The Official Superman Thread - Part 2

[Cousin Itt]

because the reboot suit looks like ****.

^ this!

 

[Mystirious]

Because the reboot suit looks like ****.

No love for the jeans and t shirt look Fifth

 

[Cosmic]

The new MOS costume isn't bad, but I agree with Tron Bonne and others in saying that it's too "busy" with the scaly texture. I think the cape is too long. I think he looks great as Superman, though. He'd look even better with a slight haircut. I like the boots, and I'm okay with the pattern on his wrists. I like the belt and the shield design, but I'd really prefer a flat shield.

Overall, I'm disappointed, although I really was expecting to see something just like this...something more "dark" and "alien-looking" than what we're used to seeing. My concern is that they're going to over-analyze Superman. To me, this costume design is a sign that they're probably trying too hard to make Superman more "edgy" and "contemporary." :/

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The colors are all too dark and muted for my tastes. Also, Cavill reminds me of Dean Cain's awkward-looking Superman from Lois and Clark, in part because his hair's all slicked back with no curl as Superman. But the former could easily be fixed with better lighting in the movie and the latter might be totally off the mark once I actually see Cavill playing the role rather than just a static picture. So I'm in "wait and see" mode.

 

[Anubis]

They reversed it.

Clark gets the curl and Supes gets the Slick back.

Which I suppose makes some sense. It's a distinctive thing. People look at you they're gonna note the Spit Curl. One more portion of the Clark Kent Disguise.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's silly. The spit-curl forms a perfect "S" on Clark's forehead. That automatically makes it a Superman thing, not a Clark thing. Also, no way should Clark Kent--especially the bumbling, halfway ******ed Clark they've portrayed in every single one of the movies--have better hair than Superman.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, well, what cha gonna do?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

B**** about it on the internet, obviously.

 

[Phatman]

MOS Supes looks like Ultraman.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Dang, that's true. That pic would make a lot more sense to me if the 'Superman' in it were actually evil...

 

[Mystirious]

The colours on the suit should be a lot brighter

Supermans costume shouldn't be too dark or grim looking. It should look bright and heroic

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

The colours on the suit should be a lot brighter

Supermans costume shouldn't be too dark or grim looking. It should look bright and heroic

I think they know what they are doing with the suit.

The Chris Reeve suit was pretty colourful with the brightness, but the movie is going to be a bit more grounded than that.
Also, it was less conspicuous to an extent too, flat, regular type spandex.

If you had the new suit made in those same bright colours it would simply look ridiculous in some situations. If he walked into a policestation for instance, he could look like one of those guys who dance in one spot at raves with glow sticks.

It is a difficult suit to pull off in live action in the first place, I think they found the right balance between all the potential components.

 

[Mystirious]

I'm pretty optimistic about the movie at the moment

Definitely looking forward to going to see it

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I'm pretty optimistic about the movie at the moment

Definitely looking forward to going to see it

Aye, 2013 though eh? I'm thinking my life will be very different by then , I will probably be sitting there going , 'hey....that's total bs, you can't do that when you are flying and using your heat vision at the same time, these guys don't know what they are talking about whatsoever...' I will be quite the Superman expert by then in other words.

 

[yenaled]

It would be nice if a Director that could make a decent film was attached to Superman.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I have been a massive Louis Theroux fan since his first documentaries hit tv, you must ahve caught that Christmas special he did when he invited all the different folk from docs to his house for dinner? I think they only showed that once or twice , classic, esp when that born again christain starts talking in tongues in protest at the guy channeling the alien.

On Snyder though, even if you didn't like any of his movies overall, I'm surprised that you don't see the potential for a great Superman film with some of the components of his previous work, I mean, even his staunchist critics must admit he has some skills when it comes to translating comic book action to the screen.

I have only seen his first three films, DoTd's only weakness was the zombie baby plot, which was minor in the film I would say, 300 is what it is, if you want to watch a good comic book fantasy Swords and Sandals war movie, I don't see what's wrong with putting that one on, Watchmen has it's faults, mainly with the ending, but he did very well with a lot of the adaptation I felt.

 

[HighFivingMF]

It would be nice if a Director that could make a decent film was attached to Superman.

Yeah. Instead we got a guy that's made a few.

 

[JTStarkiller]

Yeah. Instead we got a guy that's made a few.

HA, yes! I kinda want to high five you right now. And I did need a new signature.

 

[yenaled]

Yeah. Instead we got a guy that's made a few.

You really think that?

Wow.

 

[Tron Bonne]

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/...ks-about-action-comics-his-batman-mega-story/

CA: Are we going to be seeing more of Jor-El and Lara and Ma and Pa Kent, even though they aren't there? I assume we'll see them if it is, as you say, a time loop sort of story?

GM: We'll get to see all of these characters from a slightly different perspective. In fact, Action Comics #3 has a whole scene with Jor-El and Lara which is set in the Death of Krypton period.

CA: So, without spoiling, what's the new take on Krypton?

GM: Mashing up a lot of the stuff I like about it. It's the Planet of the Supermen, it's the Things to Come 1930s idea of the future, where everything's slightly art-deco and retro, that kind of lost golden age vision of perfected men and women. I'm not doing the John Byrne cold stuff, but -- the scene in Action Comics #3, we've got Baby Kal-El sitting on a balcony on a gigantic skyscraper on Krypton, and there's no guardrails -- just this little baby sitting there, legs over the side, with a thousand-foot drop. And over there all the women are chatting and gossiping, but what they're gossiping about is "oh, did you hear Doctor Kem-Daj has discovered the new quantum equation?"

They're all laughing, and it's all these science people gossiping and it's their idea of social interaction, all this really high-level science stuff. They're ignoring the kid because they know he's not going to jump -- even the children are too smart to fall off, so they just let him play over there near the edge. So that's the take we're doing on it, and it'

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CA: In terms of Action Comics, how long are you staying on?

GM: I've got sixteen [issues] plotted so far, so I'll just probably stay on after the same way I did on Batman: I work out the first year or so and then I find myself getting much more involved in it once I've done a few issues, so I'm hoping once I'm done the sixteen I'll just keep going as long as it seems exciting.

CA: And after the first arc, we're going to be catching up the present day?

GM: Pretty much. Actually, the whole thing is much more complex than that, because I wanted to do a big story involving time. It's got the Legion in there -- a slightly different version -- and it's a big timeloop story. So we're seeing some of the past stuff, then we cut to the present, and then we go back to areas in the past so it's really a big, big story in the same way I did with Batman, telling the entire story of Superman's life but in a different way from Batman, which was much more linear and drawing on the elements of the past. This one's actually quite dynamic and moves through his life, and it's kind of Superman's life as seen from a five-dimensional perspective.

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[Watchman]

Never been a fan of the cold Krypton so I'm happy with what Morrison decided to bring in. Morrison creating an entire new history for Superman. This is the book that I've been waiting for.

 

[taskmaster]

You really think that?

Wow.

Three of the five movies he's made are above average, 300, Dawn of the Dead and Legends of the Guardians.

 

[Drz]

Morrison's Superman sounds exciting, creating a whole new history for the character, jumping thru time from arc to arc is going to be awesome. He can tease about X or Y element from past/future and show how it happened/concluded in past/future!

 

[HighFivingMF]

You really think that?

Wow.

Yeah, but mostly only because it's true.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I will go one further...

ZS's Dawn of the Dead is the greatest zombie movie ever made.

300 is the greatest swords and sandals movie ever made.

Watchmen is the greatest Alan Moore adaptation ever made, ok, that is not saying much, lol, but it is one of the more interesting sh movies out there.

I have not seen them but...

I bet that Owl movie is the greatest owl movie ever made.

I bet Sucker Punch is the greatest sci-fi/fantasy loony bin movie ever made.

and I bet, you guessed it, Zs's Man of Steel will be the greatest Superman movie since Superman and the Mole Men. Which i have also not seen! but i betcha! Maybe it is a lot of crap, but at least it does not have Lex Luthor in it!!