Spoilers Supergirl - Season 2

[Dark Gilligan]

Kal-El may well have stopped aging in his early 20s. That, or the aging process has slowed down greatly. Most future versions of Superman has shown him aging much more slowly than his contemporaries, even going so far as to use makeup to "age" the human Clark Kent.

 

[Reverend]

Part of me doesn't care what suit they put him in but I know he'll be in it 50% of the time.

I'm not against a smaller budget Synder version or a male version of Benoist's suit

Part of me kind of hopes they go with something like the 'Kingdom Come' colour scheme. For example: -

A nice mix of the classic, the Fleischer and the SG designs all in one. That way they can save the straight-up classic look for when he shows up in Earth-1.

 

[kirk55555]

I don't have much of an opinion on the guy they cast, I'll need to see him in action. His age doesn't bother me, though. Superman has been shown to live a long time and only age a bit, so I kind of assumed he'd look younger then he was. As for his costume, I hope its not that similar to Supergirl's. I'm sure we won't get the red shorts, but I'd like to see a more classic S Shield, and maybe a bit brighter colors overall.

 

[Christopher]

I'm not against a smaller budget Synder version or a male version of Benoist's suit

I think Supergirl's costume is a terrific design, but in-story, it seems unlikely that Superman's costume would have the same kind of details, since she and Winn designed her costume themselves rather than just copying his.

My preference would be something as close to the classic look as possible.

 

[Reverend]

Don't we already know how old Superman is supposed to be from the pilot? I forget the exact numbers, but I recall they specifically said how long Kara was in stasis and how long it's been since she landed on Earth. Add the two together and you get Superman's age (plus however old he was when he left Krypton in this version.)

 

[Commander Richard]

^ I don't remember but he's in his mid 30s.

How long before Hoechlin joins the cast permanently and who will play Lex Luthor?

 

[TheSeeker]

but I'd like to see a more classic S Shield

What's wrong with the one Supergirl has? It's pretty close.

 

[Reverend]

I just checked, the opening narration said she was 13 years old when she went into the Phantom Zone and stayed in there for 24 years. Don't know if they've ever said how long she lived with the Danvers, but since Kara appears to be in her early 20's, call it about ten years. So yeah, Superman should be in his mid-30's by this point.

 

[kirk55555]

What's wrong with the one Supergirl has? It's pretty close.

I meant color wise. So, a red outline and S with the yellow filled inside. Supergirl's is fine, but I want to see more of the classic design for Superman.

 

[TheSeeker]

Right. I can't believe I totally overlooked the lack of yellow.

 

[Reverend]

Well it's not a lack of yellow, so much as it has just a thin outline around the whole glyph instead of just in the negative space. Personally, I think it looks better this way.

The classic design works on the page and is very practical when you have limited panel space, but I always thought the yellow background/negative space looked a bit too loud in live-action portrayals. They tried to mute it a little in the Singer movie, but just ended up pushing it towards a sickly mustard sort of colour. The funny texture didn't help much either, but that's a whole other thing.
There's also something that happens if they don't light the chest just so, that the red and yellow sort of smudge into each other. Again, not a concern for inked pages, but a real headache for live action.

 

[kirk55555]

I really don't think that superhero costume can be "too loud", at least when it comes to translating their costumes to live action. They tend to tone down costumes too much, really.

 

[cylkoth]

^ I'm curious as to how Booster Gold's outfit would be translated to live action...

 

[kirk55555]

^ I'm curious as to how Booster Gold's outfit would be translated to live action...

Smallville did it pretty well, although its obviously modified somewhat

 

[DigificWriter]

Clark/Superman is around 35/36 years of age (in human terms), which is why I was expecting someone older than Hoechlin to be cast.

However, I have faith in Rappaport Casting's judgement and also have faith that Berlanti, Adler, and Kreisberg will write the character in a way that matches what we already know about him, even with Hoechlin being so much younger than I was expecting.

 

[theenglish]

The costume design is going to be based somehow on the contemporary design, so no red shorts but the classic shield. How the rest of it is interpreted there seems to be decent room for creativity from the movie version, the new 52, and the Rebirth version.

As far as the actor, his looks seem to show he can pull off mid thirties easily. Everything else will depend on the actor and the scripts/production.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Maybe they'll only show him texting Kara so they won't have to worry about his costume.

 

[DigificWriter]

They've already got at least PART of Superman's costume designed by virtue of the small glimpses we got of it in Season 1, so all that Colleen Atwood has to do is extrapolate from what we've seen and build a full-on physical costume, which shouldn't be any real problem for her.

I think it's a safe bet that what we end up with will be very similar to Melissa's, with changes made to make it 'male'.

 

[Christopher]

I think it's a safe bet that what we end up with will be very similar to Melissa's, with changes made to make it 'male'.

Like I said, though, in-story they were designed independently, so they shouldn't be too close.

 

[Morpheus 02]

My thought on the Superman casting is perhaps we'll have flashbacks to young Kara & young Jimmy.. iwas shocked at the age, but thought bout ti a bit...