This is one of the things that has ALWAYS pissed me off about the various Superman costumes. Superman's cape should look regal, imposing, noble. In every case, it looks like they tucked the damned thing inside his collar and pinned it there, the way my Mom used to do with a towel when I wanted to play superhero as a kid.
This is the classic look, gathered and attached at the collar bone, which means that the cape is WAY wider than the body wearing it, giving it volume and character when Superman moves. Look how much volume there is in the cape, compared to all the towels pinned to all the shirts above.
I have yet to see this on film. They tried something like it in the early days of Lois and Clark, but the result was chunky and comical rather than noble.
After an episode or two, Dean's Mom tucked his cape inside his collar and pinned it there for him.
Today, WB released the first picture of Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel. I am SO happy!
Go here for a bigger version of the picture.
While the blogosphere explodes with fanboys whining that Cavill has too much hair, the shield is too big, or the texture of the suit is distracting (seriously, I've read those three complaints like a dozen different places so far), I for one am STOKED that somebody FINALLY got the damned cape right! The rest looks just fine to me. Cavill has the "I'm a nice guy, but also hold the power of a god in my little finger and you just really, really ticked me off" look down, too!
Can't. Friggin'. WAIT!
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Oh, and I've seen "the sleeves are bunched up" about two dozen times as some fanboy's idea of what's wrong with the suit. Seriously.
I know that it's a little odd to be obsessed with the way the cape attaches to the costume, but at least that's a complaint about the look of the live versus the comic outfit. Complaining about a slight twist in the fabric at the wrist of an action hero is just...
Actually, there's really no good adjective for that.
A sharper eyed observer than myself noticed that the "wrinkles" on the wrists were pretty symetrical. A closer look tells me that they're meant to be a sort of formed wrist guard that is part of the costume design.
The more I look, the more I like. I will admit that I don't like the texturing on the S shield much, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with the look.
"symmetrical" even.
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