Gotta love the comments from the people (on that forum) who think the rippling muscles and ribcage and six-pack are those of the actor, rather than being a shaped part of the suit itself. I guess that means the illusion works. The decision to render the cape later with CGI is interesting.
Routh's outfit was the best. It fits in perfectly with the deco look of the Daily Planet office and the generally retro style of the fashions in general.
The 1978 suit looks silly, loud, and what's with the oval belt buckle? Plus it looks like fabric. (And had the sweat stains to prove...
300 and Watchmen really bored me, and Watchmen seemed to indicate that Snyder can't pick actors very well. However, there's always the chance that all the casting choices for Watchmen were done without his involvement. (Some choices in Watchmen were good, like Matt Frewer, but that model who...
Love Nathan. But he's got serious eye-bag problems now that's he's approaching middle age.
And let me correct some mistakes being made about my impression of Levi: I absolutely DO NOT think he's right for the role. He's great at being a skinny, dorky guy, but he'd need an extra hundred...
Welsh! Oh my, that's a fantastic turn. I'm glad to have been so far off base.
And for the record, I was also wrong about Brandon Routh -- he's a Methodist! I don't even know what a Methodist is, but, it came up in google in this article about "The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book...
Levi as Superman? That would never happen, for the religious reason. Studios would wonder if there would be a backlash against a Jewish Superman. I don't know if Brandon Routh or Christopher Reeve were Jewish, but they don't look it. To borrow a half-remembered line from Showtime's Weeds, Routh...