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

[hopefuldreamer]

Like, I can't even buy this because they aren't like that when he's not on set.

Just for a morning though. Like 'hey, wonder what I'd look like with lighter eyebrows... omg should we take a picture with them like this, freak everyone out?

 

[Silvermoth]

It’s fantastic. I would love the shield to be brighter but it’s really good. It’s optimistic but not saccharine sweet. Instantly iconic

 

[flickchick85]

I now realize that I have not yet mentioned how glad I am that his hair is not plastered down. Very glad.

 

[Lily Adler]

It’s fantastic. I would love the shield to be brighter but it’s really good. It’s optimistic but not saccharine sweet. Instantly iconic

 

[Lily Adler]

I now realize that I have not yet mentioned how glad I am that his hair is not plastered down. Very glad.

 

[Tra-El]

You know..... I don't completely mind the pose.
The background imo doesn't work, and in the chilled settings some of you have posted, it makes more sense.

If they were going for a workmanlike Supes image, having a 'calm' background and him taking off the boots would have served better... Like, 'I've saved the world and now I'm home'.

I'd preferred a pic of him standing while taking off the cape.

I think with some of the backlash the reveal received, hopefully we'll get another reveal of David for SDCC in a more dynamic pose and a full reveal of the suit and what the trunks may look like. Givin the response, that forces Gunn's hand.

The reveal has easily grown on me. The blending of all legacies of the Superman suit works for me. In hindsight and nitpick, if they were to go with the "Get ready" photo, I would have preferred them go with the Kent Farm in the background and Clark sitting in the home/barn overlooking a sunny horizon. Or, keep the Fortress theme for a background. But I understand Gunn wanted to show the colors of the action of the world created. Overall, though, I think Gunn will deliver.

 

[Babillygunn]

Yeah I don't see a guy looking sad. I see a guy who's gonna help, even if all the other heroes, the government, the people, whoever, have told him he's not needed or that they don't want him around. I see the resolve of a guy who's got work to do, because he can't turn a blind eye. Rorschach test indeed!

I have a feeling that if you had a picture where there’s a threat to the public outside the window and Clark is finishing up putting on his suit with a smile on his face, the reaction would (rightly) have been “why is he smiling? People are dying outside.”
It probably is a Rorschach test, but it also is just that it’s really hard to please people.

 

[Tra-El]

I have a feeling that if you had a picture where there’s a threat to the public outside the window and Clark is finishing up putting on his suit with a smile on his face, the reaction would (rightly) have been “why is he smiling? People are dying outside.”
It probably is a Rorschach test, but it also is just that it’s really hard to please people.

This is exactly it. We've all been doing this for awhile now. We were always going to be in a "damned if you do; damned if you don't" situation. The things I've seen from the fanbase is ironic, to say the least.

Some were making fun of the fact that we were going to get the uber saturated Reeve rendition and some were making fun that we weren't going to get the muted colors with a non-smiling Superman. All the fanbase wants to do is fight with each other. It's already old and has been old forever.

I'll stick by my stance of enjoying thing I wasn't expecting. I like this reveal because it wasn't what I was expecting. It was one of the main reasons why I liked what Zack did with the Snyderverse. Gunn surprisingly went against the grain of what we thought we'd get..and I respect the hell out of that. It's different.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

I now realize that I have not yet mentioned how glad I am that his hair is not plastered down. Very glad.

It reminds me of his hairstyle in the Netflix series Hollywood, particularly as it's styled in this scene. And that's pretty damn close to what I was looking for!

 

[Alien Anal]

I'd love a poster of Supes floating down to kids with balloons that they accidentally let go. Something that counters the "supes has important shiz to do" image we got.

I feel like people are looking at it like a still from the movie but it's really just a look at the suit in a stylised way

 

[Bran The Man]

I'd love a shot of him flying out the fortress. That was one of my favorite parts of the Reeve movie AFTER he put on the suit.

And I hear you all about not being able to please people. It's why I've mostly stayed away from comments on social media. It's either going to be "Restore the Snyderverse" or "Christopher Reeve is the ONLY Superman".

We go through this every time a new Superman project comes along and I'm tired.

As for the suit, I know someone said it had sort of a militaristic space hero vibe to it, and when I think about in that context, I'm okay with it. I also think that's why it might've belonged to Jor-El.

 

[Tra-El]

It reminds me of his hairstyle in the Netflix series Hollywood, particularly as it's styled in this scene. And that's pretty damn close to what I was looking for!

Instead of Ma making the suit, Martha should come up with the curl. I can see Clark coming out in the suit for the first time with nice slicked back hair with no curl, and Ma goes over and fixes him up like an old school mother would and she puts her hands through his hair to fix it and the curl drops lol. That would be a humorous moment.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Deck Rickard]

If you look really closely, you can see the real suit reflected in his eye. You just can’t see it because his eyes are closed.

 

[Alien Anal]

If you look really closely, you can see the real suit reflected in his eye. You just can’t see it because his eyes are closed.

It's venom! *Showing my age*

 

[Superark]

With all the countless memes that have now popped up, it's just going to be a constant reminder of what a poor decision it was to reveal the suit in this way.

I still don't understand what James Gunn was thinking. I'll be real curious if he gives any sort of insight why he chose to debut the suit in this way.

 

[king666]

Is the green beam emanating from the giant space ball, or is it being directed toward the giant space ball?

 

[DCDAVE]

I am currently on a Spring Vacation so of course Gunn decides to release the pic of Superman.

 

[Deck Rickard]

With all the countless memes that have now popped up, it's just going to be a constant reminder of what a poor decision it was to reveal the suit in this way.

I still don't understand what James Gunn was thinking. I'll be real curious if he gives any sort of insight why he chose to debut the suit in this way.

A bad suit deserves a bad picture, I guess.

 

[agomezv3]

With all the countless memes that have now popped up, it's just going to be a constant reminder of what a poor decision it was to reveal the suit in this way.

I still don't understand what James Gunn was thinking. I'll be real curious if he gives any sort of insight why he chose to debut the suit in this way.

Gunn was doing an amazing job at marketing this movie and then... This. I also find the choices baffling.

Maybe he really didn't want to reveal anything till SDCC and he was pressured into it?

 

[Alien Anal]

Honestly it's probably going to be fine because of anything we will get The Superman, the suit will just be nothing.

I'm too old to care about one image.

 

[Superark]

Gunn was doing an amazing job at marketing this movie and then... This. I also find the choices baffling.

Maybe he really didn't want to reveal anything till SDCC and he was pressured into it?

It's his first true fumble. Hopefully his next Superman image wows us.

SR suit, which I do love, was mostly panned upon reveal. The next couple of official images, as seen below for example, garnered a much better reaction. I always wondered why Singer didn't release one of those images.

I'm wondering if this film will be a similar case where the follow up image quiets some if the fan backlash.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Gunn was doing an amazing job at marketing this movie and then... This. I also find the choices baffling.

Maybe he really didn't want to reveal anything till SDCC and he was pressured into it?

See now I feel bad. The day before this dropped I posted this meme on twitter and tagged him in it...



Is this all my fault?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I definitely don't consider this a fumble. It was bound to be polarizing no matter the pose, the design, or the setting. I was the same back when The Batman Released the test footage, everyone turned around on it. Now I'm not saying everyone will change their minds, many won't and many will. But what I am saying is in a year this photo will be a distant memory and we'll have much more to go off of.

 

[Superark]

I definitely don't consider this a fumble. It was bound to be polarizing no matter the pose, the design, or the setting. I was the same back when The Batman Released the test footage, everyone turned around on it. Now I'm not saying everyone will change their minds, many won't and many will. But what I am saying is in a year this photo will be a distant memory and we'll have much more to go off of.

It's definitely a fumble. Even if you like the suit, objectively looking at the overall reactions, this was not well received. Yes, you'll always have people that complain, no matter how perfect something could be, but even the more level headed, reasonable commentators/posters online have said they don't like it. There's legitimate criticisms to be made. With the positive reactions I've seen, more have been on the side of like it rather than love it.

A fumble doesn't mean they are doomed for failure or this film isn't going to be successful. How good Superman is will determine that. I'm still optimistic about the movie we are going to get.

But if we are looking at this one event, it's was not a win for Gunn or the film.