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10 Batman gadgets we'd like to see in 'Batman vs. Superman'

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April 4, 2014

6. New and Improved Utility Belt

Utility-Belt

Batman has always been equipped with his utility belt in the movies, but have we truly ever seen it used as effectively as it could have been? The iconic DC superhero has so many gadgets in his arsenal that it was of course impossible to list them all here, but the majority of them are actually contained within his utility belt anyway. For example, his Bat-Grapple attaches to it and his Batarangs fold into it, while the vintage piece of comic book art above offers up an idea of the sorts of handy weapons and tools Batman keeps on him at all times. The smoke capsules in particular are something we’d like to see (as we’ve mentioned above), especially if it means he gets the better of Superman!

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138 comments

kyler416
April 4, 2014
The only gadget I'd like to see is the one that allows for someone else to play Batman
1. Jack Donaghy
  April 4, 2014
  Your comment is like.... 7 months past due? Get over it.
  1. Josh White
    April 4, 2014
    Your username and comment are amazing.
    Take my upvote.
    1. Jack Donaghy
      April 4, 2014
      Thank you... Josh. (I know you can read that in his voice LOL)
  2. WhiteBoner
    April 5, 2014
    Yeah, that hivemind fad is just SOOOO 2013. The hive has now swarmed onto some other trivial hysteria.
    And the hive hates being reminded of their tired, old fads.
    1. Jack Donaghy
      April 6, 2014
      This is a very example of why you shouldn't be here.
      You suck.
  3. lorface31
    April 6, 2014
    Lol dat was funny jack i can only imagine wat ur face n voice look like win u wrote dat.
    1. Jack Donaghy
      April 6, 2014
      Hahaha thanks.
2. Knight-Errant
  April 5, 2014
  I'm thinking that guy who directed Gone Baby Gone should get a chance at the role. He might not work in the role, but I think it'd be interesting to see what he does with the character in this movie universe.
BatmanNewsChris
April 4, 2014
They didn't make the list, but I'd like to see some good old-fashioned Batarangs! They were used briefly by Nolan, but I'd like to see them get a bit more spotlight.
1. Aaron Sarnecky
  April 4, 2014
  Yes! I don't really remember them being utilized much beyond the climax of Batman Forever.
  1. ravissary79
    April 5, 2014
    Batarangs have been used by nearly every incarnation of the character: both Burton films, Forever, (not sure if Cloony used them, he mostly used the grapple), and we saw him personally craft and use them several times in Begins, though they were more like knives or shurikens, similar to how Frank Miller imagined them. I'm not sure if they were used much in TDK or Rises.
2. Sergio
  April 4, 2014
  batman returns had a more prominent use of the batarangs, even the remote batarang had its piece of the action, but it would be nice if snyder uses them on a cooler way...
3. RPMan
  April 4, 2014
  This definitely tops the Batpod
4. MetzFest
  April 4, 2014
  And reverse batarang.
5. The Dark Knight
  April 5, 2014
  what about the batpod? that will be more interesting than batboat. but more powerful,huge than nolan films.
Batman94
April 4, 2014
The Batplane would be awesome
BruceNolan
April 4, 2014
I'd love to eventually see Batman in the BatBoat teaming up with Aquaman! That would be so awesome!
Hell NuN
April 4, 2014
The Explosive Gel was in "The Dark Knight" or not?
1. Sergio
  April 4, 2014
  those were sticky explosives, small, timed explosives with some kind of sticky adhesive (if you're talking about what batman uses to snatch Lau from his building)
Inspector Gadget
April 4, 2014
Gadgets shmadgets. I want to see a Batman who gets by on his smarts, physical abilities and intimidation/fear. I am so sick of this obsession with impossible gadgets that solve every problem he ever faces.
1. Dmerle
  April 4, 2014
  To a certain degree, it's also undeniable that gadgets are an essential part of Batman's arsenal. I get where you're coming from, but there's also that amazing moment when Batman grapples onto his Batwing or rolls through a wall in the Batmobile, goosebumps.
2. DELETE
  April 7, 2014
  Yeah, he's nothing without his gadgets. Only a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, detective, pilot, escape artist, master of disguise, who is fluent in japanese, cantonese, mandarin, spanish, french, latin, german, russian; who is also master of 127 different forms of armed and unarmed combat, including but not exclusive to: Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Muay Thai, Karate, Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, Ninjutsu, and also has degrees in criminal science, chemistry, engineering, biology, and high technology applications.
  1. therichardkirby
    July 21, 2014
    and a law degree from Yale according to the classic Adam West series
OmegaCorleone
April 4, 2014
I loved the Batjet in Batman Arkham Asylum. Something like that would be very cool on the BIG screen! Still hope Snyder will use IMAX for this!!!
Worlds Finest Comments
April 4, 2014
If Affleck does go on to direct his own Batman film, I'd bet we'll get more of the detective side. With Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo, Affleck is one of the modern kings of the thriller genre, so I would imagine that's the direction he'd be most comfortable with.
1. Worlds Finest Comments
  April 4, 2014
  I said "Modern king". And I think directing a Best Picture Oscar winner, one critically acclaimed adaptation of a pulp novel and a hit heist film has earned the praise.
  1. Mutter
    April 5, 2014
    Shut up Michael Roberts
    http://25.media.tumblr.com/...
Sergio
April 4, 2014
zack snyder already said that there's no such thing as kryptonite in his MoS universe, so the the ring is out; i guess they will come up with a more original idea of how would batman manage a confrontation with supes.
1. OmegaCorleone
  April 4, 2014
  Snyder said there wouldn't be Kryptonite in MOS, he didn't mention any future films. I think we will see Kryptonite in BvS tbh.
  1. Sergio
    April 4, 2014
    elaborating a little more on my previous comment: there's no kryptonite on Snyder's MoS; however, he did put something similar: remember the technology on board Zod's ship that briefly deprived kal from his powers? well, batman (or bruce maybe, or lex perhaps) could somehow get his hands on that thing, since all that technology got scattered when kal blew it up in the end, so no ring but maybe some gadget that accomplishes the same thing.
    1. OmegaCorleone
      April 4, 2014
      The technology you refer to, if I'm correct, is the World Engine right? Since that created Krypton's atmosphere and that made Clark weaker around it.
      I don't think they'll use that again.
      However, I do think the massive destruction in Metropolis is going to play a big role in BvS and it could link to Lex's main goal to get rid off Supes, amongst other reasons of course :P Think about it, Zod's armor is on top on a LexCorp building, the World Engine in the Indian Sea is still there (although, what is left of it) and parts of the old Krypton scout ship lay in the ashes of Metropolis although I think finding that back in one piece is a bit excessive.
      I would love there to be Kryptonite in BvS. It could be from the leftover materials from the battle that started to transform or react or something like that… It would be Supes' weakness that Lex and Bruce can use against him. Lex in the form of Metallo and Bruce in the form of a ring with which he can throw damaging punches to Superman.
      But we just have to wait and see how this all turns out!
      1. Sergio
        April 4, 2014
        you may be actually right, but i can´t help hoping that they make a batman that shows his resourcefulness in more creative ways; i wouldn´t like superman to be powered down in order to beat him in a battle; on the other hand, i would love to see batman using his trademark wits to overcome kal despite his incredible strength, but as you're saying, we'll just have to wait and see.
      2. Jakeithus
        April 4, 2014
        I would put money on kryptonite showing up in some form in BvS. Explaining that the effects of the World Engine created small amounts of a never before seen, green mineral to appear around the world would tie this movie into MoS, and explain why it didn't come into play sooner. It's a better explanation for why it exists than meteors, and is the first thing I thought of when the idea of terraforming Earth was revealed.
        If this were my movie to make, part of the plot would involve Wayne Enterprises and LexCorp in competition to acquire and research kryptonite and Kryptonian technology. It would create a nice comparison between Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor, and help make it feel like it makes sense for Batman to be involved in the movie.
      3. OmegaCorleone
        April 4, 2014
        I completely agree. I also thought LexCorp and Wayne Enterprises wanted to get a hold of the remaining alien parts in Metropolis and the Indian Ocean. Not to forget, Wayne Enterprises lost one of it's satellites!
        Besides getting a hold of those things, Lex would probably want to set up Batman against Superman (as was also rumored some time ago) Not to forget that Bruce should have his own intentions to get to know more about this Superman. All in all, it's only logical that Bruce is involved in this story. It just makes sense.
    2. Rock-E Riffz
      June 25, 2014
      It wasn't really Zod's tech it was the atmosphere in the ship the atmosphere was set to that of Krypton which had the atmosphere that had the Red Sun that causes Superman to lose his powers in the comics
2. TJW
  April 4, 2014
  He said just because kryptonite didn't show up in Man of Steel, doesn't mean it doesn't exist in his universe.
Captain DC
April 4, 2014
Some honorable mentions include: The sniper riffle grapple gun from Frank Miller's TDKR, Freeze and glue grenades, Shock-Gloves, Bat heat-ray gun, and most importantly, Shark Repellent Bat Spray.
1. BatmanNewsChris
  April 4, 2014
  Explose give made the list, it was #8:
  http://batman-news.com/2014...
  1. Captain DC
    April 4, 2014
    Explosive gel was a typo. I MEANT, the Bat heat-ray gun from the critically acclaimed Batman & Robin film.
    1. Matches Malone
      April 4, 2014
      Sarcasm. Love it.
      1. Sergio
        April 4, 2014
        funny, your user name just reminded me of another thing i would love to see in batman movies: bruce's mastery of disguises.
      2. Matches Malone
        April 4, 2014
        Exactly. A lot of people think that Batman is so played out in cinema. But really, there is so much yet to have been explored. What you said is one of the many things.
2. MetzFest
  April 4, 2014
  It'd be really cool and fun for them to make a nod to that in the movie where Batman can be like "I don't use shark repellent" or "What? Did you think I had shark repellent in here?"
  1. Victor Pleitez
    April 6, 2014
    He can just punch a shark like he did in the arkham games.
King T'Challa
April 4, 2014
No shark repellent?
Aaron Sarnecky
April 4, 2014
I'd actually say he did a decent amount of detective work in TDK but there's room for more. Kinda want to see an armored suit, but that might be too much. Gotta use Batarangs more; they've been pretty lacking in most of the movies.
1. MetzFest
  April 4, 2014
  The ONLY time he used Batarangs in the Nolan trlogy was one time in Batman Begins.... VERY DISAPPOINTING. And it was for a light bulb.....
  1. Aaron Sarnecky
    April 4, 2014
    That light bulb had it coming.
  2. ravissary79
    April 5, 2014
    And two of them were used as a makeshift dagger when he had Ras on the floor of the train.
    1. ravissary79
      April 6, 2014
      yup...
Azbats
April 4, 2014
As long as their rendition of Batman is able to put up an amazing fight scene, similar to how the character moves in the Arkham games. Batman should be that fluid, quick and fast.
1. MetzFest
  April 4, 2014
  I agree I'd like them to pull of a Bruce Lee/Jason Bourne. Batman IS special forces he's meant to disable you and take you down within SECONDS.
  1. Mahender Singh
    April 6, 2014
    gadgetsare nice but i hope they show hand to hand combat scenes just like cap 2..that would be awesome.:)
titletownrelo
April 4, 2014
In terms of gadgets, I would love for there to be the scene where Bats connects a cities power to his shock gloves to electrocute Supes as seen in Frank Miller's Dark Knight
Carl
April 4, 2014
The most important one was left out. If Aquaman makes an appearance, Bats will be prepared.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j...
dalehernando
April 4, 2014
Shark repellent bat-spray.
Harvey D
April 4, 2014
I want to see him using the Detective Mode from the Arkham series.
But not like the sonar that was used in TDKR, that looked like he was wearing glasses.
1. Harvey D
  April 4, 2014
  Excuse me, I meant The Dark Knight.
2. Sergio
  April 4, 2014
  yeah, i think that was Nolan's way to give batman his iconic white eyes but it looked a bit odd anyway...
  1. ravissary79
    April 5, 2014
    Not as odd as sunglasses in a cowl.
3. CmputrBlu
  April 4, 2014
  I don't know, I think it made a lot of sense the way it was done in TDK. I mean it would be some sort of glasses/lens as opposed to some sorta white contact lens. Of course it could be some sort of future tech contact lens; but the former just seems more feasible is all I'm saving :)
  On a similar note I always though the live action Batman cowl should have some lens covering the eye holes (design the cowl around something like wrap-around lens of Oakley glasses) as oppose to the way they've always done it. It would avoid them having to do the whole "black make-up around the eyes" bit plus they can throw all manner of tech behind it.
  1. Dennis Lookman
    April 5, 2014
    Totally agree with you!
4. Guest
  April 4, 2014
  You mean TDK not TDKR.
Captain DC
April 4, 2014
In a fight against Superman. What on Earth would Batman need a Kryptonite Ring for? Now, a Yellow Power Ring, could be useful.
1. ravissary79
  April 5, 2014
  I always thought he should have reverse engineered a green and yellow ring and made a weaker, Waynetech black ring that produces opaque black constructs: thought controlled suit, cape, gadgets, vehicles etc. All black with varying degrees of power based on its charge and his will to exact justice.
  1. Captain DC
    April 5, 2014
    The reason the writers would never let the character do that, is the same reason he doesn't where an armored Iron Man-like suit all the time. Less drama and a lot less suspense, when he battles the more "human" villains.
    1. ravissary79
      April 6, 2014
      well sure, it'll never happen, but it would be fantastic and would work better thematically than a black ironman suit.
MetzFest
April 4, 2014
I don't want to see a Kryptonite Ring But I do want to see batman use some device Kryptonite related.
RPMan
April 4, 2014
Love this list. Really want there to be a scene where Batman uses the smoke pellets to "disappear" while fighting thugs.
1. Carl
  April 4, 2014
  That would be awesome and straight out of the comic books.
  1. ravissary79
    April 5, 2014
    This was used in the first Burton film, albeit more for effect than genuine concealment.
RPMan
April 4, 2014
You forgot Detective Vision. And I hope Batman has the thing he uses to "stick" (for a lack of a better word I could think of) onto the side of the white van in the beginning of TDK.
1. Sergio
  April 4, 2014
  it was a mechanical aid that allowed him to disable weapons by bending their barrels and which he finally used as an emergence tool to avoid falling beneath the van's wheels and, yeah it would be cool to use that in the new movie too.
  1. Knight-Errant
    April 5, 2014
    Though I can't find the reference now, I want to say it was nicknamed "The Mauler".
    1. joe
      April 5, 2014
      i think it was called a "pneumatic mangler."
      1. Knight-Errant
        April 5, 2014
        Yup, that's it. Thanks....explains why I couldn't find reference to the 'mauler.'
William L
April 4, 2014
I don't wanna see no kryptonite fucking ring... LOL!
1. EBo
  April 5, 2014
  I just wanna see the only gadget that matters ! ' Batman bottle opener ' : )
  1. WhiteBoner
    April 5, 2014
    The irony is that Batman never touches alcohol.
    (Well, that's how it was until recently. Now Batman probably guzzles testosterone-lowering alcohol while hanging out with back-from-the-dead Jason Todd, the 16 different Robins, all the lesbians in Batman's social circle, and so on. But in the 80's and 90's - and implied in the Nolan Trilogy - it was explicit that he never touched the brain-fogging, testosterone-dropping, beer gut-creating shit.)
WhiteBoner
April 4, 2014
Who started this "we" fad in news headlines? It's everywhere nowadays.
You can't just declare yourself the voice of the world, comic book fans, or Batman fans. You speak for yourself.
1. BatmanNewsChris
  April 4, 2014
  We being Batman News. "10 Batman gadgets Batman News would like to see in 'Batman vs. Superman'" doesn't have the same ring to it.
  1. BatmanNewsChris
    April 5, 2014
    That's a good question, I didn't write the article but it's definitely been used in most, if not all of the previous Batman movies. I think Josh just wants to see it used in a cool way with Batman having to keep up with Superman, a guy who can fly!
  2. Sergio
    April 5, 2014
    the grappling hook is there in every batman movie, but in its most conventional use: to help batman go up buildings and hang perps upside down (joker in batman and flass in begins); it would be nice to see batman using his grappling gun in-fight, pulling bad guys towards him to melee them, disarm them or just for wrecking all kinds of havoc, you know what i mean?
  3. WhiteBoner
    April 5, 2014
    That's fair. But I don't think that HuffPost means "the HuffPost editorial staff" when they say, "Why we must stop Idaho bakeries from not making cakes for gay weddings", and similar types of headlines. In the context it's always used, "we", they are clearly claiming to speak for everybody.
    (And just for future reference, I don't think that saying "....what Batman News would like...." is bad at all. In fact, it's both dropping your name and making a headline in one post.)
    1. ravissary79
      April 5, 2014
      The difference is telling others what "we think" vs telling them "what we should do". See, in the first case, the we is informing the non-we of what they might not have known. If they were already "we", why tell them? In the second case, the we is inclusive because it is saying "you and I are in a community with similar opinions, thus, Here are reasons why you and I (we) should work together to accomplish said goals. So it is logically implied that you and I are not in this "we", since they are sharing with us, not mobilizing us, preaching at us or saying they are us.
      1. WhiteBoner
        April 5, 2014
        Yes, there are many contexts of "we".
        In this context, which is a story headline where neither the subject, the number of implied subjects, or the audience is a known factor, the "we" is at best confusing, and at worst a presumptuous declaration that the writer speaks for all parties involved. (It is this last usage which is the most common since the "we" fad began in the past five years or so.)
        Just ten years ago - certainly twenty years ago - virtually every modern news usage of "we" would have been scrapped by an editor because it was illogical, unprofessional, and bias.
      2. ravissary79
        April 6, 2014
        if you know what it means when they say that, then problem solved, if you don't then your'e alone. I'm fairly certain most of us understood what was meant. If your problem is what "editors are supposed to not allow because its bad english" blah blah blah.... okay, maybe you have a point, it shouldn't matter. If people understand, and it serves a purpose, and you're the only person complaining then look really hard in the mirror and ask:" why am I the only person who cares about this? Is it really important? Why did other people understand what was meant?"
        But that's probably too much self doubt. You'd immediately burst into flames... and WE can't have that. you're far too important.
      3. WhiteBoner
        April 6, 2014
        What the hell are you babbling about?
      4. guest
        April 7, 2014
        You lost.
      5. WhiteBoner
        April 7, 2014
        good comeback
      6. guest
        April 7, 2014
        That's not a comeback genius. You never said anything to me before that.
      7. WhiteBoner
        April 7, 2014
        ok
      8. ravissary79
        April 8, 2014
        "What the hell are you babbling about?"
        you know that realization you have when you encounter someone who just likes to hear themselves talk? Yeah... that's you. All of us (as in, everyone here who's not you) should have just said what you said just now a long time ago, but to you. At least if you were a sincere grammar-nazi, you might have a point, but now I see why others call you a troll. *yawn* I'll never understand why some people live just to piss others off. Find a real hobby.
2. Jack Donaghy
  April 4, 2014
  And you are a failed troll, unwelcome here to say the least. Yeah... next line is "I can come here as many times as I want" or "This is the internet" etc., but remember.... People here consider you a potential pedophile already...
  1. Jack Donaghy
    April 5, 2014
    "Another creepy dude who keeps talking about molesting children" says the guy that brought the idea of the lil Selina Kyle from Gotham in tight leather without anyone talking about anything remotely close to that.
    Someone report this guy as a child molester or I will!
    1. The Many-Faced GOD
      April 5, 2014
      hes been reported as worst than that i sent his ip to the proper authorities
      1. Jack Donaghy
        April 6, 2014
        Says the guy that created a new Twitter account to hide who he really is *after being accused of pedophilia in this discussion board*. Convenient much? Sorry, we won already.
      2. WhiteBoner
        April 6, 2014
        You and a bunch of other kiddie porn-loving sociopaths keep on rambling on about your disgusting perversions....and now you're trying to project your kiddie porn obsession onto online strangers. Projection fail.
        Listen, freaky perv: Leave me the fuck alone. You and all your fellow impotent, low-testosterone, hivemind losers are now really creeping me out. You've crossed the line from harmless queers to chillingly obsessed cyberstalkers. I don't care about your sexual fetishes, but when you're trying to project them onto my life, then we have a problem.
      3. Jack Donaghy
        April 6, 2014
        Don't worry. I already told the website's owner to remove your ridiculous posts.
        Delusional son of a bitch.
      4. WhiteBoner
        April 6, 2014
        While it's good that you've turned yourself into the authorities, it wasn't Chris Begley and the Batman-News team that's the "authority" that should be most concerned about you: that's the FBI's Child Protection Team.
        The fact that you're 31 and you brag about prancing off to the mods to beg them to censor somebody says everything about you that needs to be said. You are a pathetic, effeminate little thing.
      5. Jack Donaghy
        April 6, 2014
        Cool story. ;-)
      6. WhiteBoner
        April 6, 2014
        sure, tough guy
      7. Jack Donaghy
        April 6, 2014
        And just for the record, I am a 31 years old, well raised, Hispanic male, professional actor, amazing life, going back home, to perform in theater who happens to be a Batman fan coming in here and reading your ridiculous posts about unrelated shit that turned.... to this.
    2. guest
      April 7, 2014
      That made no sense.
3. The Many-Faced GOD
  April 5, 2014
  oh...why oh why have you escaped from arkham again, Troll, CALL BATMAN!!!
  1. Mutter
    April 5, 2014
    Dude get the fuck out of this place. You're obviously nothing close to a Batman fan. You only come here to disrupt discussions about film, comics, etc with your stupid nonsense... Go back to whatever discussion board they *might* like, because here it's not it...
  2. The Many-Faced GOD
    April 5, 2014
    oh how i hate you so...
  3. Guest
    April 5, 2014
    This has nothing to do with the article. Why do you feel the need to bring up irrelevant events? Especially when everyone on here thinks you're a psycho.
    1. WhiteBoner
      April 5, 2014
      lol at a self-proclaimed Batman "fan"....who apologizes for violent animals and doesn't care about crime.
      Wait! I think you were included in a Batman comic book. Yes, indeed, the vision is becoming clearer.....
    2. Jack Donaghy
      April 6, 2014
      Good grammar. You're hired.
Arkham Psyche
April 4, 2014
The Wheddon Zapper, aimed accurately it will turn any incoming vicous villains into cotton candy coloured fluffy wuffy foes like the wee cheeky monkey Loki or a London mid age breakdown thespian (IM3/Mandarin). Imagine, Bats about to be crippled with the mind games of The Riddler, Superman near terrorised & slaughtered by Doomday ...
Abracadabra ... WHEDDON ZAPPER TO THE RESCUE!!! ... Said villains are transformed into Chris Rock & Jim Varney!!!
Chris
April 4, 2014
They have used the grappling hook multiple times in batman begins, the dark knight and also in the dark knight rises.
Chris
April 4, 2014
Also in the first batman film in 89
Meester Smeeth
April 4, 2014
Are nipples gadgets?
ResurrectRider
April 4, 2014
You left out the beste gadget of all. Adam West's Anti-Everything Spray.
ej123
April 4, 2014
What about the shark repelent bat-spray?!
Foomankru
April 4, 2014
This is a pretty comprehensive list. At this point, I just want to see the damn suit. Once we see that, we will probably have a better understanding of the direction they are going with the character.

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