, Affleck's suit is heavily influenced by Miller, especially with the cowl. The cowl's ears features tiny little nubs exactly like Miller's costume design. I do hope that with this costume, they allow Affleck to turn his head with the cowl, as shown in The Dark Knight Trilogy. I also like how the suit itself looks like it's made out of a sort of mesh material, which is something I have not yet seen in a Batman film. The whole costume itself looks like it is something not yet done for a Batman film, something I'm greatly excited about/
As for Affleck himself in the costume, he looks to be the perfect fit for the role, which pleasantly surprises me. He looks brooding and contemplating, which summarizes part of Batman's character perfectly; that he is a lone, brooding figure, trying to right the wrongs of his parents' murder (the photo also gave way to a rather amusing meme called "Why So Sad Batman" that I highly recommend looking at out of sheer amusement).
There is still some hate I have seen going around about the look of the costume and how "Affleck looks fat in the costume" (because, you know, the Internet hates everything) and to this I say: just give the man a chance. He has proven himself to be a more capable entertainer in the last few years (See:
Argo and
The Town) and in all honesty,
Daredevil really wasn't his fault. In fact, I liked him in that movie, I blame everything more on the writing and direction, the actors weren't at fault (well...except Jennifer Garner but that's another story).
While I am still extremely hesitant about
Batman vs Superman as a whole (especially with the inclusion of quite a few Justice League members), I am very happy that Affleck looks the perfect fit in the costume and I do hope that he does well in the role. Who knows? Maybe this will lead to Affleck getting to direct and star in a solo Batman film, something I think would be a VERY interesting move, directorial wise.
Batman vs. Superman, or
Batman and Superman featuring Justice League and Friends or whatever the film will eventually be called, hits theaters
May 6, 2016.
-Jon
