New Superman Costume

[squirk]

Being that the movie takes place in the real world is exactly why I think the texture of the suit doesn't work for Superman. It should be fabric and not this rubbery get-up. The raised \S/ too. He's meant to have this gear on under his civilian wear after all, how does he hide that he's wearing a inch thick wet-suit with an embossed logo on the chest.

I think they do it for the sake of it now that they know it will show up in HD, and have the viewer in awe of the fine detail they can see in the picture. Looking at the clarity of the Reeve movies on the recent blu-rays release, there's a load of texure visible. The suit look great, practical and very real. I'd love to know where he hides the cape though.

As iconic as it is seeing Clark rip open his dress shirt to reveal the shield underneath, I nonetheless like the idea that his costume is not a skin-tight unitard with briefs, like some kind of circus acrobat. Even if Martha Kent made the first costume and gave it an Earthly perspective, would she give it briefs in this day and age? Also, Kryptonian swaddling material doesn't have to look just like spandex.

Also, maybe what we're seeing is not the costume Clark started with. Maybe the original was destroyed in a fight with Zod and this is Suit 2.0.

And seriously, where was Clark hiding the cape, belt and boots in the classic costume, either? If they can explain that away, they can probably explain away how this new one is concealed.

 

[CaptainDave1701]

Just my thoughts...I wonder if the reason that the suits are textured and colored in the way they are now days has something to do with re-creating them in CGI for believability. Movies such as The Polar Express used dark, warm and rich colors. Spideys costume is now textured and dark as was Routh's costume. They did not want the shield on Routh's cape from what I read as they said it would be too hard to capture fluttering in CGI so I am just wondering. Any thoughts out there?

 

[aelynn000]

First of all let me say this, I think you are partly right. It is a way of making costumes harder to replicate. However, there are other reasons that I believe they take into consideration. The first one is a big one. New camera technologies. I'm a costume designer, but I work in theatre not film. I've recently been in talks with the film costume design program at UCLA because I'm thinking of attending and this topic came up my conversations with the teachers there. The new camera technologies like HD and such are making Costume Designer's jobs harder. The way the cameras see light, shape, color, etc is different from the older style cameras. Certain textures and colors are distorted or do wild things on screen. I know stripes have to be chosen very, very carefully because they can make audiences dizzy...or un together on screen and look different entirely. Also, because our films are so much clearer and detailed, solid color costumes are big boring blocks of color! Trust me...if they didn't add in some texture to a traditional comic book character costume...It would look horrible! Texture is one of the most key design elements for costume designers. It makes wonderful eye candy for audiences. A few other things are the face that designers like to do new things than what has been done in the past. Solid fabrics have been done in superhero movies...so now everyone is on the texture bandwagon.

Now with that being said, I don't like this costume so far. It's over textured and way dark. But hopefully that clears up some questions about why Hollywood is doing what they are doing.

Very well said. I agree with and understand all of that, but it's the textures themselves that they're choosing that I think are strange. All dotty depth and looking like various sports balls... lol

 

[BrundelFly]

LOL wrong universe. Superman is DC not Marvel.

On topic I like it for the most part just not sure why the texture. But it doesn't bother me that much, much better than the Reeves suit IMO.

True.

But dont think for a SECOND, that JUSTICE LEAGUE isnt going to be made now that AVENGERS is in the works.

You know how it is...A MOVIE is made..and 2 to 3 other versions of the SAME MOVIE come out.

 

[Sulaiman99usa]

I only like the belt in the superman returns costume