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The choice can actually be quite complicated because -- of course -- the actors have to wear these things. In ''X-Men'', nobody could move in the leather. There was a scene as they are approaching the Statue of Liberty and they have to climb over a brick wall that's about two foot tall. It took them several takes because [[Hugh Jackman|Jackman]], [[Halle Berry|Berry]] and co could [[Insurmountable Waist Height Fence|barely clamber over it]]. Likewise, it wasn't until ''[[Batman Begins]]'' that any Batman actor could turn their head while in costume (Clooney lampshades this in a late show interview about how conversations between him and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] would go; a similar lampshade appears in the ''Dark Knight Saga''), though how much of this is the latex and how much of it was costume design is unknown.
See also: [[Future Spandex]], [[Not Wearing Tights]]; [[Hell
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* ''[[Superman Returns (Film)|Superman Returns]]'': They had to choose something that could fit into the same world as the spandex of the 1970s films, looked impressive now and that the actor could reasonably wear. Well, two out of three ain't bad.
** Noteworthy in that Toei appears to be using the same material recently in the designs of [[Super Sentai]] costumes.
* ''[[Watchmen (Film)|Watchmen]]'': All three, actually, and more. The 1940s-vintage heroes mostly wore Spandex or its period equivalent (rather amusing are the realistic ''canvas'', silk or cotton home-made costumes, considering that the heroes in question were ordinary people having either a bout of schizophrenia or a surfacing vigilante streak); some of those that didn't - like Silhouette - wore leather. The later Comedian preferred leather body armor, and Silk Spectre II was in latex. (Malin Akerman famously commented that her costume made her "smell like a giant condom". Please refrain from comment.) Beyond that we had [[Coat, Hat, Mask|ordinary street wear]] for Rorschach (with a [[Cool Mask|special mask]] that reacted to pressure and heat), assorted varieties of body armor for almost everyone else, and a bright blue [[Full Frontal Assault|birthday suit]] for Dr. Manhattan.
* ''[[Judge Dredd (Film)|Judge Dredd]]'': latex, gritty (even though he wore leather in the comic...)
* ''[[Batman Begins]]'' has a suit that is mostly made of some form of kevlar. ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' adds ceramic plating for even more protection, and a lampshade for movie Batmen being unable to turn their heads.
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