Superman (casting, rumors, pix till release)

John Byrne's Superman looked as much like any good looking, dark-haired dude as he did Chrisopher Reeve. Same goes for Cavill.

 

Reeve had a very angular face. Swan's Superman and Cavill have more rounded features.

 

Didn't Curt eventually modify his Superman to look less square-jawed and more detailed in the 1970s? Then again, could be due to a different inker I suppose.

 

Yes, Murphy Anderson's inks did add a bit to the look of Swan's Superman.

 

Nah, not for real. It's just a running joke with JacksonArcher. (Have you read the "The Dark Knight Rises Anticipation Station" thread? Hilarity ensues...)

 

^ The restraining order joke goes much further back than that...we first brought it up during "The Dark Knight" production Tee hee.

 

Love the idea of Zod wearing a black version of Superman's outfit. Makes it seem like more of a standard Kryptonian uniform.

Be curious to see what the shield looks like...

 

This was Zod's symbol when he was introduced in Superman: Last Son. I suspect they will do something different. "Smallville" had a Krypontian "Z" symbol for his crest.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/_.../thumb/3/33/Dru-Zod01.png/200px-Dru-Zod01.png

 

Yeah I think I'd rather just have a strange kryptonian symbol on there. A "Z" for Zod just seems like it would be a little too silly, for some reason.

 

Wasn't Shannon supposed to be using a mocap suit to make the final one cg?

 

^ He was. The above photo would appear to be the physical suit.

 

Or like this

 

^ Yea. I think that is his ceremonial Council robes from New Krypton...or it is fan art. I did see that in google images.

 

I like the sunburst the best.

I like to think the House of Zod got locked in early and got one of the most basic and (cross-culturally) iconic ones, while El was a little later and had to use a spiffied up version of their name. I mean, if they were handing out symbols to a million families at the dawn of their civilization, only the very coolest is going to get to use the freakin' sun that they worship.

I also find it interesting that the sunburst is yellow and not red.

 

The Smallville symbol. You can see Smallville's Zod symbol behind Clark's shoulder in the linked picture.

 

I've been stalking- erm, uhh, "following" - these Batman movies and Christopher Nolan ever since Batman Begins. I met Gary Oldman back in 2004 when they were filming the movie in Chicago.

 

^ I remember that photo. That's the photo that triggered the restraining order jokes. I'd forgotten though that it went back to Begins lol.

 

Anyway, flash-forward to today, and people were looking up on the set of Man of Steel here in Chicago.

 

Coke Zero product placement in that photo Jackson!