“I never look back, darling! It distracts from the now.”
–Edna E. Mode (The Incredibles)
Well here we are then… another Superman movie, another Superman suit. As is the new paradigm, no single day has gone by without a new cellphone shot of this or that bit of filming, with wild speculation and bizarre assumptions made from a postage stamps’ worth of pixels. But now here’s a nice, detailed (and story-spoiler free) look at the suit, with all of its design particularities including a pretty aggressive design element that adds some structure to the waist, and a generally more saturated and low-key color scheme.
I will give Cavill some credit, as it doesn’t look like the suit is having to do too much magic to give him a superhero physique.
Overall I think it’s a pretty cool looking suit, and I can imagine it looks nice in motion. As it is with the Spider-Man outfit though, making too strong of judgements on color and texture is a fool’s errand. So let ‘er rip all you armchair costume designers, just remember that a lot of these subtleties are designed to add detail to the suit and will be much more subtle when viewed through the camera’s lens and color corrected. At no point was this suit designed to look its best in full-blasting sunlight on a cellphone camera…
As for the lack of a cape in some of the shots, I would assume that’s because these were snapped during a rehearsal before I jump to any other, more fantastic conclusions.
I think these are the best picture with the best view, but there are certainly many more redundant shots if you’re interested at SuperheroHype.
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Yup. Looks like Superman. Can’t wait to see what the complaints will be. Probably something along the lines of “wetsuit” and/or “reptilian.”
It looks like some kind of reptilian wetsuit.
Magic Kenny, FTW!
Good thing they don’t test for steroids in Hollywood.
This suit is bizarre. What is all that ribbing? It seems like a real SM wouldn’t care about trendy webbing. Also…. No underpants… weird and uncomfortable..
Digging the hell out of that. Almost prefer it without the cape.
I’ll add that I’m pretty certain people who can comprehend the context of these photos don’t need it spelled out for them. Conversely, the people who cannot comprehend the context of these photos are probably going to ignore any attempt at explanation.
Okay here’s my theory. And I like the suit by the way. But this is something Clark wears every day beneath his clothes, right? In which case, the cape is always a pain, how does that sit comfortably beneath them?
So my theory, the cape is some Kryptonian material that shoots out of the back of this suit – ridges forming on the shoulders a la the batmobiles shields in Batman (89).
Whaddya reckon?
Yeah probably just a rehearsal.
Underpants on the outside isn’t weird or uncomfortable at all.
I’ve had a horible thought – that ribbing is going to glow red or something when h flies or does his super shit. This IS a Snyder movie afterall…
Caption for pic 4: “To Rome!”
He’ll always be Albert Mondego to me.
Renn, there are other, better things to loathe than excessive spoiler photos taken by cellphones. Let it go already.
Krypton must have been destroyed during its Art Nouveau period. Kal-El will arrive in a Tiffany Lamp.
It might not be rehearsal. Notice the makeup being applied in the first pic. They wouldn’t do that for rehearsal. Depending on what is happening in the scene, a real cape might get in the way or be unpredictable because of the wind. Could they be using a CGI cape for some scenes?
So … that’s the suit Martha Kent sewed together? What a cunt.
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