The Official Costume Thread - Part 4

[KrypJonian]

Your skills far surpass mine, Zionite... But I can't imagine this suit ever in a Superman movie... Laced boots? And everything else...

 

[SuperDaniel]

 

[KrypJonian]

God bless emoticons...

If I was to say all that out loud I'd get another warning...

 

[DorkyFresh]

yeah...not digging that design at all. don't like his justification for it either...

ok, but the design was made in the days when boxers and wrestlers wore small shorts or underwear essentially over their tights to avoid their packages showing. ( "boxer shorts" )Modesty and all that being what it was.

If you look back at the artwork artistically you'll notice that the attire actually became tighter as the years progressed. The shorts turned into skibbies then to something that now resembles a speedo. The boots were originally made to resemble mens riding boots...

In a cultural irony, our superheros wearing tights became the norm, but in those sports where the shorts on the outside was once a practice...(thus inspiring this strange fashion lenience) now we have progressed to basically nothing but the shorts...except in "pro" wrestling where the idea is now to try to look like either a super hero or villain.

point is that times change, and a design that made sense back then due to a cultural context, no longer makes sense when that cultural context has all but vanished. Its not like the undies on the outside was a kryptonian thing. It was a fit in with earth thing...

I mean NO ONE has ever looked good with undies on the outside, and males in tights have particular... lets say moose knuckle problems unless they're wearing a cup or something. CK grew up bailing hay and driving fence posts... comfort and ease of movement is important to the job, and clothing always affects the confidence when you leave the house. Beyond the tights and the undies, the choice to replace the riding boots was that modern day work boots work just as well without looking like he shopped at an antique boutique.

My take was to keep the super appearance, but look at it from the Clark Kent perspective... alien raised as a farmboy... a modern farmboy, who has only ever shown an interest in girls.

on top of that, his face is kinda creepy...probably because he based it on these people

the face was actually created using a combination of the facial markers from several different people.


tom welling
christopher reeves
john hamm
dean cain
brandon routh

So to me, this is the ultimate face of superman.

then he had the nerve to compare it to Cavill...

*new note* I just Discovered an actor I didnt include who really looks the part of this composite. Its uncanny. [link to Cavill picture]

 

[KrypJonian]

yeah...not digging that design at all. don't like his justification for it either...

on top of that, his face is kinda creepy...probably because he based it on these people

then he had the nerve to compare it to Cavill...

Damn, that face looks freakish... I can't begin to justify the weird face combo...

 

[Zionite]

Your skills far surpass mine, Zionite... But I can't imagine this suit ever in a Superman movie... Laced boots? And everything else...

Actually its not mine.I just posted it from deviant art to see Fan rections-predictable.
I personally like the suit but i realise its too busy.
Anyways no one commented on this one

It is without a doubt the best Trunkless design ever

 

[Gamma Burst]

Actually its not mine.I just posted it from deviant art to see Fan rections-predictable.
I personally like the suit but i realise its too busy.
Anyways no one commented on this one

This is pretty good! I think the design of the 'belt' works very well.

 

[Kal Kent]

There are alot of intriguing concepts here on this board. I don't think Snyder will venture too far off the traditional Superman costume but I'm loving seeing everybody's interpretation of Superman.t:

 

[The Shield]

Actually its not mine.I just posted it from deviant art to see Fan rections-predictable.
I personally like the suit but i realise its too busy.
Anyways no one commented on this one

It is without a doubt the best Trunkless design ever

As far as trunkless goes I agree with you. It puts me in mind of the Superman clone of the 41 Century and I loved that one. First no cape no trunks that had me at Hello.

Not what I'd want but if they did I wouldn't be too pfft

 

[Rust]

Superman wearing pants? I think that's a first.

 

[camp Blood]

Clone costume is cool and all but the grey on the shoes feels out of place since that's the only grey there is

 

[Lead Cenobite]

As far as trunkless goes I agree with you. It puts me in mind of the Superman clone of the 41 Century and I loved that one. First no cape no trunks that had me at Hello.

Not what I'd want but if they did I wouldn't be too pfft

Just add the cape to that like in the series finale, and that's probably my favorite non-trunks costume.

 

[Sabaoth]

and that's probably my favorite non-trunks costume.

Mine too.

I hope that is the big surprise Lee and Johns have in store for us.

Superman needs an updated costume.

 

[Zionite]

Mine too.

I hope that is the big surprise Lee and Johns have in store for us.

Superman needs an updated costume.

You raise an interesting piont. If Superman gets a new costume in the comics,No one would complain if thats what we got eventually in MOS.Smart strategy

 

[Lead Cenobite]

You could make Superman a floating green bagel in the comics and nobody would complain. Well, I'm sure SOME would, but you know how things are, if it happened in the comics first, it's official and good to go.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Found this on Google Images:-

No doubt its already been posted and discussed at length [hell, it could have been made by someone on here for all I know] but I dont really recall seeing it.

 

[RetrogradeOrbit]

Not too bad, but the boots look a bit clunky. Apart from that, pretty good for a trunk-less design.
Quite like the look of the shield, but the cape attachment needs a bit of reworking.
But as I said, not to bad at all. At least there is no high collar! High collars are not a good idea when wearing your suit under your civvies...

 

[roach]

You could make Superman a floating green bagel in the comics and nobody would complain. Well, I'm sure SOME would, but you know how things are, if it happened in the comics first, it's official and good to go.

i seem to recall a recent tv series starring Wonder woman that caught hell because she was wearing a costume that was in the comics before...granted it looked silly but still

 

[Zionite]

i seem to recall a recent tv series starring Wonder woman that caught hell because she was wearing a costume that was in the comics before...granted it looked silly but still

The series caught hell becuse It was crappily written."Big **** save lives" my ass.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

That's tv, people complain about "deviations" when a movie or tv show does it. Put a stripe down the side of Spider-Man's leg, people are vomiting blood, put him in a black suit in the comics, eh, interesting change.

 

[roach]

The series caught hell becuse It was crappily written."Big **** save lives" my ass.

not really..no one saw it or read a script and they based that off someone elses report...the large amount of naysayers was over the costume

 

[cwere]

Found this on Google Images:-

No doubt its already been posted and discussed at length [hell, it could have been made by someone on here for all I know] but I dont really recall seeing it.

Other than the boots, I really like this t:

 

[Sabaoth]

I like it too. I wonder how it would look with red gloves and a high collar.
I think the costume should look as alien as possible.

 

[Majik1387]

A high collar wouldn't look good, it would be slimming. And why would he wear gloves?

 

[Sabaoth]

Gloves are cool!
Look at the clone outfit above.