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Post by TylerDurden389 on Apr 25, 2011 21:45:56 GMT -5
Routh looks too scrawny in that cafe shot. I think someone should have lent him George Reeves' body padding! It's not that Routh was too scrawny, it's that he has less V-taper than Reeve. Reeve had wider shoulders and a smaller waist (and sucked in his stomach), making him appear bigger. Routh has a "boxy" physique. You can tell that the costume DOES have padded shoulders in the shots when he gets to his feet after Lex stabs him with the Kryptonite. This is right before he falls over the edge. You can tell because no human has shoulders that naturally look like that. The padding or whatever was there to help make him appear wider, but it wasn't enough obviously. Also, the belt was lower on Routh's waist, making his torso appear "longer" because you're seeing more of it, and it made his arms look smaller. As well as the smaller "S" shield showing more of the waist, again making it look bigger. Believe me, it's all in the way you present yourself to appear larger. Donner knew this, while Lester (and Singer) did not. The pics speak for themselves.   |
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Post by ye5man on Apr 26, 2011 7:00:34 GMT -5
Lester?? WTF? Reeve looked like a fucking mountain in Superman 3!
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Post by El Presidente on Apr 26, 2011 7:31:44 GMT -5
 Yeah Lester knewexactly how to present him. Guy gets dissed for soemthing he hasn't even done.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Apr 26, 2011 10:48:28 GMT -5
Hated the bad hair coloring job, remember getting distracted by the brown strands that peaked through on first viewing at different parts of the film. (But then again, it wasn't the worst thing about SIII...)
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Post by Jimbo on Apr 26, 2011 10:51:18 GMT -5
Reeve was a mountain in Superman III. Impossible to make him look scrawny in that one.
As for S4, Reeve looked extremely scrawny, when I think he was no less muscular than STM.
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Post by ye5man on Apr 26, 2011 11:12:36 GMT -5
Extremely scrawny?  That's not extremely scrawny Jim, lol This is:  Reeve was not as big as he was but still a lot bigger than any other actor, plus he still had that thick neck that Brandon needed. Brandon looked like he could barely breathe in the suit
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Post by Keith on Apr 26, 2011 11:36:36 GMT -5
Brandon had the big neck, they just hid it all when they decided to give him that stupid high neckline that looked like it was choking him half the time.
I think that's my one major gripe about the costume, was that high neck line. I hate it.
If they would have opened the neck line, more of his muscles would come through in the neck and shoulder area. They should have used a different material for the costume as well, since it hid half of Rouths muscles. It would have looked a lot better.
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Post by Jimbo on Apr 26, 2011 11:36:46 GMT -5
Didn't Reeve say that his workouts for S4 was more cardio rather than weight lifting? Compare his arms and chest in S4 in that shot to S3. He ends up looking like a runner. Add to that, the movie was poorly shot and lit, so that didn't help.
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Post by ye5man on Apr 26, 2011 12:17:31 GMT -5
Reeve had a hernia and wasn't able to lift the heavy weights again apparently. Other sources say the director purposely wanted him to have more of a "runner's" body
Still looked great though compared to the average Joe.
You can see Routh has a bit of a pencil neck in that pic posted above; those fake shoulders just too out of proportion IMO
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Post by Jimbo on Apr 26, 2011 12:24:05 GMT -5
Yes, those shoulder pads do no favors when he puts his hands on his hips like that. Almost Popeye-like.
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 26, 2011 14:06:00 GMT -5
my biggest gripe, aside from the colors was the super-speedo. it makes everything look like a scuba wetsuit.
it looks ridiculous and screws up the proportions.
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Post by EvilSupes on Apr 27, 2011 2:50:05 GMT -5
I personally thought Routh looked fine. It was just the suit was restricting him in many ways as many have commented. Although not perfect, I still think the SR suit is still a damn good modern update of the Superman costume - it could've been much worse *cough* burton design *cough*.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Apr 27, 2011 11:16:15 GMT -5
I agree. I would have preferred that they stuck a little closer to the Reeve costume as well- but once the movie starts, I don't even notice it that much. As EvilSupes said, it could have been MUCH worse....
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Post by EvilSupes on Apr 30, 2011 3:13:47 GMT -5
I now have a HD capable receiver now (well, my dad has) - which means I can now enjoy these HD audio tracks when this set is released. Should be cool seeing it all fresh with new picture and sound, plus my dad hasn't seen the movies since when I was 4 and used to watch them on VHS. Will be interesting to see his reaction to each movie *cough* Superman IV. ;D
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Post by Jor-L5150 on May 13, 2011 8:58:24 GMT -5
you should look this set up on amazon, they have a really nice trailer for it.
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Post by TylerDurden389 on May 13, 2011 9:48:55 GMT -5
If the theatrical of Superman 2 really does get the proper HD treatment, then this is gonna cost me a lot more than the price of the set, because I'll need to buy a blu-ray player as well lol.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2011 14:32:59 GMT -5
Nay, they're cheap as heck now.
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Post by TylerDurden389 on May 13, 2011 20:41:47 GMT -5
Ah, well that's good to know. I think physical space for media has maybe 5 years left before everything is digital. Music was first, movies is next. Video games will be last.
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Post by ye5man on May 14, 2011 8:07:45 GMT -5
Video games are already there
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Post by eccentricbeing on May 14, 2011 11:44:45 GMT -5
I think physical media will be around a little longer than 5 years. Digital media is more convenient for portable devices and it will thrive the most there.
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Post by El Presidente on May 14, 2011 14:40:01 GMT -5
I dunno. If you can stream/dload movies straight to your blu-ray player, PC and Xbox I think 5 years is a bit much.
Places like HMV and Game will pretty much be outta business unless its hardware folk want.
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Post by Kamdan on May 21, 2011 15:08:36 GMT -5
If anyone's interested, Borders is having promo where you receive 50% off an item's retail price. You can get the Superman Blu-ray Anthology for $68, as opposed to $90.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2011 16:40:06 GMT -5
How do you get that price?
Nevermind. Done. Thanks!
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Post by TylerDurden389 on May 22, 2011 10:47:22 GMT -5
If anyone's interested, Borders is having promo where you receive 50% off an item's retail price. You can get the Superman Blu-ray Anthology for $68, as opposed to $90. Wouldn't 50% percent off of 90 mean only 45 dollars? Or does it come to 68 after taxes and shipping and stuff? |
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Post by ger-el on May 22, 2011 14:01:12 GMT -5
It's 50% of the retail price. Not 50% off the $90 discounted price.
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