First Promo Image of Superman From Dawn of Justice

[Something Amyss]

Khal Drogo as Aquaman though, that was news to me

I'm not surprised. He spent years defending Atlantis, so it's only fitting he rule it.

Honestly, I don't see what the problem with the costume is. Man of Steel had many many problems, but Superman's outfit was not one of them. Also, isn't it a bit silly to complain about a superhero having a slightly different costume, when most superheroes go through so many costume changes during their lifetime that it requires a wiki to keep track of it all? The costume is fine, the red shorts would look needlessly silly to uninitiated audiences, since their origin (carnival strongmen) has long since departed from the mainstream cultural consciousness and would simply come off as a guy wearing his underwear outside his pants.

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.

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.

Well, he looks confused.
"Wait, where did my movie go? I though thiswas a sequel to MoS?"

He's using his X-Ray vision to find his parts in the script. They're buried, so it only makes sense.

I like having a darker take on the man of steel. We have already had plenty of cheesy, hammmy boy scout superman movies

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.

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.

 

[Ruisu]

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.

 

[scw55]

Can Superman catch any infections?
I'm just wondering if it's safe for him to be out in the rain without any form of head covering.

Though he looks quite dry himself.

 

[Burchy22]

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.

 

[tm96]

I never saw MoS and I had no problem with the costume.

He looks very Nolany. I wonder if he needs to find a bathroom.

Honestly, though, isn't "Dawn of Justice" about the silliest subtitles. It's like, bad video game subtitle bad.

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.

 

[LazyAza]

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.

 

[circularlogic88]

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.

 

[Gizmo1990]

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.

 

[Mangod]

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?

 

[RealRT]

Okay, so why does he look twenty years older than in the previous film? Wasn't Batman supposed to be the older one?

 

[Extragorey]

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.

 

[vagabondwillsmile]

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.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

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?

 

[SnakeoilSage]

Hey look its Bat--wait, it's Superman. Looking broody. Because fuck heroism.

 

[elvor0]

Khal Drogo as Aquaman though, that was news to me

I'm not surprised. He spent years defending Atlantis, so it's only fitting he rule it.

Hah hah, well played

Okay, so why does he look twenty years older than in the previous film? Wasn't Batman supposed to be the older one?

Isn't everyone supposed to be older? I thought it was supposed to be set quite a while after MoS. I could be wrong though.

 

[Anachronism]

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 was flying around with his underwear on the outside.

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.

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.

Spoiler: New 52

Spoiler: Cartoon

Still, credit where it's due, New 52 Wonder Woman's costume is actually really good.

 

[ryukage_sama]

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.
...
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

 

[Gizmo1990]

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 was flying around with his underwear on the outside.

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.

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.

Spoiler: New 52

Spoiler: Cartoon

Still, credit where it's due, New 52 Wonder Woman's costume is actually really good.

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.

 

[Alpha Maeko]

GRRRR DARK AND GRITTY LOOK AT THOSE GRRAAAPPHICS

$10 says that Superman goes on a neck-snapping spree.

 

[Mr. Q]

Oh, good. For a moment, I thought the monkeys in charge of this movie forgot to put in Superman what with all the hype and hoopla on Batman and the other casting decisions.

This photo does little to get me hyped. It's almost the same outfit from Man of Steel but with minor tweaks, mostly around the belt area (still no red portions around the belt area to break up the blue onesie). Can't tell if they improved on the colors because THEY USED A DREARY AS FUCK STORM SETTING WITH ZERO LIGHTING! Even the actor doesn't look all that happy to be in this, for crying out loud! Henry Cavill is looking at the cameraman like he's gonna ask "Are we done with this?! I'm starting to get severe hypothermia from this shoot!" And don't tell me "It's in Gotham. It's always dark and depressing." because THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR MAN OF STEEL! Maybe this is what Metropolis is after Superman (and with a little help from Zod) Hiroshima-fied it beyond repair.

If this was suppose to get us excited about Superman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (were there really no other options for a better title or is the market department at DC/WB that fucking brain dead?), then I think this clip sums it up...


And if you are excited by this, I'm guessing I could easily entertain you by jingling a set of car keys in front of your face.