The Official Costume Thread - - - - Part 13

[Green Ghost]

That's not entirely Lee's image nor is it the official variant. The original comes from this. It was inked and colored by someone else.

Oh wow, this looks so professional! Better than the normal cover for the issue...

 

[sepharih]

He was going to be Superman and was going to Metropolis University regardless, but yes, losing them is where he stopped being a carefree boy and became a man.

Ok, cool, I think we're on the same page.

Most people who dislike classic Superman dislike Superboy as well. But even Byrne admits that he made a mistake getting rid of the concept. The idea that he would have these powers for years and selfishly do nothing with them is absurd-that's why at least the "Smallville Angel" angle where he helps people in secret, is a good idea. But Siegel wanted to bring in Superboy from almost the beginning-in fact, he first submitted the character to National in November of 1938, so actually Superboy predates Ma and Pa Kent in order of creation (the 1938 texts still credited the "passing motorist" as having found baby Kal-L).

As I said: “I certainly like the idea of Clark going on some adventures as a kid....but I prefer the costume to be saved for his grand introduction to the world as an adult.”
I've got no problem with the idea of Clark going on adventures in his youth. Hell, I prefer it. I often speak of Supes as being meant to be a modern day mythical hero, and having him effectively sit on the farm at home twiddling his thumbs for 20 years really isn't justice to the character.
Like Superdaniel, the issue I have with Superboy is the costume; primarily because the reasons for why he wears it, as explained by the mythology of the comics, don't make sense to me when he is a kid and (in my opinion) kind of cheapen what SHOULD be a grand first reveal to all the world.

Yet Byrne later admitted that he was wrong. THAT'S how stupid getting rid of Superboy was-even the guy who did it realizes he screwed up by doing it.

Still, an artist later going back and disowning his own work isn't the end all be all of a its value. People often cite George Lucas as an example of this.

Superboy is a little much for a movie, however, unless they planned a Harry Potter type series starting with him as Superboy and growing into Superman-a sort of "Smallville Done Right" series.

We absolutely do agree on this.

 

[El Payaso]

it is raised but flat and it's not 3D like rouths it doesn't have that ridge in the \S/

it looks nothing like rouths IMO

Of cpourse there are differences. Now, "raised but flat" sound slike if you said Cavill looks "tall but short."

Never had Superman a raised and texturted symbol as in SR, and now MoS. the don't look exactly the same, but the similarities are there, literally, all over the symbol.

 

[camp Blood]

what I mean is it has some depth but the red is flat no ridges like the returns logo , when I see cavill's I see the DCU ONLINE superman symbol

it's like comparing a mountain to a plateau , a mountain has ridge and valley while a plateau is flat

 

[KalMart]

So.......

...no yellow 'S' on the cape?

 

[Binker]

There will be scenes in Metropolis, right? I'm just asking because it seems to be more of a Smallville-set Superman film.

 

[El Payaso]

...no yellow 's' on the cape?

cgi s?

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

I'm not that upset about the symbol but it might be they tried different placements and it did not work out with any of them.

 

[El Payaso]

what I mean is it has some depth but the red is flat no ridges like the returns logo , when I see cavill's I see the DCU ONLINE superman symbol

I think I said there were some differences?

it's like comparing a mountain to a plateau , a mountain has ridge and valley while a plateau is flat

Sure, SR's symbol stood out a few meters over the suit.

I'm not that upset about the symbol but it might be they tried different placements and it did not work out with any of them.

That's exactly what happened in SR.

 

[Kal-El.9859]

cgi s?

probably not

 

[KalMart]

cgi s?

They probably would have put markers if they planned on it.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

It could be something that looks a little hokey in live action considering they have a pretty pronounced \S/ on the chest. There is no symbol on the buckle (woo) so maybe one is enough to them.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

So every time we don't get an aspect that a fanboy wanted we are going to claim they do it in cgi/post? Amy will have black hair and the \S/ on cape now? :-/

 

[KalMart]

So every time we don't get an aspect that a fanboy wanted we are going to claim they do it in cgi/post? Amy will have black hair and the \S/ on cape now? :-/

They're going to CGI Perry into a white man too....didn't you hear?

 

[batman44]

I could be wrong but I think El Payaso was joking.

 

[Showtime]

they're going to cgi perry into a white man too....didn't you hear?

haha

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

They're going to CGI Perry into a white man too....didn't you hear?

nice

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

I could be wrong but I think El Payaso was joking.

Probably. I seem to remember he was a jokester.

 

[Compi716]

So.......

...no yellow 'S' on the cape?

Aw, that's a shame.

 

[Kal-El.9859]

they aren't really filming a movie right now...they are gonna do it in CGI and post

 

[Super Kal]

i will say this though...

it's red!
the cape is FINALLY red!

 

[LL2K2]

this right here is the prime example with what is wrong with fans these days.

we gotta ditch the trunks because it's unrealistic!
The "S" looks like the English letter S on Earth so ditch it because it's not realistic...so we should just slap the number 8 on his chest because that's so much more realistic...

There is no need WHATSOEVER for realism to be in comic book movies....PERIOD!
It's a mothereffin comic book...it's not real! So what if it looks stupid? Now taking a film serious and being realistic are two completely different things. Do I think Superman needs to be realistic? No. Do I think he needs to be taken serious yet put into a realistic world like he is being done now? Yes. Seeing places in this movie that you would see if you went into a town would be more realistic as opposed to seeing a place called "Gas Station" instead of 7-Eleven or a place called "Hardware Store" as opposed to SEARS. But trying to find a reason for why this character would be in our world is not needed. They just are.

Nolan dropped the ball by putting Batman in a world where he is the only hero. Not a good idea especially if WB is wanting to do a Justice League and World's Finest movie supposedly. Make them serious films but there is no need for realism. I mean nobody dresses up like a bat and fights crime...more so they dress up like a bat and break the law.

"A man who dresses like a bat...clearly has issues." - Bruce Wayne, Batman Begins

Men don't fly like birds...so why try and add realism to Superman? To me that whole idea is stupid. Realism is going to ruin comic book movies. Ditch the camp, go with a serious tone if the character calls for it and you'll be successful

Verisimilitude, my friends, is what it all comes down to.

 

[Kal-El.9859]

"A man who dresses like a bat...clearly has issues." - Bruce Wayne, Batman Begins



Verisimilitude, my friends, is what it all comes down to.

exactly

 

[camp Blood]

sucks about the cape but whatever

 

[Kal-El.9859]

I couldn't care one way or the other to be honest