Originally posted by: ricardo
as far as the costume is conerned, i thought the same thing when i saw the first spiderman trailer. it looked corny as all get go. BUT, the acting made up for it, although i'm not a big fan of the first half of the first movie (I hate exposition, especially when one can get everything you need to know from the beginning credits a la spiderman 2). i'm hoping the same thing goes for the new supe movie.

Spidey's costume didn't worry me so much, mainly because the colors were right and overall look was consistent with what we've seen in the comics for a long time now. The red they're using for Supes' costume is so dark it's almost brown. Getting something like that wrong, right off the bat, makes me a bit concerned about how well the rest of this is going to be handled, particularly since we've been told that this movie is in the same universe as the first two Supes films, from 25 years ago. Keeping a consistent look for the costume would have allowed that to work better, I think.

I'm all for making changes when necessary to make the story work, so long as you stay true to the spirit of the source material. I'm just wondering how they dropped the ball on this one. It's not like they have to make a new costume because this is supposed to more real world, a la X-Men movie costumes. And the new costume wouldn't even give that effect, given the way it looks.

Yes, I know, I'm picky about the costume, but this is the big one -- the superhero who allowed all the others to follow, and the one from which all others sprung forth into four color glory. If Warner can't get this right, it will be a big blow to them, particularly in wake of the reported $200-300 million budget. Scary stuff here.

I don't fault Singer for wanting to build off of the Donner films. They were obviously among the most successful translations of comics to the big screen, and drawing on the look and legacy of those films could be a big boon, if done correctly. But once you say that it's related, you can't make changes to things like the costume or Lex Luthor's character.

It's called continuity, and watching new writers ignore previously established continuity (and I'm not talking about universe-wide relaunches here) more and more is what made me turn my back on comics to begin with a few years back. That's just as bad as the things we criticize Lucas for in not making the PT match the OT in terms of story and plot. It all has to match up when you're making another chapter in an ongoing series, and right now, I'm a bit concerned about how well this one will work.