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Andrew Garfield is the new Spider-Man
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Main changes from what I gather, are basically the following;
- Gloves. Blue fingers/palm (red thumb)
- Web shooters on below palm/under-wrist
- No belt, except on back (thin)
- Thin red stripe from waist to calf
- Thin red stripe from shoulder to forearm, rather than wide over-elbow from traditional costume..
- Curvy lining across plane blue areas
- Seemingly clothy eyes(?) other than the black brim. May just be me.
I'm not even sure the metal things on his feet are stunt-only, tbh. They look sorta too stylish to be just for stunt work, not to mention shiny metal rather than black/red to blend in if caught on film.
Definitely, I said the same thing even before these set shots were leaked. I don't mind it personally, but we just have to wait and see it in action to really judge..PounchEnvy said:
Pretty much. No way that is a suit they use before the final version, too well made for that imo.big_z said:
I saw the first official pic released with him without the mask on some pages back and really didn't like how it was a good bit off from the traditional Spidey costume, especial how the spider legs are blended into the strip going down, and the "belt" not there.
And now this new pic makes it clearer that they really went out of the lines with the costume - the lines down his biceps much thinner than they should be, the lines going down and all-around his legs, and his forearms and hands - why do some movie companies insist on changing traditional costumes so drastically sometimes?
The only thing I like about it is the material, and I know it's gonna look better in the movies itself, but still - keep it traditional.
And now this new pic makes it clearer that they really went out of the lines with the costume - the lines down his biceps much thinner than they should be, the lines going down and all-around his legs, and his forearms and hands - why do some movie companies insist on changing traditional costumes so drastically sometimes?
The only thing I like about it is the material, and I know it's gonna look better in the movies itself, but still - keep it traditional.
brandonh83
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Colors are so bright and the shoe's silver stripe is so weird...hopefully it looks darker on film.
Discotheque
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I'm sure it will. Really not feeling the silver stripe though. Makes it look like he's wearing some fancy shiny shoes.
Buckethead
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Looks pretty good.
I wonder if they're going to address Peter Parker coming up with the money/knowhow to acquire an extremely expensive costume.
I wonder if they're going to address Peter Parker coming up with the money/knowhow to acquire an extremely expensive costume.
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brandonh83 said:
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Heh, scrolling down the page, as I saw this pic, in my head I said "haters gonna hate" then got to your HGH. Perfect pic for it.
To be fair, the small S on the Superman Returns costume was stupid. Even at a glance that thing looked wrong and the sea of dark blue needed a big bright symbol to break it up. It's superhero design 101, same reason underwear outside of the pants always shows up.
Honestly I think that one flaw kind of speaks to a lot of what Superman Returns did wrong. Reeves wouldn't have needed a giant S to make everyone believe he was Superman, hell he made the most direct translation of a superhero costume ever put to film work for him. So if you're looking at it from the perspective of a fan of those films and not taking anything from the comics, then sure the S isn't a big deal. But from a design perspective and as a way to stop the audience remembering Reeves, a big S would have helped be a bit of shorthand to sell Routh as Superman. The first two movies used the comics to provide a universe and were able to produce unique and great themes and ideas from that basis. Returns just draws from the first two movies for both. I honestly think Routh was pretty good and I think of him like a Piece Bronson who never got a Goldeneye and only had everything else he did.
There's nothing wrong with the Spidey costume though, it differs in the details but it's not like anyone who watches this won't recognise it's iconicly Spider-Man or not recognise a comic or Tobey as Spider-Man afterwards. That's really the important thing, hell it's always just a huge success when they don't make the traditional spandex look seem dumb.
Honestly I think that one flaw kind of speaks to a lot of what Superman Returns did wrong. Reeves wouldn't have needed a giant S to make everyone believe he was Superman, hell he made the most direct translation of a superhero costume ever put to film work for him. So if you're looking at it from the perspective of a fan of those films and not taking anything from the comics, then sure the S isn't a big deal. But from a design perspective and as a way to stop the audience remembering Reeves, a big S would have helped be a bit of shorthand to sell Routh as Superman. The first two movies used the comics to provide a universe and were able to produce unique and great themes and ideas from that basis. Returns just draws from the first two movies for both. I honestly think Routh was pretty good and I think of him like a Piece Bronson who never got a Goldeneye and only had everything else he did.
There's nothing wrong with the Spidey costume though, it differs in the details but it's not like anyone who watches this won't recognise it's iconicly Spider-Man or not recognise a comic or Tobey as Spider-Man afterwards. That's really the important thing, hell it's always just a huge success when they don't make the traditional spandex look seem dumb.
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Suit definitely looks inspired by the Ben Reilly Spider-Man/ Spider-Girl costume.
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Wait, we didn't see the back, did we?MechDX said:
Oh shit ...
GuitarAtomik
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Awesome swinging shots. Nice to know it won't all be CG. The shoes are growing on me two. They kind of look like running sneakers.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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It was kind of hard to tell from the official pic, but I think that I can safely say now that Raimi's suit > Webb's. The lines and the plasticity of it simply don't look good.
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seady said:
Stunt man. Suit isn't the final suit either, it's one specifically used for stunts/worn by SM.
comedy bomb
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I don't like the red spider on the back being the same as the one on the front.
Dead Prince
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he's a power bottom i bet.DMczaf said:
kame-sennin
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ezekial45 said:EDIT: This is the costume worn by stunt men, and not the actual one.
Wha?
Hollywood,
You are not better at design than Ditko.
Sincerely,
kame-sennin
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Zabka said:
The original Spider-man costume is very unusual and unique. It's purposefully unbalanced in a way that looks visually interesting because Ditko was able to use negative space really effectively. I think it's easily the best superhero costume ever designed, and it still stands out from other hero costumes even 50 years after it was created.
evil ways said:
They tried to balance out the look of the costume, but they failed.
brandonh83 said:
No it didn't. People thought it looked good because we couldn't tell if his belt was gone or just torn, and we couldn't see the awful racing strips going down his legs. The reaction isn't so much about the hokey quality of the stunt suit, it's about a failure of design. John Romita could draw that costume and it would still look like shit:
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