A few more weeks of templating, acquiring materials and planning had me suddenly thinking. In the 1990's incarnations of Batman movies and animated series, Bruce Wayne had made it possible to pack up his entire batsuit inside a suitcase, that could easily be transported in the trunk of one of his luxury vehicles, or delivered to him by Alfred, enabling the Caped Crusader to be able to "suit up" on the fly, in the comfort of his rear seat. This function of portability seems to have been lost in the recent Christopher Nolan films, with the more rigid and bulky looking batsuits.
That being said, there was probably more than one reason that Wayne wanted to have the batsuit redesigned with more modularization between Batman Begins and Dark Knight. On film, his primary reason was that he required more range of movement with his suit. However, modularization also comes with the double edged sword of being easier to pack for carrying, weighed with its increased exposure to weapons penetration.
This had me thinking about portability and response time issues. How realisitically can a Dark Knight styled batsuit be packed into a suitcase without possibly damaging the suit's features, and how easily can a suit be donned? Typical response time for a typical metropolitan emergency department is around 5 minutes. Can Batman make it to the scene of the crime before the police do reliably?
In the effort of exploring these ideas, I had dug out a rather old carrying case for an antiquated casette camcorder. First impression is that this case should be about the same size of a regular carry-on suitcase, and should be the kind of size that the batsuit would have to fit into, given the requirements for both portability and anonymity. It wouldn't do to lug around a few luggages the size of bodybags every time you're near the scene of a crime.
The great part of this is... This carrying case is actually quite durable. In fact, I think it's made of some kind of polyurethane or hard plastic. They don't make stuff to last like they used to, that's for sure. The question now remains... Will the suit fit?
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| An old VHSc Carrying Case |
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| Interior with foam inserts removed |
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