Man of Steel. Nolan Superman Reboot.

I like the belt they gave him for the New 52 redesign (although I hate the high collar). I agree the belt for the MoS costume was too subtle and didn't really pop.

Overall my initial opinion of the costume was ho-hum because of how dark the colors were but seeing it in motion it was identifiably Superman, especially in the Smallville fight. It may not have been intentional, costume design is a tricky thing and if you don't experiment with how it looks under all lighting conditions you can get unintended results. Fun fact, the "gold" command shirts for Star Trek The Original Series was actually more of a lime green. Similarly, the uniforms in Star Trek Enterprise were more of a navy blue but showed up as purple.

*raises hand*

Agreed.

edited 25th Jan '14 5:41:13 PM by BaconManiac5000

There is a tragic thing to Zod in this movie in that he was literally bred to do what he does all movie. And I get the impression that he knows this.

Makes sense.

he knows. he outright says that he knows.

See? Nolan Magic.

I believe the Man of Steel costume designer is also working on Superman/Batman and he's said that there will be tweaks to the Superman costume.

edited 25th Jan '14 10:38:04 PM by ShadowScythe

Nolan magic?

Love the cape, though, it really had a lot of weight and gravitas and dignity to it. It really framed Supes well.

Characters saying things that are oddly poignant commentary on the narrative they're in. Goyer does it as well, but it's associated with Nolan.

Kal-El has no purpose, a commentary on how he doesn't really belong (yet) but Zod was manufactured with purpose; he's as integral a part of Kyrpton as the rocks and the skies themselves.

The cape was CGI in most scenes; I think that was a brilliant decision and paid of far better than I would have expected.

edited 26th Jan '14 6:14:41 AM by Whowho

Snyder said he needed the cape to be its own character, thus needed full freedom of directing it. When standing still or slow movements it was a real cape but those epic fluttering was CG.

Dell she may have been the coolest character in this film. Awesometastic.

Very well put.

You know, people were complaining that they made Superman more of an ambiguous and flawed character.

But I think they really did a good job. He feels more like a genuinely nice person than he usually does to me.

You should read New 52 Action Comics. This Superman actually cares about more than fighting aliens and saving people from catastrophes and accidents. I cried at his funeral, even though I knew him to be perfectly fine.

Also, he's adorable.

See, that's how I felt about it too. I thought the movie humanized him greatly, and that humanity they gave him made his choices more meaningful.

I was following Clark's parts of the film with kind of an eyerolling disdain at first. Superman Paint-by-numbers. He's a good guy because he just is. Look, here he is doing good things. He saves lives because he does. One-dimensional force of good in the shape of a man. Then it got to the truckstop scene, he pisses off the big guy, the big guy acts like a dick, Superman decides to be the bigger man because he IS the bigger man because he's a one-dimensional force of good and....

Epic temper tantrum in the parking lot? Now you've got my attention, movie. That scene was just so very...not Superman, as I usually know him. This Superman has emotions. This Superman actually does feel it when people are dicks to him, he doesn't just absorb it into his Infinite Emotional Shield of Justice. He actually feels things. He has motivations beyond, "Do good forever!" This movie actually managed to make me feel and care about Clark's curiosity of who he is and where he came from, and his personal tragedy when the answers came home in the worst possible way.

The conflict between him and Zod meant more to me than any of the Lex Luthor copy/paste battles or supervillain punch-ups I've ever seen Superman engaged in, because it resonated on a higher level than, "That guy is a Bad Dude, and Superman is a Good Dude, so he's going to fight him." It was personal, not because Zod fridged his girl or blew up his house or anything that makes a hero classically go, "Now it's personal!" but because Zod represented the answer to everything Clark has ever wondered about his nature, and the conflict he brought with him meant that Clark had to make a very real choice, between the people he's always longed for but never known and the world that's always tried to support him but will never be home.

For a character to whom the idea of emotional depth is usually, "Sometimes he fears he might become a BAD GUY. But, of course, he never does, because he's a good guy," I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised by this film.

edited 13th Mar '14 8:58:59 AM by TobiasDrake

Oh lord, if they had the red underwear, I'll be disappointed.

I would like the blue to be a few shades....bluer.

The suit actually is really blue and bright in stills. It's just that the film has a very drab lighting/filter during most of the scenes so it doesn't show.

In the Smallville fight, where it's a bright sunny day, the suit looks great.

I would like there to be a more distinctive belt. A lot of the colors and texture just didn't pop. Batman has it lucky, his silhouette is distinctive you make the whole suit jet black and it looks awesome. Superman needs a strong color palette to work. The only thing that really worked was the yellow in the insignia has this awesome gold tint during the Smallville fight.

@Tobias Drake: Out of curiosity... did you ever try For the Man Who Has Everything?

The cape man. The cape was awesome. It was glorious. It was godlike.

Apparently both Lex Luthor and Doomsday will be appearing in the sequel.

GOD DAMN IT. NO. YOU DON'T GO WITH DOOMSDAY RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.