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[zencat]

This appeared on Dark Horizons this morning. If this is, indeed, the first look at Halle's Catwoman outfit then I have serious doubts about this film. There seems to be one critical element missing here: a catsuit! Oh, it's sexy...but this isn't Catwoman, this is a stripper in a Halloween costume.

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[Bryce (003)]

Yeah...

EVIL STUDIO EXEC: Do you know much about comic books Mr. Bryce?

BRYCE: No....I know a little about strippers....

[Dunph]

I saw something similar on MSN news I think it was, and i completely agree with you John. The 'catsuit' is appalling, they seem to have convoluted Pfeiffer's sexiness into sluttiness.

Also, from a practical POV, it's not...Well...Practical to go stealing gems in really is it? It's just a teenboy fantasy costume, I'm sorely disappointed if this really is the costume they intend to use. They can be sexy without being slutty. The designer obviously can't tell the difference. Bring back Bob Ringwood I say, he had the idea down to a tee.

[doublenoughtspy]

It appeared on AICN yesterday and Time magazine's people section the day before that. So I've been complaining to friends about it for 3 days now.

It's funny how DC used to have the superior comic book films and Marvel had the cheese fests - but now its the other way around.

[Robinson]

Originally posted by Dunphboy007
I saw something similar on MSN news I think it was, and i completely agree with you John. The 'catsuit' is appalling, they seem to have convoluted Pfeiffer's sexiness into sluttiness.  

Also, from a practical POV, it's not...Well...Practical to go stealing gems in really is it? It's just a teenboy fantasy costume, I'm sorely disappointed if this really is the costume they intend to use. They can be sexy without being slutty. The designer obviously can't tell the difference. Bring back Bob Ringwood I say, he had the idea down to a tee.

I had a discussion with a friend last night & I was trying to describe the outfit. We had a slight argument but I felt it was impractical. I mean, how are you going to steal and evade capture in open-toed heels?

[Tarl_Cabot]

cheesy.

[Loomis]

I saw this on AICN yesterday, but hasn't it already been thoroughly debunked as a hoax in the Talkback? That's not Berry, although in theory it might be someone modelling the costume intended for Berry. But, still, I don't see why we should be buying this. It's pretty easy to get hold of photos of attractive women wearing this sort of kit.... well, so I'm told, anyway.

[zencat]

Originally posted by doublenoughtspy
It's funny how DC used to have the superior comic book films and Marvel had the cheese fests - but now its the other way around.

Well, DC comics still kick ***. The Catwoman comics are hot, hot, and her costume is spectacular. The problem is Warner Bros.

This costume is soooo bad I can't believe it real. It could just be a rejected sketch that someone leaked to cause trouble.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

i can say one word for this mess.....YUCK

WE WENT FROM THE VERY FINE MICHELLE PFEIFFER TO THIS MESS?


no thank you warner brothers

[zencat]

Me-yowsa!

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[DLibrasnow]

Hmmm.....it's certainly cheesy and it bears no resemblance to the comic book character, but then Halle Berry can make me go "meow" wherever and whenever she wants!

"Love the suit" - Silence of the Lambs...

[Jim]

Christ - one would think this was something important. It's an adaptation of a comic book - why shouldn't it be stupid? For Lord's sake, it's Catwoman, not frickin' Proust.

[zencat]

Originally posted by Jim
Christ - one would think this was something important. It's an adaptation of a comic book - why shouldn't it be stupid? For Lord's sake, it's Catwoman, not frickin' Proust.

Spoken like a true Warner Bros. exec, Jim.

[JackChase007]

Originally posted by doublenoughtspy
It appeared on AICN yesterday and Time magazine's people section the day before that.  So I've been complaining to friends about it for 3 days now.

It's funny how DC used to have the superior comic book films and Marvel had the cheese fests - but now its the other way around.

That's a great point, actually. Look at THE PUNISHER, CAPTAIN AMERICA, and even the failed FANTASTIC FOUR. But now there's X-MEN, X2, SPIDER-MAN, and now X3 and SPIDER-MAN II on the way. I guess that some would argue that THE HULK is a good one, but for the most part, I heard negative things about it, and it just looked....I dunno....lousy.

[kevrichardson]

What is wrong with it ? I am sure it's just a promotional photo . Not the real thing.

[Xenobia]

I agree with Jim, that in the grand scheme this isn't all that important, and yet here I go commenting.

I suppose the folks behind the CW movie wanted to update her look, but they didn't just update it, they cut it to shreds.

Learn well from the X-Men folks -- they kept the costumes on target with the comic book characters.

-- Xenobia

[DLibrasnow]

Meow....

Mmmm.....who cares, it's Halle Berry and I love her!

[Roebuck]

What bothers me is the rumours that the film will bear no resemblance to the comics character what-so-ever.
Supposedly it's about an artist named Patience Price who comes back from the dead as a vigilante, out for revenge on the corporation that had her killed.

If this is true then it sounds more like 'The Crow' in drag.

[DLibrasnow]

Meow....

[jwheels]

That looks ridiculous. Micheal Phifer's suit looked so much sexier, and that doesn't even look like Halle Berry. I just hope that is not the final suit.

[DLibrasnow]

Meow, meow!!!

Halle Berry -- you make me purr with delight!

[CommanderBond]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
Meow, meow!!!

Halle Berry -- you make me purr with delight!

i agree with that one 100% lol ... but whats with the mask??? she looks goofy as hell with that thing on.

[zencat]

I still can't believe this is THE outfit. It's just too terrible.

Could there be a sequence in the film where Berry's character goes to a costume party or Halloween Ball and this is the outfit she wears? She goes as "Catwoman" (via Fredricks of Hollywood), wink, wink. This could explain this design.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

well as a batman fan this is an outrage an a slap in all the fans face, go by the comic history, damn warner brothers they mess every thing up, catwoman is NOT PATIENCE PRICE.....THIS WILL BE AN ABOMINATION TO ALL TRUE BATMAN FANS

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by CommanderBond



i agree with that one 100% lol ... but whats with the mask??? she looks goofy as hell with that thing on.

Not sure....why hide her sexy features...

[BONDFINESSE 007]

halle berry...michelle pfeiffer she is not, she is the only woman that knows how to wear a catsuit, when i saw michelle in batman returns in 1992....oh my god, i was without words, i am still in love with michelle

[DLibrasnow]

I fell in love with Michelle Pfieffer in 1985 when I saw the movie "Into the Night" with Jeff Goldblum....I knew then that this young actress would go far and sure enough she did!

[solitaire]

Halle is a beautiful woman....but that outfit is hideous. And I really don't think that's her in the pic. I saw another set pic of Halle in todays paper,and she was wearing a totally different suit....much sexier and befitting her class;)

[Blue Eyes]

That is one horrible mess. Everything that they got so right with the Catwoman suit in Batman Returns is just lost there. It is a pathetic attempt to try and woo a male audience when Michelle's outfit and sexuality were more at the fore.

It looks more like a spoof suit used in some pørn film post-Batman Returns. Seriously, look at those ears and the sheer tackiness. Halle's Catwoman must be the gutter--classless interpretation.

[Jim]

Originally posted by BONDFINESSE 007
well as a batman fan this is an outrage an a slap in all the fans face, go by the comic history, damn warner brothers they mess every thing up, catwoman is NOT PATIENCE PRICE.....THIS WILL BE AN ABOMINATION TO ALL TRUE BATMAN FANS

But will real people care?

Hey ho - the internet, specifically fan boards, seem to be the quickest way of getting market research now. Bet they change this as a result of "Batman fans not liking it". Why bother wasting time with focus groups when you can just shove a photo out there, get the opinion almost instantaneously.

What power is wielded by the fans out there in the darkness of a morning where their lives once were, tapping away at the keyboard in frenzy because something from a comic book isn't quite right.