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What is the effing problem with Batnipples?


It's mentioned EVERYWHERE by the fanboy press in the most insulting manner, but who cares? I didn't even notice them when I first saw this. My cringe moment was the butt shots but now I think they are cool. So it had nipples, get over it.

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could there be an element of sexual insecurity in their criticisms?

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well fanboys are very macho and homophobic, so probably.

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It's a silly and highly unnecessary detail. It would be kinda like molding the front of the codpiece into a stylized shape of a curled-up phallus.

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Yeah the bat nipples bothered me too. They just threw him at his batman nipples man nipples!~

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I think they're awesome. Like roman gladiator armor. And they have a strong gothic statue aesthetic.

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Agree, they never bothered me, I expect the designers had roman gladiator armor in mind.

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You wouldn't know what historical detail inspired the codpieces on the batsuits, then?

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Wasn’t it the wealthy Roman aristocracy that wore the custom armor with the sculpted nipples and abs where as regular Roman soldiers just wore practical lorica segmentata?

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Well, according to Joel Schumacher the nipples on the Batsuits (and Robin's suit for that matter) were inspired by the Greek statues. If I were to guess, I think that people had a problem with the nipples because they just came off as cheesy and distracting. Bruce Wayne uses the Batsuit to instill fear and intimation into criminals. And yet, the nipples make it look like he's a vigilante who is all too consumed with his vanity. I mean, we already know that Bruce Wayne works hard to keep his body in as peak of a physical condition as he can get.

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Because who puts nipples on the outside of their clothes? Probably the same type of people who wear their underwear on the outside of their uniforms.

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Ha!

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I agree. Who cares? The hatred for Shumacher and his Batman movies is completely overblown and ridiculous. I’m not even a fan of his two Batman films, but the only way anyone could find them to be among he worst films ever are delusional fanboys. The batnipples are such a minor thing...I hate the fanboys who ignore things like writing or directing and only focus on nonsensical details that only last on screen for 2 seconds. I think most people thought that the nipples were placed in by Schumacher, who is openly homosexual and was trying to insert his gay erotism onto Batman. It’s just stupid fanboysim.

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I wasn’t bothered - it just added to the overblown, ridiculous, campness of it all.

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Maybe people were more annoyed that Batgirl didn't have them in B&R!

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To be fair, she did have Bat-boobs.

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