Favourite Chris O’Donnell Robin Costume?

[Silver Nemesis]

Classic:

Nightwing:

Arctic:

I left out the Flying Grayson's suit, since he hadn't technically adopted the name Robin when he wore it. So out of the three suits listed, which is your favourite?

For me, the classic costume takes the top spot. But I like the Nightwing costume too. The arctic suit's a distant, distant third.

I always thought it was a shame Robin only wore the classic outfit for one sequence at the end of Batman Forever. I think it might have been better if he'd worn if for the first half of Batman & Robin too, then adopted the Nightwing costume – as well as the name 'Nightwing' – when he went solo following his disagreement with Bruce.

[Catwoman]

I always thought it was a shame Robin only wore the classic outfit for one sequence at the end of Batman Forever. I think it might have been better if he'd worn if for the first half of Batman & Robin too, then adopted the Nightwing costume – as well as the name 'Nightwing' – when he went solo following his disagreement with Bruce.

That would have been much better.

I vote classic.

[The Dark Knight]

The BF suit is my pick. It successfully translated the classic design into modern times.



If I didn't know the correct context, I could easily guess this is Robin posing at the end of a fashion show catwalk.

[thecolorsblend]

As much as I like the BF Robin outfit, what I think we're supposed to surmise is that Dick had no real design input into that outfit. Alfred "took the liberty"... but he took liberties Dick might not have chosen for himself.

The Robin outfit from B&R is more in line with Dick's sensibilities. It's a less busy design overall, it has a lot of bat-like characteristics but he very much has his own identity.

Besides, the colorful BF Robin outfit would look a bit strange paired with Clooney's entirely black outfit. There's pretty much no color whatsoever with Clooney's Batman suit so Robin's suit needed to change too.

Still, that BF Robin suit holds a special place in my heart. It felt like the movies were more firmly embracing comic book elements that I loved. Putting Dick in what was basically Tim Drake's outfit was less jarring than it might have been after three years of BTAS so overall it worked pretty well for me. I just think the B&R outfit is a more personal statement for Dick than the BF outfit.

[Silver Nemesis]

But wouldn't it be more appropriate for Dick to make a statement and assert his independence at the point in the story where he rebels and breaks away from Batman, rather than so soon after he's become his sidekick? I don't think Bruce and Dick really became equal partners until the end of the film, when Batman trusted Robin to save himself during the final battle. Until then Batman was still being overbearing and treating Robin like his apprentice/sidekick. And Dick seemed ok with that arrangement at first. He didn't really start to diverge from Batman's leadership until the situation with Ivy came up.

I think you're right about the Nightwing suit reflecting his identity. It incorporates the red robin symbol from his motorcycle helmet, which in turn symbolises his rebellious streak. But the classic costume symbolises something too: it represents Dick belonging to a family and being part of a team. The design is based on his Flying Graysons uniform, which Dick discarded after his family were killed. He never expected to be part of another team/family after that and so instructed Alfred to get rid of it. "I won't need it anymore." But then he found a new team, a new family, with Bruce and Alfred. And he started wearing those same colours again. I don't think he should have discarded them until he broke away from that team and became fully independent. And the best point for him to have done that IMO would have been after his and Batman's bust-up at the ice-cream factory.

[Catwoman]

Besides, the colorful BF Robin outfit would look a bit strange paired with Clooney's entirely black outfit. There's pretty much no color whatsoever with Clooney's Batman suit so Robin's suit needed to change too.

Psssst...it was blue.

I love the contrast or whatever between Batman's dark grey/black suits and Robin's more colorful costumes when they are together. I think it's a good metaphor for the point they are in their lives and careers and outlooks. Whatever the media is, when Dick becomes jaded and strikes out on his own, the Nightwing costume is a much simpler, less colorful outfit a lot like Bruce's.

[Silver Nemesis]

That's a good point about the darker outfit reflecting his jadedness. The more colourful costume reflects the renewed hope and purpose he finds in being a crime fighter.

The darker costume represents him outgrowing that initial excitement and moving into a more cynical, rebellious phase. But that's a gradual process of maturation. It feels too abrupt for him to wear the green and red suit for one sequence, then go straight to the black costume. At least to me it does.

I don't think it would have been a problem seeing the green and red outfit next to Clooney's costume.  As Catwoman says, the Clooney suit is blue. It's actually a lighter colour than Robin's Nightwing suit, which is rather odd when you think about it – Batman is wearing a lighter coloured costume than Robin.

All the costumes in the Schumacher films tend to reflect the colour of the lighting anyway, so I think they would have blended together quite nicely.

[OutRiddled]

The BF suit used to be my favourite but the Nightwing suit from B&R has really grown on me. 

[The Dark Knight]

I'm judging a suit on its aesthetics, not its backstory.

[The Laughing Fish]

I'll repeat what I said in the Schumacher Batsuit thread:

I can't help but feel I like the Nightwing-looking suit in B&R. It fitted Dick Grayson's rebellious nature in that film, a symbol in trying to shed away from his sidekick identity.