Why I Hate the New Superman Costume!

“Watchmen should have been reason enough for DC to put the brakes on Snyder helming a reboot of their most iconic character”
Ummm… Watchmen was a good movie… IDK what this guy is talking about

“No room for artistic interpretation.” Have you read a single comic? The Superman costume has undergone more revisions in costume than almost any superhero save Batman.

I agree and disagree. Firstly, yeah, the ideals Superman lives up to do need to stand out, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a bright costume (personally, I think Routh’s costume was best-of-all-worlds), the cape, the boots, the big S all say to me “hero” (actually, it’s the hair that needs work, this is Superman, nor freakin’ Wolverine!).
Reeve’s Superman was the perfect hero, for an audiance that wanted a perfect American hero. If you ever saw Lois and Clark, Dean Cain’s Superman was all that too, but with a good sense of humour and a real personality (Cain will always be the Superman for me, I think he was perfect in the role). Smallville bridged the gap between Hollywood and real-life, with an icon struggling to break free from the confines of reality.
Now though, American films have changed. They have started to mimic the Brit’s ideas on how to make good films. They want to see their heroes beaten, battered, and bruised in a darker, gritty, REALISTIC world, only to have them break free and soar like they should when the time comes.
I think what we have here is essentially a modern British take on Superman, not Hollywood (which is fine, I grew up in America, but since returning to the UK I can admit British TV and film abseloutly takes the best America can offer to the cleaner’s).
Singer’s was trying to do both, and that was ultimatly it’s downfall. A realistic Superman, dressed realistically in quick-drying, functional clothes, facing up to a very cartoon Lex Luthor. Routh was an excelent Superman for the modern age, Singer was an excelent director for the old age. Didn’t Mash.

Personally, I’m not keen on this outfit, but I think it conveys the message (have they got rid of the pants there? Can’t tell). Cavill will probably do a good job. It’s Snyder I, too,am worried about. I HATE, HATE, HATE his work. Watchmen was awful, it’s one of those horrid films when the Superhero plot line tries to rely more on real-world politics and vague story than any actual heroness.

Please give this a chance…I respect the admission of pre-judgement and it is just that, pre-judgement.  Does everybody really want to see a near 40 yr old, obviously dated character on the screen at this day and time?  I, like so many others loved Christopher Reeve and he’ll always be our Superman but please let’s try and step into the 21st century and see it first, then we can go from there.  Ask Sean Connery, Adam West, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Newmar…you get the point.

Wow, Really, you guys. I’m happy that Superman gets another movie (though not happy I have to wait 2 years), thrilled that it’s got a great cast (led by THE best actress working today, Amy Adams) and am happy Warners cares enough about this character to try to restore him to the top of the mountain of super-heroes, where he belongs. All you nit-pickers and nay-sayers need to get a more positive attitude about this and a lot of other aspects of your lives, I’d wager.

Of course I liked Green Lantern (a lot), glowing costume and all, so what do I know?

Umm…a dark, gritty, realistic portrayal of a superhero’s universe does not mean that he has to lose his ideals. Far from it, that’s when Superman really has to shine because the world around him is darker. If anything, Superman was less necessary in the Richard Donner world. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the old movies but don’t be an idiot how many of the younger generations would want to deal with the dated film?  Personally, the real reason Bryan Singer’s Superman failed was because it wanted to continue that old superman. It left the audience alienated.

I’ll take this new Superman and I’ll take him with whatever costume they give him. And honestly, if you’re actually upset about it being trunkless that is about as lame as it comes. He debuted in Action Comics because it was his idealistic actions that changed the world. And the suit/man has changed plenty over the years. Is the cape impractical? Sure. But since we can all assume he isn’t going to trip over it, I’m not gonna concern myself with that between handfuls of popcorn at the theatre.

The suit looks amazing (hope he’s still wearing the red trunks, though). Sure the colors are a little muted compared to Chris Reeve’s, but they’re certainly truer to the comic than that mardis gras outfit they had Routh squeeze into: the high circle collar instead of the low square collar, the ultra-small shield that looked like a stick-on badge, the low trunks and boots, all summing up to equal totally inept design. I do believe they need to change Cavill’s hair, just so his head looks more proportionate to his body — it’s a little too voluminous at present. On the topic of Routh and Welling, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills — is their only a few people who believe the both of them could not  act to save themselves? — and neither posessed an ounce of charisma. I agree they were both attractive guys, but neither elicited any kind of alien masculine transcendence — they looked like young guys doing a Superman gig. Anyways God speed to Zack, Henry, and the rest of what looks to be an exciting ensemble cast.

kllel the donnor movies were terrific and iconic. Actualy 2 wasnt directed by donnor and I felt was better than the first. Superman works from the 40s onward not because superman is batman and lets turn him into the silly angry ninja batman but because superman IS A ROMANTIC COMEDY. Thats right from lois and clark to the first two well written superman movies (the rest sucked when they removed the lois and clark romantic comedy element). Superman came at a time with great romantic comedys like Romancing the stone, etc. lets not take another franchise that is terrific, have coke snorting 20 year old directors and thier reboot fanboys clammoring about and ruin it please. humor in an action film is essential to making audiences root for . Thier is more to being a hero than having a film that is dark, depressing and no fun and watching guys beat the crap out of eachother. Please guys stop watching christopher nolan films, i can direct movies better than nolan can and be original. I personaly could care less about the comedy, whos acting, whos directing. Superman comes down to one thing for me. ARE THEY BRINGING JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE BACK. If not superman will suck just like every other sequel  franchise and reboot when they drop scores (bond is terrible with the john barry score removed, terminator without fidels score sucks, batman sucked since they removed elfmans score,hellraiser sucks removing christopher youngs score, nightmare on elm street etc. on and on). The ultimate cut for watchmen is ok, characters in watchmen were too dark to rediculous with the ed superheros, etc. like every aged character had enough hangups for an oprah show. the main fault with watchmen is writing. zack produces visualy spectacular films with little to say emotionaly. Id rather see great directors who are seasoned like cameron or speilberge do remakes than 20 year old mtv only directors.at least snyder has directed one decent movie 300.Without charisma wich comes from dry humor, something even clint eastwood movies has, movies are dark depressing piles of crap to be watched inbetween iconic ones. will the reboot fanboys please go to film school history class. Saying batman by tim burton isnt dark enough and nolan is better is like saying Boy George isnt Gay enough. you cant get any darker than tim burton other than the bruce wayne comedy flipout scene with the tray, batman #1 was right on.Lets not turn superman into the dark knight please. I’ve had enough of worshiping mediocrity.I remember when heros werent angry emo-ridden pieces of crap and people used to root for them.end of rant.lol. 

P.S. (For the person below — Kllel78)  You said “And I’ve always wanted a more realistic treatment for Superman, the likes of which Batman received in Batman Begins.”   No. You never want to see the Superman movies have a realistic treatment. You’d be greatly disappointed — trust me. They should be treated SERIOUSLY — yes. But Superman is more poetic and mythic in nature and must remain so — as  it’s too far out in the realms of possibility. Batman could acheive it because of two things: 1. The dark elements make it engaging and personal — that works for Batman because he’s BATMAN. 2. The idea of Batman is at least POSSIBLE.  If they made a Superman that was an attempt to make it more realistic — Superman would have too many flaws that noone would really want to see. You’d encounter a lot of problems. Superman should only have four main problems: Lois, Lex Luthor, Kriptonite and challenging new enemies/obstacles that force him to THINK. That’s what I staunchly believe anyways… and I tend to be right about these things 🙂 Ciao!

Watchmen was an epic movie… and so will this one, i think Snyder isnt that bad

AMEN! That being said…they don’t care, Hollywood.just.doesn’t.CARE for such things as cannon and keeping the faith…this movie will suck, there is no doubt about that! If they can’t get a simple thing like a costume right, what hope is there?! I have found that from the occasional aberrations in comic book movies (i.e the last 2 Batmans, the last Punisher, and Iron men) Hollywood will always never get it right! 

*talent

generation  70 and 80 – Christopher Reeve!!
generstion 90 e 2000 – Tom Welling.

Two guys forever!!

You are right he does look like the evil Superman. Come on guys take in the comments and the writing of this story seriously. Superman is thought of in purity and the savior of the universe.

honestly u would think that they would learn from singers mistake i liked superman returns but no fight scenes and the suit was to dark now its like they wanna disappoint fans and why reboot it but it could be good at the same time. I  like the suit but make it with brighter colors it already sucks with the batmans with christian bale even though he did a great job but come on now wheres the same suit at least tim burtons to batmans were bad ass. All im sayin is that please dont fuck this superman up bryan singer ruined it dont make the same mistakes give the man of steel his colors back and the yellow belt and bright blue and red the emblem is cool and we already seen zod give us more villiains. I think they shouldve made the death and return of superman like the game with the eradicator, superboy, the cyborg superman with john henry as steel, and make it more like the game but more of a movie. Why reboot green lantern that was tight wts the point of coming out with movies if all there gonna do is reboot them like spiderman.

kllel78   ” you along with everyone else needs to move on from the donner movies”?, EXCUSE YOU! Look, i am not sure if it has ever occurred to you, but that is looks very unsuperman-like and of all the outfits, this is by the, THE ugliest suit i have ever seen, sadly. I don’t care what others say,  the outfit does NOT look right without the red trunks.It helps cover up that certain bulgy area lol PLUS, it helps balance out the colors of the suit! And as for Zack Snyder goes, he maybe good with special effects. However when comes to scrips(just saying in general) he’s not very good at it. That would explain the reason why “Suckerpunch” bombed pretty hard. I honestly do not trust him.

look bro i agree with everyone else the costume should be brighter not darker superman returns was a failure and richard donner was the best superman movie maker yeah i like new suit not the color the color sucks and hopefully we see alot of action instead of him getting his ass kicked like superman returns zack snyder and noloan should had known of bryan singers mistake come on now be real.

His new suit is amazing. The best so far. The donner movies were absolutely awful. They were goofy and fun the the 70s, but this is a new age. A better age with nolan and snyder. His suit doesn’t need to be as flamboyant as it has been in the past. The watchman was an amazing movie. everyone is too obsessive with the past. Returns was a bad movie because they tried to make it like the reeves ones. Superman needs this complete makeover.

I think you’re nuts – the new Superman costume looks great.