It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's the Superman Costume Thread!

[Kryptonian Warrior]

Here ya go

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[Superwoman Prime]

if we must have an alien suit such as that above, why not make it more colorful?... stay away from that god-awful burton suit.

personally, if we must go trunk-less and alien, i would rather see something along the lines like this

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Nice coloring job, but the design is inelegant and weird.

 

[Super Kal]

i could say the same thing about the MoS suit

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I actually prefer the look of the Superman #0 suit when it's colored more traditionally.

 

[StarvingArtist]

Nice coloring job, but the design is inelegant and weird.

Perfect description.

And actually, it kind of reminds me of the Godfall suit:

And in my search came across some other kind of interesting designs. Dunno how I feel about them:

In all honesty, the suit rendition I'd love to see done right is something similar to the new 52 jeans and t-shirt design. I've been reading a lot of the really old school newspaper superman comics recently and I get where they were trying to go with it.

 

[spidermanJLA!~]

The suit isn't bad, but when you think of it, it kinda like something Superboy would wear.

 

[charl_huntress]

Godfall Supes has a pretty neat costume.

 

[Super Kal]

kinda busy, but i do like that design

 

[StarvingArtist]

The suit isn't bad, but when you think of it, it kinda like something Superboy would wear.

I know right? Looks way young

 

[Lighthouse]

I just hate the armored look of DC's Superman. DC has a big problem with overdesigning their heroes. I'm not a traditionalist(not totally anyway), but I prefer simplicity.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I know right? Looks way young

Superman's youthful appearance and the suit design are two different things, though.

 

[StarvingArtist]

Superman's youthful appearance and the suit design are two different things, though.

I guess, yeah. I mean given I'm not 100 percent exactly sure why SpideyJLA thinks the suit looks like something Superboy would wear, I just assumed he thought the image looked like Superboy because of the youthful appearance. Hence the suit looks more like something Superboy would wear.

 

[Gianakin_]

Darth Revan.

What the Smallville costume should've been.

 

[charl_huntress]

Interesting.......I see a lot of possiblities for different outfits. \

Unfortunately, SV hooked itself to SR...that was a mistake.

 

[Gianakin_]

SV tried to hook itself to everything: SR, the Reeve movies, the mythos, new stuff. That's why it was a mess. You can't use the Williams theme when after 10 seasons you've done what you've done with the mythos and the character(s).

 

[Elayis]

they did with TDK... dont see why they wouldnt do it with the sequel, if they get that far

The reason Batman got a new costume in TDK was because his costume in BB was created by a different creative team and was not Nolan's ideal suit design. From what I've gathered from various interviews he did about the costume designs from the first two films, Nolan came onto the film too late to fiddle too much with the suit (it might've already been manufactured and thus WB had already sunk the bulk of it's costume budget into it). Maybe he had to pick his battles, since he was able to make his own Batmobile (which cost quite a pretty penny).

With TDK, Nolan was able to start from scratch and create the Batman suit that he had always envisioned, from the design of the cowl (so he could turn his head) to the material of the suit (getting away from the medieval armor style rubber that Batman had always had in film up to that point). The main thing that Nolan disliked about the BB costume was that he could only film it under certain lighting conditions, since too much light would reveal it for what it was... a rubber costume. With the TDK suit, he and the costume designer were able to create something that could potentially be feasible in the real world, and could be lit just like regular street clothing and still come off menacing and workable, and not just some guy in a cheap Hollywood costume. The final battle in TDKR would've been impossible (or at the very least, looked completely ridiculous) with the BB suit.

But back to the point, I wouldn't expect anything too different for the sequel. I'm fairly certain the costume in MOS is the one all of the creative people chose and were happy with, so unless we get a fairly massive shift in vision (and people) for the second film, the only changes I would expect are innovations in the suit fabrication, making it easier to put on, less hot to wear, etc. There might be story reasons for a suit change, but those would just be 100% speculation at this point.

 

[charl_huntress]

Very true Giankin....but the suite was wholly SR. Had they gone with something different....

I still dont get how they got from this

and back to this

 

[Binker]

Umm, what is that?!

 

[Gianakin_]

Seeing it again, looks like a Krypto-shark took a bite off his right thigh.

 

[Gianakin_]

Very true Giankin....but the suite was wholly SR. Had they gone with something different....

The suit trapped in ice was 100% SR. The shirt-rip in the end was a bastard SR/Reeve suit thingie.

and back to this

I liked this as a basis, but had they added some touches (maybe the classic colours) I would've accepted it even as the final and official suit for this take. Like a subtler version of this:

 

[charl_huntress]

Seeing it again, looks like a Krypto-shark took a bite off his right thigh.

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I liked this as a basis, but had they added some touches (maybe the classic colours) I would've accepted it even as the final and official suit for this take. Like a subtler version of this:

Interesting...

Now this is something I think Superboy should wear...but that's my opinion.

 

[Gianakin_]

I think SV's character was essentially Superboy, so it's all good to me.

 

[charl_huntress]

I think SV's character was essentially Superboy, so it's all good to me.

I didn't mind the suit issues, but I hated that zip up jacket.

 

[StarvingArtist]

Umm, what is that?!

What google gave me when I typed in Superman suits.

 

[StarvingArtist]

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Interesting...

Now this is something I think Superboy should wear...but that's my opinion.

Ever seen any of the Superboy suit designs that started during the reign of the Supermen storyline?