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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chain Lightning" data-source="post: 2193818" data-attributes="member: 6791">The reason why the Christopher Reeve costume and the Alex Ross one works better is because of the proper size of the "S" symbol on the chest. I can only assume they wanted the raised material "S" on the new Superman, and to do that it had to be smaller. If it was bigger, Brandon couldn't have as much freedom of movement in his torso. But if you ask me, they should've thrown out the raised symbol idea and just gone with the symbol being a graphic on the costume itself. That way, it could be the proper size.This is important because Brandon has a long torso and there's A LOT OF BLUE going on there. The symbol counters and balances this by breaking the large area of blue with its design.Another artistic design point: The blue is blue, like the blue we're used to seeing. But the red isn't? Why make that decision? The other factor that makes the Superman costume iconic and work , is that the red is the same brightness as the blue. The two work together (well, there's three...the yellow is important too). Now that one is off and the whole costume feels different. And yes, the belt symbol is redundant.Brandon's frame is okay by me. Its hard to find a truly huge guy you can also take serious to play Superman. Although, if the rumors are true, and the story is about Superman returning to Earth after being gone for a while, then shouldn't we be seeing a Superman that looks at least a smidge older than Brandon? Unless, of course they do the whole "Superman ages way slower than everyone else" then I guess its ok. But that doesn't explain why Lois is so young looking since she's played by Kate Bosworth.We'll see what happens.</blockquote>

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