Superman Returns Muscle Suit Discussion Thread

[Jul-el]

Sometimes I wear my muscle suit when I'm home alone...

 

[Jakomus]

Just remember that the muscle suit's purpose isn't to add bulk, it's to show the definition already there.

 

[buggs0268]

Arrested Development.

Oh yeah. Now I remember. Every time I see that avatar I crack up. Looks like he is the most rythym challenged white man in dire need of a laxative.

 

[Jakomus]

Routh gained about 25 pounds of muscle for the part, but he still had to wear a muscle suit to make him look even bigger.

That's false. The muscle suit was to show the definition that 25 pounds of muscle gave him.

 

[Desk]

That's false. The muscle suit was to show the definition that 25 pounds of muscle gave him.

You don't understand what a muscle suit is.

 

[Pickle-El]

You don't understand what a muscle suit is.

It's strictly for definition, not bulk.

 

[Desk]

It's strictly for definition, not bulk.

Really?

The thinner the material on a person, the more apparent their natural musculature. How does adding more layers of material make the natural muscle definition more apparent?

 

[newmexneon]

Because the Suit was so elastic it squished the muscles and made them look deformed so the suit was padded in certain areas to give it definition. Even the thinnest material available would cover up a lot of muscle definition.

 

[Desk]

Because the Suit was so elastic it squished the muscles and made them look deformed so the suit was padded in certain areas to give it definition.

Padded? Muscles were padded? Muscle padding?

Precisely!

 

[newmexneon]

Yes it was padding but it was very thin and only used to show off what was already there. It was not meant to make brandon look any bigger.

 

[Desk]

Yes it was padding but it was very thin and only used to show off what was already there. It was not meant to make brandon look any bigger.

How does padding "show off what's already there"? By definition "padding" is covering what's already there.

The padding was designed to add bulk to Routh in key areas - namely the muscles, as this was "a muscle suit," not "a fat suit."

I'm not arguing whether or not the tight Superman costume compressed Routh's natural musculature... my point is that the purpose of the padding was meant to make him look bigger and more muscly in that costume, and it provided him with artificial musculature.

 

[Mentok]

Jesus, get over it already people

 

[DorkyFresh]

what he ^ said...

 

[Pickle-El]

I use padded socks.

 

[Showtime]

I lost my padded pants.

 

[Venom71]

Jesus, get over it already people

Sounds like a good plan to me

 

[Jakomus]

You don't understand what a muscle suit is.

I'm sorry, the costume designers in both Spider-Man and F4 must have been mistaken in what muscle suits are used for.

I don't see how a 1cm thick appliance of foam rubber would be used to add muscle effectively, Desk.

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

who gives a ****?

did it ruin the movie? no.. did anybody die because of the muscle suit? no..

get a life..

 

[Jakomus]

who gives a ****?

did it ruin the movie? no.. did anybody die because of the muscle suit? no..

get a life..

Who are you talking to?

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

everyone!

 

[블라스]

Me too?

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

EVERYONE!!!! your right i was a,little generlising.. all the people complaing about the muscle suit then.




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[superbaby]

a superman without the muscle suit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlf7KwVITU

maybe he is just too intimidating to singer.

learn that WB!

 

[Clark Kent]

Why has this thread not been deleted?