I wrote before about Superman losing his red underpants in both the new DC reboot and the movie. Basically, I’m not worried. He’ll look the same to me without the little red underpants. They may be icon for superheroes, but mostly so that people can crack easy jokes about the silliness of superheroes. I can’t stand those easy little jokes. Like, “Robin is gay”. Her da der der der!

Not funny anymore. Please be a little creative in your mocking.

Still, I thought I’d update my last post about the Superman costume. I posted some awesome Avengers pictures earlier, so this time check out this new, close-up shot of the Superman movie costume!

Is that some Kryptonite in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

I’m still liking this new costume. It looks a little weird with all the odd accents and lines, but I understand what they’re going for with this. It’s like I said in the Avengers costume post from earlier today. People want realism in their superhero costumes. People want to see zippers and stuff. It lets them know that the costumes are real, that the characters are real and actually had to get dressed rather than just magically appearing in their costumes.

One of my favorite small scenes in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is when Aragorn is getting dressed in the middle of Two Towers, preparing to defend Helm’s Deep. You see him put on every layer of his outfit, from the chainmail to the green tunic we’ve seen him wearing so far. It made his outfit a real thing to me. It showed that this hero is wrapped up in armor and a carefully chosen outfit. The finished product becomes greater and more powerful because of it.

So I’m happy with weird little lines and armor bits on Superman’s costume. Anything to make it seem more real, instead of the spandex gaudiness of the original Superman movies. Not that those movies were bad, but modern audiences want something else.

Farewell, underpants.