Of all the problems MoS had, the costume wasn't one of them. I mean it basically looked exactly like the New 52 costume, which I thought was just fine.
First Promo Image of Superman From Dawn of Justice
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I'm not surprised. He spent years defending Atlantis, so it's only fitting he rule it.Oly J said:
I'm not sure the lack of underwear makes it any less silly to the public. He's still a man flying around in pajamas and a cape.Jandau said:
Similarly, no matter how dark they make Batman, he's always a man dressed up as a mouse with wings.
Most comic heroes are inherently silly, and I think trying to patch that out is like trying to beat up the ocean.
That said, the costume's okay.
He's using his X-Ray vision to find his parts in the script. They're buried, so it only makes sense.Lieju said:
You know, this shouldn't really need to be said, but it's okay to have a single franchise out there that isn't dark and broody. Not everyone needs to be Batmanified. Especially Superman.Dendio said:
I mean, it's fine if you don't like Superman. But he needs to be dark and gritty about as much as My Little Pony does.
Don't know about you people, but I enjoy the contrast in the way we saw the first Batman image and the first Superman image.
Batman shows up in a B&W photo looking down, with no further edits, while Superman is straight colors and all. And is really cool to see him in Gotham. Really excited to see what Snyder will do with Gotham.
Batman shows up in a B&W photo looking down, with no further edits, while Superman is straight colors and all. And is really cool to see him in Gotham. Really excited to see what Snyder will do with Gotham.
I've always liked the suit, its the scenery and setting I don't like. I can't believe a character based on hope looks so fucking miserable. So this and that picture of Batman (Which also has a good costume) Is looking to be one depressing film.
Can't wait to see the promotional picture of Jesse Eisenberg and his twelve year old face, I'm sure hes going to be really intimidating.
Can't wait to see the promotional picture of Jesse Eisenberg and his twelve year old face, I'm sure hes going to be really intimidating.
I never saw MoS and I had no problem with the costume.
The title is stupid and itreminds of the Warfighter (haha I guess) thing with one guy checking if his friend was paying attention. Also can we have some Warner Bros? I know its supposed to be Superman's answer to the Dark Knight movies but at least they had colour.Aggieknight said:
If theirs one thing I think of when I think superman its grimdark seriousness haha. God even the batman comics regularly featured color and made the occasional joke or self aware little nod to itself. Everything about this movie seems destined to make it worse than man of steel, and that's just crazy.
I think what truly makes this picture work is showing off Superman's innate super ability of water resistance. Even his cape is bone dry from the looks of it.
I have to ask does anyone actually want the red underwear back? I have my issues with the New 52 but I really like (most) of the redesigns and a big reason is because nobody is running around in there underwear.
I don't care what powers he has and what good he does, if Superman were in the real world I would not be able to take him seriously as a symbol of hope if he waas flying around with his underwear on the outside.
I don't care what powers he has and what good he does, if Superman were in the real world I would not be able to take him seriously as a symbol of hope if he waas flying around with his underwear on the outside.
The costume looks fine, to me at least. My problem is that the rest of the shot is so f***ing dreary; Superman just looks disappointed, it's dark outside, there's hail/sleet coming down... can we please have a promotional picture that looks something more like the upper half of this?
I don't get all the fanboys crying over the modern/dark representation of Superman. Sure, back in the gold/silver/bronze ages of comics he was a paragon of virtue and boyscouty and all the rest of it... but that was then; this is now. I like that version as much as the next fanboy, but times change. Cultures change. Characters change. Appreciate what was then for what it was, and appreciate what is now for what it is.
Sure it's dark, but he's in a Batman film now after all, right? Right??? I wish they had taken a real risk and gone all "Red Son" for a Superman flick.
I like the hair (for contextual reasons) and the costume is modified.
It's even darker than the MoS one, I get that he is in Gotham (i assume) but should he represent a light in the darkness at least contrast from it?
Does everything have to be so bland?
It's even darker than the MoS one, I get that he is in Gotham (i assume) but should he represent a light in the darkness at least contrast from it?
Does everything have to be so bland?
The problem isn't so much the absence of the underwear in itself, because it is pretty silly. The Man of Steel movie costume, while a little drab for my tastes, is actually a really nice design.Gizmo1990 said:
The problem with the New 52 costume isn't the lack of trunks, it's the fact that it's absolutely hideous. It's like Jim Lee decided what we really needed was more '90s superhero costume design: it's way too busy, covered with unnecessary seams and joins, and it's clearly intended to be armour. What the hell does Superman need armour for? He's fucking Superman. Compare the New 52 Justice League with the cartoon Justice League: the latter's designs are clean, simple and timeless, while the former look like something out of 1993.
I hope this movie has a scene where Superman literally punches a hole through the clouds with a visual of the sun shining through in a dramatic fashion coinciding with an emotionally impacting scene of competent writing.
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Oh, who am I kidding. Nolan would never sign-off on it, and Goyer isn't capable enough to make such a scene work with the rest of the movie. Snyder could manage it though.
Captcha: speeding bullet
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Oh, who am I kidding. Nolan would never sign-off on it, and Goyer isn't capable enough to make such a scene work with the rest of the movie. Snyder could manage it though.
Captcha: speeding bullet
I agree completly. I don't like all the joins. The reason I said I like the new 52 designs really was simply because they got rid of the underwear and I would rather have all the unnessasery joines than the underwear.Anachronism said:The problem isn't so much the absence of the underwear in itself, because it is pretty silly. The Man of Steel movie costume, while a little drab for my tastes, is actually a really nice design.Gizmo1990 said:
The problem with the New 52 costume isn't the lack of trunks, it's the fact that it's absolutely hideous. It's like Jim Lee decided what we really needed was more '90s superhero costume design: it's way too busy, covered with unnecessary seams and joins, and it's clearly intended to be armour. What the hell does Superman need armour for? He's fucking Superman. Compare the New 52 Justice League with the cartoon Justice League: the latter's designs are clean, simple and timeless, while the former look like something out of 1993.
Still, credit where it's due, New 52 Wonder Woman's costume is actually really good.
GRRRR DARK AND GRITTY LOOK AT THOSE GRRAAAPPHICS
$10 says that Superman goes on a neck-snapping spree.
$10 says that Superman goes on a neck-snapping spree.