The Glasses!

[Migu-EL]

As who knows and loves?
I kinda know and love this one. To each their own though.




What new movie is that? *crickets*

LOL Too funny

 

[Brian Braddock]

Serene, surely you mean, 'you know and love this Clark'?

Superman per se hasnt turned up yet.

 

[heliorei]

Why the need to wear glasses when you can have this?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_(comics)

...Wagner has used a personal holographic device called an image-inducer on several occasions to produce a holographic image of himself as an ordinary human (occasionally Errol Flynn himself) so that he might interact with non-mutants in a normal fashion...

I'm sure kryptonian technology can replicate this sort of thing.

this could a very interesting thing to apply and it would be far more reasonable than wearing glasses and acting like a complete geek. Lois as well Jimmy and others wouldn't be able to recognize Clark as Superman unless they already know the truth.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Serene, surely you mean, 'you know and love this Clark'?

Superman per se hasnt turned up yet.

You dont need the costume to have Superman, and conversely sometimes you can have something that somewhat resembles the costume, and you still dont have Superman.

 

[triplet]

Serene, surely you mean, 'you know and love this Clark'?

She said what she meant to say.

This Clark is Superman...

Superman per se hasnt turned up yet.

The tights are just costuming.

Some of his more out-of-character episodes aside, like Blue, Smallville's Clark does act very much like Superman.

You dont need the costume to have Superman, and conversely sometimes you can have something that somewhat resembles the costume, and you still dont have Superman.

QFT

 

[Brian Braddock]

You dont need the costume to have Superman, and conversely sometimes you can have something that somewhat resembles the costume, and you still dont have Superman.

Hmmm, do I see thinly veiled SR costume and Routh jibes in there somewhere?

Naughty Naughty.

She said what she meant to say.

This Clark is Superman...



The tights are just costuming.

Some of his more out-of-character episodes aside, like Blue, Smallville's Clark does act very much like Superman.



QFT

And, no, Smallville's Clark isn't Superman. Yet.

The tights arent just costuming. What a dismissive statement - 'Just costuming'?? You say that like the iconic costume that >most of us< know and love doesnt even matter.

Hey, here's a radical concept - Until he formally takes up the guise of Superman - he's simply a Clark Kent on the path to fulfilling his destiny - a Clark Kent who will eventually become Superman.

That's pretty much a no-brainer.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that in the comics.... something along with the fact his glasses made his eyes look different.

???

 

[ironman29758]

???

hah I remember this. good news on superman's secret identity

Spoiler

UPDATED 8/21/08: Jimmy takes a photo of a red and blue blur, and Clark is determined to keep him from finding out the truth about who has been saving the day.

maybe this will help with him getting glasses

 

[COMPO]

with the glasses would be good if Clark was kind of nervous abotu working at the planet so he is kind of bumping into people so when he comes back with the glasses he uses taht as an excuse for why hes been doing that

 

[kal_el_526]

lol there ya go thats wt i was talkin about

 

[kal_el_526]

oops the quote came out messed up lol but w.e yea thanks for finding that out

 

[Mikelus]

Some history:

In the 1970s, one suggestion was that the lenses of Clark Kent's glasses (made of Kryptonian materials) constantly amplified a low-level super-hypnosis power, thereby creating the illusion of others viewing Clark Kent as a weak and frailer being. However, this reason was abandoned almost as quickly as it was introduced, since it had various flaws (such as stories where Batman would disguise himself as Clark Kent, among others).

Another reason given in the 1987 story "The Secret Revealed" was the public simply does not know that Superman has a secret identity, considering he does not wear a mask, which implies to most that he has nothing to hide. As an added precaution, Superman would vibrate his face (like Jay Garrick, the Golden-Age Flash), slightly so that photographs would only show his features as a blur, thus preventing the danger of photographs of both identities being reliably compared. However, more recent stories showing Superman being photographed have tended to ignore this factor. The 2004 series Superman: Birthright also explained that Superman's eyes are an unnaturally vivid shade of blue. Clark's glasses diffuse the color and make his eyes appear more human in that identity.

Traditionally, Lois Lane (and sometimes others) would often suspect Superman of truly being Clark Kent, though more recent comics often feature the general public assuming that Superman doesn't have a secret identity. In "The Secret Revealed", a super-computer constructed by Lex Luthor calculated Superman's true identity, but Lex dismissed the idea because he could not believe that someone so powerful would want another, weaker identity. In modern comic continuity as of 2006, Lois Lane, feeling anyone like Clark could not be Superman, never suspected the dual identity beyond one isolated incident, before Clark finally revealed it to her. In "Visitor", Lois finds Superman at the Kent farm with Lana Lang and asks him point blank if he is Clark Kent. Before he can answer, the Kents tell her that they raised Superman alongside Clark like a brother.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kent

 

[triplet]

Hmmm, do I see thinly veiled SR costume and Routh jibes in there somewhere?

Naughty Naughty.



And, no, Smallville's Clark isn't Superman. Yet.

The tights arent just costuming. What a dismissive statement - 'Just costuming'?? You say that like the iconic costume that >most of us< know and love doesnt even matter.

Hey, here's a radical concept - Until he formally takes up the guise of Superman - he's simply a Clark Kent on the path to fulfilling his destiny - a Clark Kent who will eventually become Superman.

That's pretty much a no-brainer.

Saying the tights are just costuming isn't dismissing that part of Superman, I was just trying to underline the idea that Clark was born Superman.

Born with the moral fiber and inner goodness, not just the abilities granted to him because of the sun, to later save people just because he can.

He isn't just Clark Kent, he's more than that and his costume doesn't make a better person just because he wears it.

If he didn't have the powers, he'd still help people. Smallville's Clark has shown that he is that kind of a good person, so we will have to agree to disagree on this one.

The tights *are* just costuming, because Clark doesn't need blue spandex to be the man who saves people and can bring hope to the world.

 

[RickO'Connell]

Here we go again. I guess with the casting wars back on everyone is ready to rumble

 

[greenlantern248]

Some history:

In the 1970s, one suggestion was that the lenses of Clark Kent's glasses (made of Kryptonian materials) constantly amplified a low-level super-hypnosis power, thereby creating the illusion of others viewing Clark Kent as a weak and frailer being. However, this reason was abandoned almost as quickly as it was introduced, since it had various flaws (such as stories where Batman would disguise himself as Clark Kent, among others).

Another reason given in the 1987 story "The Secret Revealed" was the public simply does not know that Superman has a secret identity, considering he does not wear a mask, which implies to most that he has nothing to hide. As an added precaution, Superman would vibrate his face (like Jay Garrick, the Golden-Age Flash), slightly so that photographs would only show his features as a blur, thus preventing the danger of photographs of both identities being reliably compared. However, more recent stories showing Superman being photographed have tended to ignore this factor. The 2004 series Superman: Birthright also explained that Superman's eyes are an unnaturally vivid shade of blue. Clark's glasses diffuse the color and make his eyes appear more human in that identity.

Traditionally, Lois Lane (and sometimes others) would often suspect Superman of truly being Clark Kent, though more recent comics often feature the general public assuming that Superman doesn't have a secret identity. In "The Secret Revealed", a super-computer constructed by Lex Luthor calculated Superman's true identity, but Lex dismissed the idea because he could not believe that someone so powerful would want another, weaker identity. In modern comic continuity as of 2006, Lois Lane, feeling anyone like Clark could not be Superman, never suspected the dual identity beyond one isolated incident, before Clark finally revealed it to her. In "Visitor", Lois finds Superman at the Kent farm with Lana Lang and asks him point blank if he is Clark Kent. Before he can answer, the Kents tell her that they raised Superman alongside Clark like a brother.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kent

Also in the Superman/Batman comics the Supergirl story line there is a few pannels where Clark is showing Kara the city and (man I wish I could find the images of this) she asks:

"Kara: Why do you wear eyeglasses if you can see better than anyone on the planet?

Clark: When those of us who are... Heroes want to have lives without the cape, it's important to keep our identites a secret.

Kara: And that's why Batman doesn't take off his lead-lined cowl?

Clark: You noticed the lead, hmm? I didn't know your x-ray vision had kicked in.

Kara: You didn't ask. Still nobody recognizes you just because you wear a pair of glasses?

Clark fixes his tie, they walk over a bridge in to the park and where Kara sees a statue of Superman

Kara: Oh, my... This is how they see you

Clark: I guess.. it's very flattering, but I don't really think about it.

Kara: You're their champion. Bigger than Life. No wonder the eyeglasses work--nobody would look for you dressed like them!

Clark: Kara... There's no them it's just us.

Sorry it's long but I could find the images to show you.

 

[greenlantern248]

edit* I am really sorry everyone my computer is being really stupid right now.

 

[greenlantern248]

edit* sorry double post

 

[ironman29758]

remember this:

Spoiler

In the new Dec. issue of SFX magazine, Al Gough mentioned that Clark will want to have a disguise much like Oliver Queen does, so this could mean that Clark may very well start wearing glasses! If a season 8 happens, it WILL be the last one, unfortunately and also he will fly in season 8.

Gough adds that we will see how Clark Kent comes to adopt his traditional, bespectacled look, despite the fact that many have watched him grow up without glasses.
'Yes, we have an explanation,' laughs Gough. 'Whether people will like it or not is another story, but, yeah... I think we certainly delved into the idea of a secret identity with Green Arrow last year. He was a guy who clearly had a secret identity for various reasons, and Clark started to see the importance of adopting one.
'The problem with Superman is that the secret identity he comes up with is so lame! His costume doesn't have a cowl or a hood or anything. It's so weird. I mean it's one of those things that was always in the comic books, and in the '30s it was always just taken as gospel that people didn't recognise Superman as Clark. I know there have been explanations about how the glasses work, people have tried to explain it. Valiant efforts, all of them. But at the end of the day it's not like they ever really cracked it.'"

but now we probally getting this idea with better people

 

[triplet]

edit* sorry double post

Make that a triple...

 

[greenlantern248]

Make that a triple...

I just wanted to get my point across, that's all.t:

 

[triplet]

I just wanted to get my point across, that's all.t:

LOL!

that shows a lot of dedication!

 

[Webhead2006]

well the gough interview is pretty much invalid now since he isnt running the show and the new showrunners look to be going a bit different then what gough's original plans were.

 

[BizarroAids]

You dont need the costume to have Superman, and conversely sometimes you can have something that somewhat resembles the costume, and you still dont have Superman.

That says it all right there!!

When Clark is wearing the red jacket over his blue shirt, I still see Superman. It's not the actual costume, but it's pre-cursor to the costume.

 

[Zorex]

Why the need to wear glasses when you can have this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_(comics)

I'm sure kryptonian technology can replicate this sort of thing.

this could a very interesting thing to apply and it would be far more reasonable than wearing glasses and acting like a complete geek. Lois as well Jimmy and others wouldn't be able to recognize Clark as Superman unless they already know the truth.

Mmmm, no, thanks. Clark Kent wears glasses. And I don't think he's a "geek" in every incarnation. Sometimes he's just humble, shy, socially awkward and unassuming. Is that... geek? Ehh, I don't know anymore.

 

[mellyM]

Mmmm, no, thanks. Clark Kent wears glasses. And I don't think he's a "geek" in every incarnation. Sometimes he's just humble, shy, socially awkward and unassuming. Is that... geek? Ehh, I don't know anymore.

Yes, thats most definitely a geek or a dork