Now, my two cents
Okay, my POV of the suit news. I think its' about time we get to see this happening. I'm hoping he f***in FLIES too the first time we see him again on the show, wearing this. As for the design; I like the fact that, off the bat, they're going with the trial and error approach. It makes sense because, for all we know, the iconic Superman costume will be what Tom (or Clark) will wear when the show is finally over. And given the way things have been on the show, in terms of costumes, how it will go from point A (very real) to point B (comic version) being explained makes sense, again, given this show.
Now on the design: again, it fits the realism set from the show on costumes. I'm glad it's not in the stupid/******ed mode like this:
I could eat my words if it is later on.
Though, I wonder if we will see, as one of the phases right before the official costume (the classic one), something like this:
Almost like something from the jacket makes him think the cape will be better, and we know the answer to that one.
All this and more before it finally becomes THIS:
Overall, I like it. Now, I do have to say something: despite my words saying these are precursors to the classic costume, I wonder if that will ever happen and we should expect something akin to what we've been seeing on the show. Going by the Legion for example, Flash (or Impulse), and even Cyborg: they aren't what the comics have them look like and probably never will. If anything, I believe that the main costume that Clark will don after all of these precursors/prototypes/etc will be like a combination of what we'll see mixed with elements that make up that classic costume. I can almost see the Gary Frank costume design for Smallville made above, then apply the elements from the classic onto it (make like a pattern standing in for the trunks, and of course the cape and yellow on the shield) and there you go.
Now onto the fanmade costumes made from this latest news:
I love yours, JackIvyGB (no wonder AICN took it). As for the enckline, it does fit the rest of the design. The revealing more of the neck version didn't fit as much. But anyway, has it been confirmed or suggested that the yellow is out of the S-Shield? Because if so, they would've mention that as one of the changes.
As for Mike22:
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You wouldn't happen to have bigger versions of these, would ya?
I wondered about the hood, which was something not revealed in the pre-revealed synopsis. I thought it would be included as Clark also works on his Metropolis Clark identity as well. The fact that it isn't as far as we know isn't bad, just surprised.
Well, I guess I have to watch the episodes I missed of the previous season (quite a few) before Season Nine starts. I guess this is what it's like having a love/hate relationship with this show: they do something, you curse at them, but once they do something else like this news, you are excited. And the cycle resumes.
One last thing: going by what I said I said about the final costume being a combo of what we’ve been told with elements that make up the classic version, would someone like to make that?
EDIT: SupermanHomepage.com has a report from their guys trying to unearth the "Supersuit" and they claim that, after going to the Starbucks where it was claimed they showed it there, and statign there was no way you could do that with thousands of others there, they feel and claim it must be a hoax.
on the SR suit. It was that small because a larger one didn't look right on Brandon, or so I read somewhere, so I hope they use up all the very nice real estate availabe on Tom's front for a large crest.
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