Costumes! Discuss them Here!

[Star]

Where is this ??

 

[Hole Shot]

Where is this ??

Look right behind the picture of Nite Owl. What else could that be?

 

[Star]

OH haha I thought there was another picture of it I hadn't seen. So far so good

 

[Hole Shot]

I'm not even going to bring up Rorshach, we knew Snyder got that right before this film even went into production (how could you screw that costume up anyway?).

Comedian and Nite Owl look AWESOME!

Ozy, I'm not a big fan of what he looks like, but at the same I can see why they went that direction.

Silk Spectre, I like the costume. I'm just not digging the actress. She's just too slim and her features to angular. They got it right with Carla, why not get someone that looks like she could be her daughter, you know?

 

[Star]

Girls in comic book movies are always way too slim. Because comic book women are always drawn EXTREMELY thin with huge boobs and yeahhh, closest thing they can get to that.......

 

[chosen1]

The costumes are totally riduculous. They are suppose to reflect the 80's. Just because batman and all these other heroes have cool looking costumes now. Doesnt mean you make Watchmen costumes like this. Did he even read the comic? or did he skim through it? You need spandex to reflect the proper tiimeline. You know I think that he believes he is going to confuse the audience by actullly putting some thought into this film. I dont know man this is really pissing me off.



" just a gangsta I suppose. " - - Avon Barksdale

 

[War Party]

Oh, this is indeed a travesty.

 

[The Guard]

Explain why you would need spandex to reflect the 80's itself? What, was spandex the only material that existed at the time? Especially, mind you, in a 1980's where Dr. Manhattan and new materials/approaches to armor/clothing likely existed, as the comic makes very clear is the case. Hell, BATMAN had rubber armor in 1989, set in a psuedo 70's and 80's world, and no one batted an eye,

These WATCHMEN costumes don't look "good" at all. They look ridiculous and overdone, as they should be. Or would a man who can build a floating Owl-themes hovership be incapable of utilizing any material but spandex?

 

[NEWAGE]

totally agree 100%

these costumes make no sense in the Watchmen world.

 

[The Guard]

Hey, way to back that up with actual points.

 

[Changeling]

Duh, if he agrees 100 % as stated, then, the "actual points" would be in chosen1's post. Think things through. It will help you in life

 

[The Guard]

I was going more for "If your point had any weight, you might try backing it up with some additional information".

But to each his own.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

I said this in another thread, but I'll say it again. The reaction of the audience needs to be "You know, superheroes do look pretty silly when you think about it", which is what Moore meant to say with Watchmen. It should definitely NOT be a right-off-the-bat "Are you kidding me?". Spandex would be the latter, and Watchmen would not be taken seriously, in my opinion. You may not want the costumes to be serious, but if it detracts from the tone of the movie as a whole, it's better to tweak them.

In my opinion, the specific look of the costumes in the novel are important for a few reasons, which the movie (as far as I can tell) is being faithful to:
1. They look silly, and make a psychological point about crimefighters. Check.
2. They are (in some cases) an homage to other superheroes or comic book trends. Nite-Owl II/Batman? Check. Dollar Bill/Superman? Check. Rorschach/The Question? Check. Silk Spectre/stereotypical overly sexualized female hero? Check.
3. In other cases, they are references to real-life costumes or people: Ozymandias/pharaohs/Alexander the Great? Check. Hooded Justice/KKK? We don't know yet, but it's likely.
4. They help ol' Dan Dreiberg get it on. Probable check.

Sure the costumes aren't 100% faithful, but I don't think that's such a bad thing. I'd call them 80% faithful, which is close enough for me. As I said once before, I seriously doubt that Alan Moore gave a flying fudge whether Nite-Owl II's costume was brown and gray (as in the book), or brown and brown-with-texture (as in the movie). Just as long as it's a little goofy and it reminds you of Batman, a little tweaking doesn't hurt the character.

About the "period feel" issue: when you read the GN, do you think to yourself "wow, these costumes are so 80's"? I definitely don't: to me they've always seemed pretty typical designs even by modern standards. Of course, that's just me. The art style is definitely a throwback to the silver age, but the costumes aren't very 80's-specific at all, in my opinion. The only ones that have a really striking period feel are the old Minutemen costumes, and judging by Dollar Bill, we're getting that. In fact, $'s costume looks even more period-y in the movie than it did in the book.

Basically, in my opinion, the differences aren't drastic enough to take away from the characters or message, and they may actually improve the movie overall. So I am happy with these costumes.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

That's the thing. They look exactly like they were taking straight from a comic cover. Which putting into a realistic environment just looks silly. Imagine the X-Men movies had all their characters run around in spandex, as much as I love the costume in the comics, on screen it would've looked laughable.

To each his own of course, but you're the first person I've seen who thinks they don't look real or modern enough. If people complain, it tends to be the opposite, that they're not enough like comic book costumes.

 

[M.O.Steel]

He might not be bad, per se, but he's more wooden than Kate Beckinsale

wtf?? I never thought she was wooden at all. Keanu yeah, but not her.

 

[tzarinna]

By the way. What do you guys think of the small glimpse of Archie in the background?

I :heart: it.

 

[Lobster Charlie]

You know, the danger with the whole "silly" angle is that it could potentially dilute the drama in this film. If people are too busy laughing at the way Dan looks in his suit, they'll probably never take him (or anyone else) seriously enough to actually feel the weight of this story.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

You know, the danger with the whole "silly" angle is that it could potentially dilute the drama in this film. If people are too busy laughing at the way Dan looks in his suit, they'll probably never take him (or anyone else) seriously enough to actually feel the weight of this story.

Yes, exactly. That's why I feel the updates to the suits, specifically Dan's, are quite reasonable.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

you people need to relax.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

you people need to relax.

Duly noted.

Om... om...

 

[The Battousai]

wtf?? I never thought she was wooden at all. Keanu yeah, but not her.

I should have had on the end - I guess I forgot how badly sarcasm is read on a forum I don't think she is personally, but most people seem to think she is because she played a relatively stiff character in the Underworld movies - sorry for not getting that across

 

[Majik1387]

It's not just her portrayal of Selene that shows she's wooden...

 

[The Battousai]

It's not just her portrayal of Selene that shows she's wooden...

...but it's the basis for any hate on her acting, is it not?

 

[Sandman138]

Yeah he's a great actor. I still weep that we didn't get Keanu Reeves, I think he would've been perfect for Manhattan.

That would have been horrible. Go away.

 

[Noir]

Keanu as Doc Man? NOOO!

I was always privy to the idea of Christopher Eccleston as Doc Man.