Costumes! Discuss them Here!

[Luchastyle]

yeah, i mean the undies are for public appearances =D

i don't mind them hangin out the meat. and noir, you're right about the rendering. even if your "hi-red fully rendered veined up service module" was a big descriptive =D

 

[Mister Sinister]

The pics require multiple viewings to notice the small things like The Comedian's badge and shoulder pads, Rorschach being in the place where he found the dog and the crescent symbol on Nite Owl's belt.

 

[Balthus Dire]

The Comedian picture impresses me the most, even more than Rorschach. I mean, you can't really screw up Rorschach, but they could've easily made Comedian look lame.


He does not.

 

[Rust]

Not to crazy about the updates, which are more radical than I had hoped. Still looks better than what I feared.

Comedian:
Looks pretty neat, but it looks too much like a wig and the eyepiece helps in making him look like an action-toy.

Ozy:
Too dark looking for his less than obvious nature. The suit also reminds me of Batman and Robin, not just because of the nipples.

Rorschach:
Hard to tell, but looks pretty dead-on. Cool, that is...

Silk Spectre:
Too flashy and too much Charlie's Angles for my taste. I guess the update also includes attitude? Maybe I just never liked the character.

Nite Owl:
Cool outfit, but again too much of an update. Too shiny and metallic. I had hoped for a more leathery and less sci-fi look, but what the hell, he still looks sorta goofy. I could get used to it.

I guess these are pictures of the characters in their prime...?

Anyways, sounds worse than it is. I really cant wait to see them in action and the opposite.

 

[Sasso]

Wow those are actually all EXTREMELY faithful. Is that greek looking costumed guy a good guy or bad guy? Haha.

There are no good guys and bad guys in Watchmen. It's a matter of how you yourself view the characters.

 

[Dr. Fate]

I think the costumes look pretty good.

 

[DoctorJones]

I like the costumes very much, even though Ozymandias' costume is too dark, not Pharoah-esque at all.

 

[Comics N' Toons]

the movie will not be as legendary as the graphic novel WHEN IT CAME OUT!

 

[Savage]

...Ooo...kay?

 

[Balthus Dire]

Nite Owl's costume is growing on me, but I still hate Ozymandias'.



I think one of the problems I have with Nite Owl's is that his cape doesn't go up to the back of his head like in the comic. I thought it was cool how his cowl attached to the cape at the back of his head. This version just kinda looks like Batman.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

A lot of complaints about some of the costumes' lack of faithfulness seem to me to be unfounded, or at least making a big deal about something that's not such a big deal. Here's why I think so.

1. The costumes in the novel were NOT IMPORTANT, except to bring up the very minor point that "Superhero costumes look silly and it takes a certain type of person to wear one". The costumes still look silly and I'm sure the line about them looking ******ed will be in the movie. And that's all we need.

2. Alan Moore, I'm sure, didn't think more than five minutes about whether Nite-Owl should be gray-and-brown or brown-and-brown, or whether his cowl was attached to his cape. The only thing that's important is that dash of ridiculousness, and both Gibbons and Snyder's costume designer have provided that. I'm sure someone on this board is going to come out with a treatise on why the shape of Dan's goggles is a deep metaphor for his inner psychological turmoil and his emergence as a full-fledged human being, and why having square goggles destroys the character. But let me take a pre-emptive strike and say: No, you're stupid.

3. The costumes in the novel are pretty much on par with what a typical comic book costume was considered to be at the time (well, more golden-agey for the Minutemen). These costumes in the movie look like what we moviegoers today conceive of as typical costumes. The point is that the audience shouldn't disbelieve the costumes until the story makes that point explicitly. It should be "You know, superheroes do look kinda goofy when you think about it", not a right-off-the-bat "Are you kidding me?".

4. The costumes, on the whole, are about 80% faithful by my reckoning. It's really not reasonable to demand more, especially when everything but the costumes looks spot-on (to me, and most people on this board).

5. Gibbons approves. Yeah, we're all entitled to our own interpretations of his work, but his opinion does matter, and it matters more than any of ours.


I'll grant to the complainers that Ozymandias looks a little too villainous in that picture, however.

 

[Agentsands77]

1. The costumes in the novel were NOT IMPORTANT, except to bring up the very minor point that "Superhero costumes look silly and it takes a certain type of person to wear one".

Well, generally that was the point. But there was also a sense in which they were there to establish a certain period feel, evoking a past era of superheroes that's a bit different than our own. After all, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre's costumes were relics they dug up. I'm not quite sure that Snyder has managed that entirely.

These costumes in the movie look like what we moviegoers today conceive of as typical costumes.

Granted. But this has come at the expense of the period feel. After all, Snyder's not making a contemporary WATCHMEN. He's bothered to see it back in the 1980s. And if you're going to do that, you might as well have the 1960s/70s come out in the costumes a bit.

I think you could find a successful compromise between a bit of a period feel while still matching what contemporary audiences think of as superhero attire.

I'll grant to the complainers that Ozymandias looks a little too villainous in that picture, however.

He does. But we also have to remember that it's likely that outfit only appears during the final section of the film. For the rest of it, he'll be dressed in suits and such.

I also imagine he'll have a different costume altogether for the flashback sequences.

 

[Manic]

So it's agreed? Ozymandias has, by far, the least popular costume of the bunch. Nevermind the historical precedent. Some of us just don't like it.

 

[cerealkiller182]

So it's agreed? Ozymandias has, by far, the least popular costume of the bunch. Nevermind the historical precedent. Some of us just don't like it.

I agree that its the worst, I just dont see losing sleep over it. What bothers me the most is how poorly it fits. His head looks so disproportionate.

I'd prolly also choose gold over black

 

[Cinemaman]

Loved all of them, except Ozymandias. I don't like how he looks not just because of the suit (I know why they put nipples, but still it reminds me horrible days of Batman & Robin; I also hate the color, it's too dark, even for a god-like style), but also because of the actor, who was cast, he is too young for the role.

I think the best costumes are Comedian's and Rorschach's. Nite Owl is 100% like any another Bat-suit of 90s, while Silk Spectre looks like she was drawn by Alex Ross.

 

[The Guard]

So it's agreed? Ozymandias has, by far, the least popular costume of the bunch. Nevermind the historical precedent. Some of us just don't like it.

Wouldn't Ozymandias have the least favorite costume for most people even in the graphic novel?

About the "period" aspect: Yes, it's a period story, but it's an alternate reality, with advanced technologies, etc.

 

[Manic]

Silk Spectre doesn't look old or mannish enough to be drawn by Ross.

Don't get me wrong. I love Alex Ross. I just don't like the way he draws women.

 

[Manic]

Wouldn't Ozymandias have the least favorite costume for most people even in the graphic novel?

Probably true. However, I wanted gold, damnit!

 

[The Guard]

He has gold on him. On his laurel crown, shoulders and upper chest "garment", belt and gauntlets. I'll bet he has some on his legs and feet, too. Too much of it would look completely absurd.

I still think the "little touches" they kept intact on the suits are the best parts of them. I am really starting to dig the Nite Owl costume, just for it's absolutely absurd looking overdesign. The precise reason I loathe the THE DARK KNIGHT suit is the reason I love the Nite Owl one.

You know...after seeing these...I'm wondering what the Justice League suits will look like.

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

1. The costumes in the novel were NOT IMPORTANT, except to bring up the very minor point that "Superhero costumes look silly and it takes a certain type of person to wear one".

That is simply not true. The costumes are very important in the novel as they comment on, and, provide visual clues to 50+ years history of comics and history in general, as a matter of fact. Nite Owl I's costume is obvious homage to The Phantom, as Dollar Bill's is to Superman. Hooded Justice's costume draws visual parallels with Klu Klux Klan's own brand of hooded justice etc.

 

[Manic]

He has gold on him. On his shoulders, upper chest, belt and gauntlets. Too much of it would look completely absurd.

You know, I couldn't even tell. I blame the lighting.

 

[Star]

So I was so intrigued by these costumes that I got the graphic novel today... so far, I really like it.

 

[Agentsands77]

Wouldn't Ozymandias have the least favorite costume for most people even in the graphic novel?

Admittedly, quite true.

But regardless of what I think of the general concept of Snyder's Ozymandias costume, I do think the costume is simply too bulky in its construction. I hope it looks a bit better on film than it does in this picture.

About the "period" aspect: Yes, it's a period story, but it's an alternate reality, with advanced technologies, etc.

Sure. So clearly things exist that our world wouldn't have, and it's different. It's a thin line. I just tend to think they could have walked it better. They can have their advanced technologies, contemporary recognizability, and a distinctive period feel simultaneously.

 

[The Guard]

I also love the crotch panel on Nite Owl's costume. Bet that's part of his "bathroom redesign".

 

[Manic]

This movie takes place in the 80s, right? In New York?

Bring on the clown makeup and leg warmers.