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#102228
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The Man Who Would Be Superman
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
This looks awful. If they were going to make the red parts darker, why not go darker with the blue as well? And the stupid 3D Superman Logo! It's like made of rubber or plastic or something!


Maybe it's just one more reason why the film will (or should) flop horribly at the box office and turn Bryan Singer into the new laughing stock of Hollywood right behind George Lucas.

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#102030
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The Man Who Would Be Superman
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Originally posted by: Warbler
I agree that he looks good as Superman, but the costume is bad. The red is waaaaaaaaaaaay off the tint it should be, and I agree with Bossk that logo looks too rubbery.


It kind of reminds me of Superman III, when Superman was put through this evil phase and his suit got darker and dirtier to reflect his surlier attitude. I'm not sure if I like it or dislike it, but I'm happy that they didn't put him in a black S&M leather jumpsuit (there were rumors, believe it or not, that they would ditch the classic look completely and just give him a black suit). I would rather have an older actor (mid-late 30s) playing Superman, but that's just me.

It's funny that you should mention that Brandon Routh looks like he could leg press a bus... most superheroes are generally drawn to look like steroid chomping body builder types (even the physically smaller ones like Spider-Man). That's always been kind of the rule of drawing superheroes, even back in the late 30s when comic book art was not the pique of artistic expression, Superman was always drawn to look a lot brawnier than the people around him. Most of the actors who play superheroes in the movies don't have that steroid look to them because the average actor is not a bodybuilder/weight lifter type. The late Christopher Reeve actually had to gain 30 pounds to play Superman in the 1978 film and even then he still looked very lean compared to his comic book counterpart. Michael Keaton was just plain thin when he played Batman; his successor, Val Kilmer, was bigger but still not the muscle-bound bruiser that Batman is drawn to look like. Ben Affleck had the similar in-between appearance for Daredevil, while Thomas Jane did look fairly muscular as the Punisher and Hugh Jackman also quite muscular as Wolverine (not to mention standing about a foot taller than Wolverine).

Here's hoping for the best...
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#98102
Topic
Comic book movies - who says yes and who says no?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/98102/action/topic#98102
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There were a lot of things wrong with the Spider-Man cartoon.

Logically Cyclops should get more screen time, since the end of X2 seemed to imply that the Phoenix sagas, both Light & Dark, were up next. The problem is that Wolverine still ranks as the favorite of many X-fans, so I wouldn't be surprised if the writers some how tried to retool it to put Wolvie in Cyke's place.

And don't forget, Hollywood gave us 2004's "Catwoman".

I've always been a vocal supporter of brute force, so more Colossus is a good thing.