Comments on: Debate of the Day: Thoughts on Our New Superheroes?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:12:40 +0000

Hoping to get a better look at Hathaway’s get-up… The puffy top looks funny here, but it’s probably just wind friction. Hopefully, it’s got a more form fittign top under the “jacket” or whatever that is. The fact that modern Catwoman is just a chick in a black one piece with goggles and a little cap with ears means this is a simple costume; would be hard for them to screw it up.

As an aside, they call Harvey “Two-Face” 3-5 times in TDK (asks Gordon if he knows what the guys on the force call him, in the hospital, at the end, in the paper)… what the hell are you all talking about? And Bale had the ears right up front, made out of clay or somethign first, so treating it like that was a functional design choice because of the one moment in the sequal is silly.

As for superman, the scales on the costume and the shinyness jsut make it look like a rubber monster suit. Putting the pattern on the S itself serves no purpose, and I’m missing the whole idea of how making the costume look more uncomfortable makes it more “realistic,” but it still beats the early shots of Routherman.

By: MEE

MEE — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:22:58 +0000

Superman’s colors are way too muted, and the texture is much more prevalent here than it was in Returns. While the suit used in Superman Returns may have had the colors slightly toned down, next to this it looks incredibly vibrant. I’m starting to wonder if by the next movie Superman is just going to be rendered in black and white. Also, his apparent lack of eyebrows makes him look like Grima Wormtongue. I respect that this represents a much more overall faithfulness to the traditional design than the one in SR, but I just really don’t feel like this guy is Superman.

That’s obviously not Catwoman. It’s just Black Widow on the Avengers set right? No? Really?
Catwoman is the single easiest DC character to transition to a live-action film without changing anything about her and they still managed to screw it up. You know, I could live without the mask, if she just had the hair. It doesn’t even have to be black, as long as it’s short. It doesn’t even have to be short, as long as it’s black. One or the other at least. Literally nothing about this is remotely representative of Catwoman.

By: dallas daniel hessler junior

dallas daniel hessler junior — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:53:44 +0000

catwoman is purr-fect

By: Skip R

Skip R — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:41:33 +0000

I’m liking both pics, but for some reason everytime I look at her I cant stop thinking that thing looks like a speeder bike from ROTJ minus the big tire lol.

By: Alex Rivera

Alex Rivera — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:57:35 +0000

Let’s try and remember, these are based on comic books. The Dark Knight Rises is based on a funny book about a guy called Batman who dresses like a big bat and beats up villains, the costumes are part of the mythology. If you want to see a movie about a semi realistic vigilante then watch Taxi Driver, Death Wish or The Boondock Saints, you go to a Batman movie to see Batman. Don’t get me wrong I think Chris Nolan can craft a fine story (when he’s not making an overly complicated muddled mess that’s nothing more than a big budget wank session) But I think that if he had full creative control with no input from Warner Bros. then Christian Bale would still be wearing the ski mask look from his first meeting with Jim Gordon in Batman Begins.

I’m pretty psyched for the new Superman I hated the Bryan Singer costume though. Superman should be in bright primary colors, he’s supposed to be a beacon of light in the dark, a symbol of hope, he’s not dark and brooding. His presence is supposed to make people feel safe. Also when you’re powerful enough to reverse the earth’s rotation you don’t need your costume to strike fear into the supersticious and cowardly hearts of criminals.

That said I’m sure both these movies will kick serious ass.

By: Phat Daddi

Phat Daddi — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:34:11 +0000

@Comfortable Madness I agree. She is ridiculously hot. I do have one question though, are they going to give her the prostitute background or is she going to be a high class escort?

By: Comfortable Madness

Comfortable Madness — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:17:53 +0000

Not sure how any can question anything about looks when discussing Anne Hathaway. Just sayin.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:01:15 +0000

I don’t understand why people are ready to boycott the movies based on one image of the character. Superman looks bad ass. That’s all on that. As for Selina, if she’s a thief it would make sense for her to wear what she’s wearing now. The goggles could be some sort of infrared or night vision goggles for all we know. My point is people need to calm down after only seeing one image of the characters.

By: LawlessVictory

LawlessVictory — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:48:27 +0000

I’m assuming Catwoman’s finished suit does have some sort of hood. There’s already been set footage of Bruce and Selina together out of costume, and it’s kind of hard to imagine he wouldn’t recognize somebody because she’s wearing goggles now.

Either way, digging both pics and can’t wait to see more.

By: Sideshow

Sideshow — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:33:39 +0000

@ Cube: Batman actually uses his helmet ears for ultra hearing. Remember, standing on top of that sky scraper, scanning over conversations?