Considering how badly this suit has been received, they need to do something at least.
This isn't just a Superman movie, it is setup for thier next 4-5 movies and shows. If this flops, then Gunn's DCU is dead on arrival. And he has started on a bad note already with this suit.
The live action Superman suits.
To me, it's not that good, not that bad. It's fine. But I'm just happy to see it.
It does look too much in the style of how superhero suits look in live action movies these days, but I wasn't really expecting any different. Happy to see the trunks.
I think the picture they chose is perfectly fine and I really don't agree with the notion that it's too dour. Every movie has serious and dramatic moments. Though I don't have a problem with Superman movies or media being downbeat to begin with. I think people exaggerate the extent to which Superman needs to be full of optimism and brightness.
I mean, they can just change the suit in their other productions.
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I am just really happy it doesn't look....fetish-y
It looks...just about fine I guess. Somehow I just don't have strong feelings about it
Honestly it looks a lot like the DCEU suit. As in, I can easily imagine this being a new suit for Cavill's Superman than for a reboot. And Corenswet looks an awful lot like Cavill in this. Hell, if I wasn't following any DC film related news and didn't know about David Corenswet being cast as Superman, I'd probably assume this was a shot of Cavill in a slightly redesigned costume and wonder why his face looked a bit off
I do like the context depicted here though...Clark sitting in his apartment, putting on the suit before flying off to deal with some extraterrestrial/cosmic/supernatural threat to Metropolis. Getting a bit of an STAS vibe here.
I think I'll reserve my full judgement until we get another angle on this suit.
The cape on this suit looks pretty long...
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Made me laugh.
Yeah - social media does not like it. WBD knows the backlash and it's a safe bet they will put out another pic sooner rather than later. It's hard to imagine but marketing and others at WBD besides Gunn had to have OK'd this as the first image of their new Superman. It's actually scary to realize that this group is in charge of the Superman reboot and the new DCU overall. Zaslav, Gunn and the others seems to be running their DC properties into the ground just as the previous regime did.
Could they tweak things a la Sonic? Not sure - they've been filming. I guess they can tighten up the suit with CGI which addresses one of the big complaints but who knows. Either way this was one time chance to present Corenswet as Superman and get a WOW reaction. That didn't happen, the damage is done, and this reignites the Cavill controversy when WBD/Gunn had a chance to move away from it with a kick ass first image.
Last edited by Jeffrey2; 05-10-2024 at 12:28 PM.