Dean Cain was in superb shape as Superman. He even puts today's bulked up superhero actors to shame.
Hehe, the best built superman we've ever had. Terrific physique.
However, the costume IS lame.
Depends which part of the costume.
In my previous post I was largely talking about the spandex and the cape, the rest is debatable.
The boots are awful, they do not even match the red of the rest of the suit. They are clearly purchased rather than made by the costume department.
Always felt the same way. The boots were never good, but we never really saw much of them so...
The trunks looks like a nappy, a padded nappy.
LOL.
I never really paid much attention to the trunks.
The cape is cool, but the belt is chunky and foamy looking. The whole thing looks cheap.
Always loved the cape, especially the yellow shield. It just looked so damned good IMO. I did however always hate that belt, never ever liked it. It just looked wrong.
Plus, Cain never looked comfortable wearing it. As everyone always says, he was a great Clark Kent, not a great Superman.
There's a history behind that. The cape they used was the longest one any superman actor had ever worn, also making it the heaviest. They had problems keeping it attached to the tights. That's why there were a few different looking costumes at the beginning of the series. But eventually they came to a strange conclusion, and one that pisses me off to this day, because it flattened his frame and made him look bad for the rest of the series. They put the cape on first, rolling it under his armpits and then put the blue tights on. The shield was made much bigger to hide this, and at the same time flattening his frame completely, thereby taking away his most imposing feature. He had every right to be feel uncomfortable. Like he said himself about the show, " The hardest part was working out"
