The Daily Planet - Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

[Lily Adler]

Not that I can see. Given the longer time he was given to bulk up, I don't suspect roids. That shot is clearly heavily pumped up in the gym. As we saw in those recent photoshoot shots, he looks much more natural when cold.

Also, he doesn't have the crazy cannonball delts that are usually a giveaway of steroid use. Deltoids are known to respond especially well to anabolics.

They'll just tell him to dehydrate his muscles during shirtless scenes for definition.

 

[dhandler01]

I'm struggling to conceptualise trunks on a thicker suit...

Why can't they ever just let us see the full crotch?

Oh wait...

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Because @flickchick85 would likely never be heard from again?

 

[DKDetective]

Remember she thought the suit was bright blue and the shield was curved.

Well, the suit is a brighter blue. You can see it where the lower body is directly in the light in the photo. The rest looks darker due to lighting and battle damage. There is a lot of carbon scoring on the upper body.

 

[dhandler01]

I'm not a big Superman fan or anything, but isn't one of his things that he gets dressed in a flash? Why is he gingerly putting on his boots?

Because it is a picture? It would be an epic troll move to reveal the suit in a Flash style sequence

This is one nanosecond in time.

 

[Lily Adler]

Because @flickchick85 would likely never be heard from again?

Wait until the obligatory shirtless scene or sex scene.

 

[Lily Adler]

Well, the suit is a brighter blue. You can see it where the lower body is directly in the light in the photo. The rest looks darker due to lighting and battle damage. There is a lot of carbon scoring on the upper body.

 

[flickchick85]

Well, the suit is a brighter blue. You can see it where the lower body is directly in the light in the photo. The rest looks darker due to lighting and battle damage. There is a lot of carbon scoring on the upper body.

Yeah it’s clearly a bright blue suit.

 

[Invader Joker]

He looks more bored than unsure to me

It's so weird that Gunn and the actors have been hyping up this Superman as more hopeful and joyful and he gives us this as his first look.

I actually think that's the most interesting part of it all. People anticipated a picture of Superman smiling, standing tall, and projecting optimism—something along those lines. Instead, the image shows him with a suit that's battle-worn, looking exhausted, and putting on his boots one at a time. It seems like an attempt to "ground" the character instead of showing him super idealized—which actually makes me extremely curious as to what Gunn's vision for the film is, and what his whole philosophy for the DCU is gonna be. I don't think it's gonna be as simple as him copying and pasting all the goofiness from the comics as people thought it was gonna be. It's still gonna have some element of that I'm sure, but there's a tangibility here that he seems to be pursuing which I don't think people were necessarily expecting.

 

[jetage]

If the shirtless scene is one where Lois is gawking at a bare chested Clark, I will be happy. Yes, I know it is sexist, but

 

[antsman41]

Wish it was more aligned with Peacemaker’s great suit.

 

[Lily Adler]

If the shirtless scene is one where Lois is gawking at a bare chested Clark, I will be happy. Yes, I know it is sexist, but

No Clark will answer the door in nothing but a towel while Lois talks to him about a major scoop.

 

[Captain Tired]

I'm not a big Superman fan or anything, but isn't one of his things that he gets dressed in a flash? Why is he gingerly putting on his boots?

It's a slow news day. Cat stuck up a tree work, etc.

 

[jetage]

It has been assumed we would see the suit shortly before David would do outside shoots in the suit. So does any one have any news, info or ideas as to outdoor shooting in the next 24-36-48 hours?

 

[Eddie Dean]

The top of the suit is starting to remind me of a Christmas jumper...

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Lmao that’s exactly it. It reminds me so much of one piece superman pjs I had as a kid

 

[emielaen]

this shouldnt be looking like more money went into it.

It doesn't. At all.

I don't love the lines. The collar is meh. That doesn't make or break anything for me. It certainly doesn't look cheap or like AI to me. Idk what others are seeing with that take. It just looks like an actual suit. Not a skintight garment. The folds are obviously there because he's sitting down, hunched over. The colors and the emblem are great though. And Corenswet looks good.

The "why is he getting dressed when the world is exploding?" takes are the type of silly goose **** I'm gonna laugh at for the next couple days though.

 

[Babillygunn]

I actually think that's the most interesting part of it all. People anticipated a picture of Superman smiling, standing tall, and projecting optimism—something along those lines. Instead, the image shows him with a suit that's battle-worn, looking exhausted, and putting on his boots one at a time. It seems like an attempt to "ground" the character instead of showing him super idealized—which actually makes me extremely curious as to what Gunn's vision for the film is, and what his whole philosophy for the DCU is gonna be. I don't think it's gonna be as simple as him copying and pasting all the goofiness from the comics as people thought it was gonna be. It's still gonna have some element of that I'm sure, but there's a tangibility here that he seems to be pursuing which I don't think people were necessarily expecting.

Here’s the thing: Superman is not goofy in the comics. He’s optimistic. He’s stalwart. He’s a Boy Scout, maybe. But he’s not goofy or comedic. It would be a mistake to equate the fact that the comics aren’t as dark as others as them not being serious, because they are.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

No Clark will answer the door in nothing but a towel while Lois talks to him about a major scoop.

 

[Spider-Fan]

It reminds me of Garfield's Spidey first pic, with him not in a heroic pose and looking tired/pissed off.
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great pic, btw

The difference is, that suit just sucks

Spider-Man looked like a frigging basketball

 

[Primal Slayer]

I'm not a big Superman fan or anything, but isn't one of his things that he gets dressed in a flash? Why is he gingerly putting on his boots?

Because the photographer just happened to catch him in the millisecond it took for him to put on his boots.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Because it is a picture? It would be an epic troll move to reveal the suit in a Flash style sequence

This is one nanosecond in time.

Or, just don't show him getting dressed.

 

[Lily Adler]

Anime girl transformation or we riot!

 

[Boom]

For the physique/bodybuilding nerds:
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Our boy has been deadlifting.

Yet Gunn put a collar on that neck.

Sorry guys I'll stop.

 

[AndyTrevino]

As someone who likes Raimi's Spidey movies but also purely views them as jokes the first one ending with Nickelback feels like a hilarious punchline. It's such a dumb, cheesy, earnest song. Totally fits the dumb silly movie.

The guitarist in the music video making all these wondrous expressions as he reacts to Spider-Man swinging past them is amazing.

 

[Superark]

Just a little change already makes this better

 

[Lily Adler]

The difference is, that suit just sucks

Spider-Man looked like a frigging basketball

So much wasted time and talent used to design and make that suit only for it to be dumped for an improved Raimi suit in the next film.