George Clooney's Batman and Robin Suit Gets A Slick Makeover In Fan Edit
George Clooney’s Batsuit, seen in the late Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin, receives a sleek new fan-edit. 1997’s Batman & Robin was considered to be the fourth film in the series started by Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989, though whether Schumacher and Burton’s films are considered canon with each other has been brought into question in subsequent years. The film was critically panned on release by critics and fans alike and for years was considered to have killed the franchise on film, until Christopher Nolan revived it with his more grounded Batman Begins in 2005.
As time has passed, however, Schumacher’s vision has received a certain amount of reappraisal in the fandom. Considering audiences have received three subsequent reiterations of Batman in the 21st century, there has been more of a willingness to respect both Batman Forever and Batman & Robin for their uniqueness. The films have been praised as blockbuster-level celebrations of the camp quality that is practically second-hand to superhero comics, and as love letters to the 1960s TV series starring Adam West.
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Now, Twitter user @itsRyanUnicomb posts a redesigned publicity still of Clooney’s Batsuit that is both more subdued and emblematic of a Dark Knight. The blue rubber of the original has been replaced with the black that has been standard in live-action Batman costumes since Burton’s first film. The singular color of the original design has also been broken up by including the traditional yellow in the oval behind the bat symbol on the chest, which has also had the molded nipples removed. Perhaps most striking is the inclusion of comic book-accurate white eyes and shorter ears
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