The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Rate the NEW ASM2 costume!!! - Part 1

[Boy Scout]

Well, for one thing, you could use a different texture.

 

[Nicko-Ray]

God, I love being in my nerd culture!

Haha. I love me some web shooters, man.

 

[Nicko-Ray]

how would you do a comic accurate spidey costume without using something similar to the design of Raimi? just asking....

My answer? Look at the TASM2 suit. It's perfection.

This has been said before- anyone who tries to produce a comic accurate Spider-Man suit would get compared to the Raimi suit because the Raimi suit, design-wise, was accurate.

 

[Illustrious Var]

They kind of are.

That has nothing to do with what I'm talking about.

Like I said: the differences between the suits are negligible.

I'd hardly say the eyes are a negligible difference and same with the slender/sleek look.

Raimi's suit was always built "bigger", the red chest triangle that forms into the belt was much thicker, the arms were covered in a larger section of red, the belt itself was thicker (though the Webb suit has 3 layers, its still thinner then Raimi's) and higher up on the waist giving the torso an even larger appearance. Plus, the head was a lot more structured with a fairly square jawline and overall flat back-head as opposed to Andrews' round curvature head (obviously more to do with the actor and not the suit itself).

That, and the webbing is a VERY noticeable change. I could show a picture of the Webb suit and Raimi suit side by side and I could garuntee you 5 of my non-comic book friends could point out those three differences.

 

[White_Knight191]

Woopsie, looks like his shoe sole is coming of lol.

 

[Boy Scout]

I'd hardly say the eyes are a negligible difference...

I would.

and same with the slender/sleek look.

That has nothing to do with the costume design.

Raimi's suit was always built "bigger", the red chest triangle that forms into the belt was much thicker, the arms were covered in a larger section of red, the belt itself was thicker (though the Webb suit has 3 layers, its still thinner then Raimi's) and higher up on the waist giving the torso an even larger appearance. Plus, the head was a lot more structured with a fairly square jawline and overall flat back-head as opposed to Andrews' round curvature head (obviously more to do with the actor and not the suit itself).

I'm not saying there aren't any differences at all; there are. What I'm saying is they're too insignificant (or too subtle) to (overall) create a noticeably different image. I understand that it's the combination of a bunch of little things that can sometimes create a noticeably different product, but that's simply not the case with this suit. JMO.

That, and the webbing is a VERY noticeable change. I could show a picture of the Webb suit and Raimi suit side by side and I could garuntee you 5 of my non-comic book friends could point out those three differences.

Really now? Without you pointing it out to them?

 

[Illustrious Var]

I would.

Well I guess that's just great for you then. Mind providing an example of what you would consider a good enough difference then?

That has nothing to do with the costume design.

Literally that whole paragraph was explaining how the slender look is based off the design. The suit isn't slender just because Andrew is skinny, it's slender from the choices that they decided to give it. AKA Thinner area of red on chest, thinner red on arms, rounded head, lower belt, all the things I mentioned in the following paragraph.

I'm not saying there aren't any differences at all; there are. What I'm saying is they're too insignificant (or too subtle) to (overall) create a noticeably different image. I understand that it's the combination of a bunch of little things that can sometimes create a noticeably different product, but that's simply not the case with this suit. JMO.

And I would have to disagree, because they completely change the design of the suit from being a bulky built Spider-Man to a thinner sleek Spider-Man. You don't have to make drastic changes for it to be unique, especially when it isn't necessary.

All I did in this image was simply lower the belt a bit and Tobey's suit already looks taller and thinner. You can compare Garfield and Tobey's physique side by side, they are very similar build-wise. The only reason Webb's Spider-Man looks thinner is because they purposefully designed it that way.

Really now? Without you pointing it out to them?

Yep.

 

[ALP]

I hope the web shooters aren't annoying light up thingys this time.

 

[Verbal21]

^I didn't even know it was altered until you mentioned it. Any actual side by side comparisons? It might help to actually see the differences you pointed out.

I hope the web shooters aren't annoying light up thingys this time.

I actually liked that a bit. Gave it a real life "thwip" feel when he shot his webs.

 

[Nicko-Ray]

I hope the web shooters aren't annoying light up thingys this time.

I initially thought the idea was unnecessary but after seeing the film, I understood the intent of the idea. It's different and I don't mind it too much. Wouldn't care if they were there or not for the sequel.
I think they'll be back. (Those two little white specks on the shooters look like LEDs to me.)

 

[Spider-Who?]

^I didn't even know it was altered until you mentioned it. Any actual side by side comparisons? It might help to actually see the differences you pointed out.




I actually liked that a bit. Gave it a real life "thwip" feel when he shot his webs.

I posted this a few pages back:

 

[SpideyFan866]

I posted this a few pages back:

They meant the webshooters.


new ones

Old ones

 

[AF3619]

new ones

Old ones

i still think is just a case i mean look the size , the postion of the canister and the place where the Web goes out is all the same except the shield over it
the first ones were too exposed and after lizard broke them he had the idea to do that , even the civilian ones were more protected than the ones in the suit

 

[ALP]

The new ones look triangular. Looks good.

Overall, the spidey suit itself is the best one I think we've ever gotten. Is that the general consensus?

 

[Illustrious Var]

All I did in this image was simply lower the belt a bit and Tobey's suit already looks taller and thinner. You can compare Garfield and Tobey's physique side by side, they are very similar build-wise. The only reason Webb's Spider-Man looks thinner is because they purposefully designed it that way.

To further this point I went ahead and applied the red sections of the TASM suit to the old Raimi suit:

Spoiler

From left to right we have the original suit unedited, one with the belt lowered down a row, and one with a lowered belt and TASM pattern.

As you can hopefully see, the subtle changes they added does a lot as far as image goes, to me simply lowering the belt alone takes off 10 pounds as far as looks go.

 

[AF3619]

i really like it best one yet imho and i just realized , what if those white buttons are for 1: recharge , remember he recharged (maybe for more pressure)

and 2 :is for releasing canisters when he is going to change them

 

[Boy Scout]

Well I guess that's just great for you then.

There's no need to get defensive.

Mind providing an example of what you would consider a good enough difference then?

I'll give you two: a different texture and webbing that isn't raised.

Literally that whole paragraph was explaining how the slender look is based off the design. The suit isn't slender just because Andrew is skinny, it's slender from the choices that they decided to give it. AKA Thinner area of red on chest, thinner red on arms, rounded head, lower belt, all the things I mentioned in the following paragraph.

Okay, I concede the point. However, even in light of those (rather clever) design elements, I still don't think they're enough to really distinguish this suit from Raimi's.

And I would have to disagree, because they completely change the design of the suit from being a bulky built Spider-Man to a thinner sleek Spider-Man.

Which is obviously only arguably an noticeable difference.

You don't have to make drastic changes for it to be unique, especially when it isn't necessary.

That depends on your definition of drastic, I guess.

You can compare Garfield and Tobey's physique side by side, they are very similar build-wise. The only reason Webb's Spider-Man looks thinner is because they purposefully designed it that way.

Really? Because even after you modified his costume, Tobey still looks noticeably larger than Andrew. I think there's more to it than what you're suggesting.

Yep.

If you say so.

 

[mayo23]

To further this point I went ahead and applied the red sections of the TASM suit to the old Raimi suit:

From left to right we have the original suit unedited, one with the belt lowered down a row, and one with a lowered belt and TASM pattern.

As you can hopefully see, the subtle changes they added does a lot as far as image goes, to me simply lowering the belt alone takes off 10 pounds as far as looks go.

The design of the red on the arms are also angled down and not just a straight line.

 

[DACrowe]

This may be a belated comment--very, actually--but I just wanted to say that I love the new costume.

This is coming from someone who absolutely despised TASM's costume from its first picture to the DVD. It never worked and was always an eye-sore.

But this thing is fantastic. Not only is it better than TASM's costume, it is probably the best Spidey movie costume ever. Everytime I see a new picture of it, I am stunned by how impressive it is. It also makes me annoyed with how bad the last film's was, considering I was blasted for saying there was no way they'd keep it for two films.

But it is one of the many things that is giving me a surprisingly good feeling about this movie. It is an amazing piece of costume design. Bravo.

Just thought that I would throw that out there.

 

[TheLastBlade]

The new ones look triangular. Looks good.

Overall, the spidey suit itself is the best one I think we've ever gotten. Is that the general consensus?

Surprise: Everyone in youtube, ign, and every other site that talks about TASM2 says that it looks cheesy :P Even though they're ok with the Sam Raimi one.

 

[craigdbfan]

This may be a belated comment--very, actually--but I just wanted to say that I love the new costume.

This is coming from someone who absolutely despised TASM's costume from its first picture to the DVD. It never worked and was always an eye-sore.

But this thing is fantastic. Not only is it better than TASM's costume, it is probably the best Spidey movie costume ever. Everytime I see a new picture of it, I am stunned by how impressive it is. It also makes me annoyed with how bad the last film's was, considering I was blasted for saying there was no way they'd keep it for two films.

But it is one of the many things that is giving me a surprisingly good feeling about this movie. It is an amazing piece of costume design. Bravo.

Just thought that I would throw that out there.

I seriously couldn't agree more. We're on the same wavelength.

 

[StuntXL]

I like the costume. But I think right now I prefer the TASM1 costume more for the time being.

Something feels off about the TASM2 costume to my eyes. It seems to come across as a bit 'blocky' for some reason.

I'm going to nitpick and say that I wish the boots were a bit higher, and the glove line to be straight.

Things I do like about it are the eyes and the spider symbol on the back.

 

[Illustrious Var]

There's no need to get defensive.

I fail to see how this is being defensive.

I'll give you two: a different texture and webbing that isn't raised.

You think changing the textures is going to make more of a difference then changing the pattern of red or the eyes? I mean, I agree I would have liked to see different textures too but if your saying that all the other changes are negligible how is this one not? It's just as minimal as making the webbing black.

And I don't see how they could make the webbing to where it wasn't raised and not look completely boring or too thick. Even if it was embedded it wouldn't look any different then if it were raised.

Okay, I concede the point. However, even in light of those (rather clever) design elements, I still don't think they're enough to really distinguish this suit from Raimi's.

To each his own then I suppose.

Really? Because even after you modified his costume, Tobey still looks noticeably larger than Andrew. I think there's more to it than what you're suggesting.

Of course. Muscle shading and thicker materials also play a part in beefing him up. Tobey was also larger then Andrew in muscle mass as far as TASM goes as well, but Andrew's nearly identical now after bulking up for TASM2.

 

[Verbal21]

Any rumors on why the drastic change yet anyway? I know the Lizard tore his old one up pretty bad, but he had a brand new one swinging at the end right before the credits.

 

[PeterBenParker]

Really liking the new suit, but I have a few gripes/nit-picks with it:

The Web-Shooters being outside the suit - Wouldn't that make it easy for villains to destroy them, like The Lizard did in the first film? Besides that though, I like the look of them.

The Colors - *sigh* I'm going to miss the beautiful colors of the first suit, the dark, almost thick crimson red with the sleak blue just looked awesome. It's almost the same colors as the Raimi suit now.

The 'Belt' - I wish it was thinner, but that's only a nit-pick.

The Raised Webbing - Not a fan of the raised webbing, wasn't with the Raimi suit either. At least I'm glad the color seems to be a reflective, charcoal black.

Other than those, I really like this suit.