The Superman Look: Shaping Superman

[DorkyFresh]

i know a lot of people are complaining about the suit, but one of my biggest complaints about Supes's appearance is actually his haircut/hairstyle. he looks perfect as Clark, but i think we all agree that he looks a bit like SuperBOY instead of SuperMAN and i don't necessarily think it's his face that gives his boyish looks but his hair. i seriously think they need to give him a trim for the sequel...look how much of a difference a haircut can make...

who here agrees and who here thinks i'm nuts and who here thinks this is a dumb thread?

 

[bunk]

It definetly should be shorter, think Jim Lee.

 

[SupermanCan]

He should just slick his hair back and leave down the curl.

 

[DavidTyler]

I have a real problem when Hollywood missunderstands that 'curl'. It's supposed to be a stubborn forelock that falls when Superman goes into action. It's not supposed to be an affectation that he does when he puts on the suit.

I wish they would stop greasing it and making it look so deliberate. Find a way to let it fall naturally.

 

[ervann]

Agree with every post thus far.

His hair looks ridiculous. For filming, at times they actually had a fake curl that was attached to his hair (see DVD docu). Stupid.

 

[Taiwarriorz21]

IDK Just fix the curl definitely.

 

[Super Kal]

i know a lot of people are complaining about the suit, but one of my biggest complaints about Supes's appearance is actually his haircut/hairstyle. he looks perfect as Clark, but i think we all agree that he looks a bit like SuperBOY instead of SuperMAN and i don't necessarily think it's his face that gives his boyish looks but his hair. i seriously think they need to give him a trim for the sequel...look how much of a difference a haircut can make...

who here agrees and who here thinks i'm nuts and who here thinks this is a dumb thread?

well, i agree with you... and I also like the manip.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

Yea the hair was just one of many things wrong with Routh's Superman.

 

[lordofthenerds]

You guys complain about every everything from this movie. Seriously, who thinks abot the length of a superhero's hair?

 

[Super Kal]

well, obviously someone does...

 

[bunk]

Agree with every post thus far.

His hair looks ridiculous. For filming, at times they actually had a fake curl that was attached to his hair (see DVD docu). Stupid.

Yeah, I saw that but, she said it had never been used right? It was in case of an emergency.

 

[lordofthenerds]

well, obviously someone does...

Well I meant the general audience.

 

[DorkyFresh]

you have the handle "lordofthenerds" and your more concerned about the general audience's opinion than you are about Superman's hair looking good?


what kinda of a nerd are you???

 

[The Caped Knight]

i know a lot of people are complaining about the suit, but one of my biggest complaints about Supes's appearance is actually his haircut/hairstyle. he looks perfect as Clark, but i think we all agree that he looks a bit like SuperBOY instead of SuperMAN and i don't necessarily think it's his face that gives his boyish looks but his hair. i seriously think they need to give him a trim for the sequel...look how much of a difference a haircut can make...

who here agrees and who here thinks i'm nuts and who here thinks this is a dumb thread?

I agree the s curl needs a good trim for the sequel .

 

[lordofthenerds]

you have the handle "lordofthenerds" and your more concerned about the general audience's opinion than you are about Superman's hair looking good?


what kinda of a nerd are you???

A nerd who doesn't give a damn about other people's hair obviously.

 

[DorkyFresh]

oh okay.....then....why are you posting here if you don't care?

 

[lordofthenerds]

Because I wanted to acknowldge that I don't care...

 

[The Caped Knight]

I think The S curl should be the same as the one Brandon had in his screen test.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Because I wanted to acknowldge that I don't care...

well...you already know you don't care, so why would you need to acknowledge it? hehe...just messin' w/ya. okay...WE acknowledge that you don't care...thanks for your non-input.

I think The S curl should be the same as the one Brandon had in his screen test.

agreed...i dunno wasup with the costume designer's fetish with the "S" but it seems to have influenced the hair designer also. i don't think Supes' curl needs to be in the shape of an "S"...just so long as he has a curl. i'm sure the audience isn't going to boo Superman just because his curl isn't perfectly in the shape of an "S".

when you have someone like Routh who has straight hair, it's better to just go with the flow instead of forcing the hair to conform to a certain shape which is what they tried to do for the movie. you can't do to Routh's hair what they did with Reeve's hair. Reeve had somewhat wavy hair...Routh's hair is pretty straight. different hairstyles for different types of hair i say...

 

[Hades]

Why not just give him wavy hair

Then the S curl would make more sense, but wouldn't seem so cheesy. I have wavy hair, and somehow an S kind of curl mange to form in the middle of my forehead....it's strange, and embarrasing.

 

[lordofthenerds]

well...you already know you don't care, so why would you need to acknowledge it? hehe...just messin' w/ya. okay...WE acknowledge that you don't care...thanks for your non-input.

Damn...

Alright here's my input, I'm fine Routh's hair how it is. Happy?

 

[TheBat812]

I was fine with his hair for this movie, but I wouldn't mind a Jim lee type hair, it would look great on Routh.

 

[DorkyFresh]

no...i won't be happy until the people in charge of Superman's appearance on screen get their $#!+ together dammit!

 

[lujho]

Yes. Give him wavy hair. Make it shorter, especially back and sides. reverse the part.

Have Superman's hair be loose and tousled and Clark's be neat and in place. The movie pretty much did it the opposite way around - as did Lois and Clark.

For heaven's sake, have keep the hair (except Superman's forelock) away from his forehead. Keep it back and show the hairline. I don't know why they comb it down over half his forehead like that, it looks so lame. Reeve had the same thing in the first 2 movies.

In other words just make it like the vast majority of Superman comics in the last 20 years - that is to say, NOT STUPID.

The key thing is, Superman's hair is Clark's hair, messed up. Not the other way around, and not some ridiculously contrived... contrivance of hairgel and fake curl.

Kirk Alyn had it right. Not QUITE the right style but the right idea. Natural curl as Superman, nice and neat for Clark.

THIS is far closer to what Clark should look like:

Looks so much better - and mature. Just make it wavy (which would not be as obvious in this Clark mode), reverse the part and mess it up as Supes.

The problem is that the film-makers simply don't get or understand how it's meant to be. I can't see how you can surround yourself with Alex Ross art and not see "hey, the way he draws the hair actually makes sense AND looks good" but that's the case. They seem to WANT Clark and Superman to look stupid, as was the case with Superman 1 and 2. For Christ's sake, Sueprman is NOT have meant to have long hair, and you can't just slick it down to try and make it look short.

If no pictures show up in this thread, check out this gallery for the shots he did for GQ Magazine:
http://www.brandonrouth.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=118

 

[dark_b]

well...you already know you don't care, so why would you need to acknowledge it? hehe...just messin' w/ya. okay...WE acknowledge that you don't care...thanks for your non-input.


agreed...i dunno wasup with the costume designer's fetish with the "S" but it seems to have influenced the hair designer also. i don't think Supes' curl needs to be in the shape of an "S"...just so long as he has a curl. i'm sure the audience isn't going to boo Superman just because his curl isn't perfectly in the shape of an "S".

when you have someone like Routh who has straight hair, it's better to just go with the flow instead of forcing the hair to conform to a certain shape which is what they tried to do for the movie. you can't do to Routh's hair what they did with Reeve's hair. Reeve had somewhat wavy hair...Routh's hair is pretty straight. different hairstyles for different types of hair i say...

S-shape curl? is this a f.. joke. where ???????????????