Ahh, the costume topic. Following the MOS production, two things were on my mind about the costume. One was the fear of them altering or ´´modernizing`` it to an unrecognizable extent and the other was the hope that, with Snyder on board (who likes to recreate the look of comics on screen and imo recreated the costumes in his CB movies very well) we would finally get the classic Superman costume that looks good on screen and works.
Unfortunately (or probably fortunately, overall) this is not entierly Snyder's movie. It's too big of a franchise and too much at risk so I bet he had to go with some things that were pre determined and not a matter of negotiation. So the end result of the costume was, for me, something in the middle of my hope and fear scale.
I really wanted the classic costume. I never had any problems with it reading the comics or watching the cartoons/animated series. But it never really worked or looked that well on the screen, for me. Part of it was the poor texture being used and, I admit, the trunks always looked kind of silly. Because they did look like something that is worn on the outside when it should be worn on the inside and it serves no real purpose. Like Stan Lee said, some things that work in comics wont work in a movie and sometimes you must make changes. However, I do believe they COULD make it work, in this day and age.
However I am also the one who realizes that everything must adapt in order to survive. Times change, generations come and go and we live in a world vastly different to the world when Superman was created. And the number 1 thing about his costume that was always ´´the target`` were the trunks. I know why they created them (though the idea of wanting to make a super powered alien look strong by adding the trunks is kind of silly to be honest), but circus strongmen are no longer the thing and pro wrestlers are ridiculed today and thus making Superman look silly in comparison. I don't agree with this, but I am a minority in the general audience to whom they are trying to sell this movie.
So I was able to accept this change as necessity of sorts and a product of the natural adapt to survive process. Maybe it depends on the person (Some of my friends who are Superman fans have a hard time accepting this look) as I am one who can embrace change rather well given my experiences in life.
But only when the changes don't change the core of the character or his look. When I see Cavill in his costume I still see Superman. In fact, the first picture screamed Superman to me more than anything I've seen before, sans seeing Christopher Reeve on TV when in my early teens. I would NEVER be able to accept, for example, a complete color scheme change, removal of the cape or messing with the chest shield. Like some idea I've once heard for Superman to have a small shield on his shoulder, like cops! Yikes! But somehow, the trunks don't seem THAT integral to me. And the first picture is still the only official one so that's the one to go by until more official stuff comes when I'll judge the suit further. They did do a few things so right though. The cape attachment, the cape itself, the size and shape of the ´´S`` and the boots are just about the most impressive thing I've seen as far as real life Superman costume goes. And of course I hope the red is bright red and the blue is navy blue and not black-ish or too dark.
I've even sort of grown to the pipping and the look without the patch of red in the middle. Somehow the color ratio of blue/red seem more even now (if the cape is on) and the suit a bit less busy and over crowded (because the pipping seems very subtle and I hope it remains that way).
Still, with all that said, I would really love to see the classic costume, especially in a Snyder movie. But, it could be MUCH, MUCH worse. I even think if the removal of his trunks was something that was a must on WB's part, that we are lucky that Snyder is handling this movie. We could do much worse. And in the end, if Cavill makes us believe he IS Superman, if the stay true to Superman's core character and if the movie turns to be as great as the names attached to it indicate, it really wont matter to me anymore and to most people I suppose. I mean, I really dislike the TDK costume but I forget about that when watching the movie.
Though, the opposite could be said for the classic costume. Perhaps it wouldn't make a difference in the end if they kept it. But what's done is done. I embrace the change and look forward to how it really looks in motion and in the movie. It might just make me love the suit...or hate it.