The Daily Planet Vol. 2: Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

[Still Wynning]

Its a comic book...they found all sorts of ways to try and make it make sense since to the reader they looked almost identical. One time it was that whenever Superman was in pictures he would vibrate ever so slightly so they couldn't focus it right or something. It doesn't have to make sense it just needs to be enough to have people turn to the next page.

In truth the glasses are more than enough. I look very different in glasses than I do without them. They frame my face differently. If you watched Supergirl Kara's nose looked different with glasses than without. The smallest change in features of the face can make profound differences. Same with hair. The extra sauce is how one carries themselves. Superman should stand differently than Clark. I thought Superman and Lois did this great. Clark looked like your average dad in Smallville not super strong and hardly noticeable sometimes even somewhat meek. Superman (thanks in part to that massive suit) looked massive and godlike...he stood tall and confident. Everything akes them look completely different.

But ultimately, my favorite explanation was that people didn't see it because they didn't want to see it. No one wanted to believe that Superman was just living amongst them so their brain never made the connection. Even Lex was so arrogant that he never could imagine it even in the stories where he grew up seeing Superboy in Smallville. Lois had to know, that is why she is always trying to figure it out and why she often does.

This reminds me of a story of when I was working at my old job at Massage Envy.

Someone had recently been hired for a position at the front desk, which is usually the first area I saw whenever I came into work. No one there really changed their looks too much, so I became very familiar with their faces and who was who pretty quickly. This new employee, at least for a little bit, followed that trend, with her having her hair down and not wearing anything on her face.

One day I came into work, I saw a person wearing their hair in a ponytail and glasses. Wanting to be polite, I welcomed them and introduced myself, asking them if they were new here. Turns out, it was the exact same person just with her hair pulled back and wearing eyewear because she wasn’t wearing her contacts she normally had in. I, someone who prided myself on recognizing faces, completely fell for it.

So, whenever I see someone online talking about how the whole “Superman disguising himself as Clark Kent with glasses is unbelievable and dumb”, I always remember that story and think to myself, “Actually, no, that’s totally believable.”

It’s really crazy how something as simple as a pair of spectacles and a hairstyle change can alter someone’s appearance.

 

[J.Drangal]

This reminds me of a story of when I was working at my old job at Massage Envy.

Someone had recently been hired for a position at the front desk, which is usually the first area I saw whenever I came into work. No one there really changed their looks too much, so I became very familiar with their faces and who was who pretty quickly. This new employee, at least for a little bit, followed that trend, with her having her hair down and not wearing anything on her face.

One day I came into work, I saw a person wearing their hair in a ponytail and glasses. Wanting to be polite, I welcomed them and introduced myself, asking them if they were new here. Turns out, it was the exact same person just with her hair pulled back and wearing eyewear because she wasn’t wearing her contacts she normally had in. I, someone who prided myself on recognizing faces, completely fell for it.

So, whenever I see someone online talking about how the whole “Superman disguising himself as Clark Kent with glasses is unbelievable and dumb”, I always remember that story and think to myself, “Actually, no, that’s totally believable.”

It’s really crazy how something as simple as a pair of spectacles and a hairstyle change can alter someone’s appearance.

My partner is like that. With her hair tied back and a pair of glasses, she's like a different person.
It has happened several times to run into some of her colleagues outside of work, when in a more relaxed look, and having them not recognize her right away.
I've always told her she makes the Superman shtick believable.

Personally, I've actually never had any problems with Clark's disguise.
It's a deal I make with the writers, just as I never worry about Gothamites failing to make the connection between Batman, the eternal vigilante with all his gadgets and vehicles, and the city's only billionaire whose entire family met a tragic fate because of crime.

But still, If I had to choose an explanation, I really like the idea that no one manages to unmask Superman simply because no one thinks he's hiding within the general population. I mean, if you had a being who showed up flying at every disaster to save the day, you'd think he lived somewhere in the sky, keeping a watchful eye over the city... not riding his bike to work.

 

[titansupes]

^ Same thing happened to me with a friend in high school who changed her hair completely and no one recognised her.

And I'm sure everyone's come across this over the years.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

aaaaaaaaand the opening scene leaked online

That’ll be enough social media for me for the next 36 hours

 

[donuts]

aaaaaaaaand the opening scene leaked online

That’ll be enough social media for me for the next 36 hours

What do you mean the effin opening scene leaked online? Time to go dark, then.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

All I saw was a split second of some bootleg footage and immediately noped outta there

No thank you

 

[donuts]

Care you elaborate what place we gotta avoid specifically?

 

[Primal Slayer]

Care you elaborate what place we gotta avoid specifically?

Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Tiktok

 

[jokesonm3]

Is the Social media embargo lifting at midnight EST so 2 hours from this post?

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Tiktok

Sounds about right

I’m just glad I’m seeing it tomorrow, I don’t know how much I can hold out

 

[donuts]

I remember coming out of the No Time to Die screening and going on Youtube and right there was a damn spoilery clip with spoilery title. Screw those people!

 

[Lily Adler]

Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Tiktok

Jeff Schneider leaked it as revenge.

 

[dhandler01]

Sounds about right

I’m just glad I’m seeing it tomorrow, I don’t know how much I can hold out

I am so glad I am on bluesky and follow no one that would leak a film. I also dont have Insta anymore, Tik Tock or Twitter and have a very curated (and often never viewed) Facebook.

I am debating just going dark from here until tomorrow because things are getting too spicy around here and it is killing my hype.

 

[dhandler01]

I remember coming out of the No Time to Die screening and going on Youtube and right there was a damn spoilery clip with spoilery title. Screw those people!

I think the only time I was spoiled about a film (that I didn't seek out spoilers for) was here...either a night or two nights before BvS came out. A "new" poster showed up in the non-spoiler thread (the main one not a review) and gave a long review that spoiled everything. Then played meek like they didn't know they weren't supposed to only to brag about it elsewhere. Why someone would do that I will never understand.

 

[titansupes]

I remember right before Solo came out, somebody here completely innocently wrote something like "I can't believe Maul shows up with his robot legs and double-bladed lightsaber" and only censored the word "Maul".

 

[dhandler01]

I remember right before Solo came out, somebody here completely innocently wrote something like "I can't believe Maul shows up with his robot legs and double-bladed lightsaber" and only censored the word "Maul".

I mean at least they tried...

 

[Lily Adler]

I mean at least they tried...

 

[dhandler01]

Like I am supposed to believe Joey read The Shining!

 

[Lily Adler]

Like I am supposed to believe Joey read The Shining!

I'm more surprised it seems like neither watched the movie.

 

[Mysteryman]

Opening weekend is sold out here too. Hyped to see a movie on opening night with a packed theatre. As someone with kids, I usually end up seeing movies on streaming or a few weeks after the movie has already come out lol.

Kids going with you to see, Superman?

 

[TheGDBatman]

I started unfollowing a lot of social media pages related to DC so I can avoid spoilers. Honestly though, might stay away from them after this. It’s so strange seeing people passionately arguing about budgets when they A.) don’t understand how they work and B.) don’t know the budgets or internal expectations. There internet has just become an echo chamber of wannabe experts seeing who can yell the loudest.

Makes me appreciate this place quite a bit more.

Thank you to all who keep the lights on here!

 

[Detective Conan]

GQ Magazine on Superman

 

[dhandler01]

I started unfollowing a lot of social media pages related to DC so I can avoid spoilers. Honestly though, might stay away from them after this. It’s so strange seeing people passionately arguing about budgets when they A.) don’t understand how they work and B.) don’t know the budgets or internal expectations. There internet has just become an echo chamber of wannabe experts seeing who can yell the loudest.

Makes me appreciate this place quite a bit more.

Thank you to all who keep the lights on here!

Yeah I never read comments on DC stuff for that very reason. (although bluesky is better but give it time)

Wrestling fans do the same thing...so weird.

 

[dhandler01]

GQ Magazine on Superman

That is the type of stuff I like to see I wont lie (admitting my bias) in fact the way it is worded is how I have been hoping I feel when I leave the theater tomorrow night.

 

[Mysteryman]

That is the type of stuff I like to see I wont lie (admitting my bias) in fact the way it is worded is how I have been hoping I feel when I leave the theater tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night? You must be, EXCITED!