I think people glommed onto it because Schumacher made such a big deal of it at the time. He seemed almost gleeful that it was he, and no one else, that thought to have them added. (And the large codpieces as well.) Had Batman & Robin been any good folks would have shrugged it off as an eccentricity, but when B&R turned out to be a dumpster fire, people began attacking the director himself.
It's no worse than Superman's bulge in the more recent DCEU films, if you ask me.
I don't disagree, but if Snyder had run around saying, "Man, do you see the size of Supes' bulge? That's all me, baby!" we'd be wheeling him around on a dolly, Hannibal Lecter-style.
Batman had a large cod piece even in Burton’s movies. Someone pointed it out there and someone else gave a (what I thought was) good reason: it’s to protect the Wayne “family jewels”.
Reply by Tresix
on May 29, 2018 at 5:14 PM
I've asked this as well. I didn't even noticed them until people started pointing them out.
Reply by AlienFanatic
on May 29, 2018 at 7:50 PM
I think people glommed onto it because Schumacher made such a big deal of it at the time. He seemed almost gleeful that it was he, and no one else, that thought to have them added. (And the large codpieces as well.) Had Batman & Robin been any good folks would have shrugged it off as an eccentricity, but when B&R turned out to be a dumpster fire, people began attacking the director himself.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on May 29, 2018 at 9:33 PM
It's no worse than Superman's bulge in the more recent DCEU films, if you ask me.
Reply by AlienFanatic
on May 29, 2018 at 11:15 PM
I don't disagree, but if Snyder had run around saying, "Man, do you see the size of Supes' bulge? That's all me, baby!" we'd be wheeling him around on a dolly, Hannibal Lecter-style.
Reply by Tresix
on May 30, 2018 at 9:42 AM
Batman had a large cod piece even in Burton’s movies. Someone pointed it out there and someone else gave a (what I thought was) good reason: it’s to protect the Wayne “family jewels”.
Reply by Renovatio
on May 30, 2018 at 10:32 AM
Maybe it's natural...