Exactly.
Yeah, I gotta agree. What’s his cape made out of, rubber?
Glad to be of service. 
And, for the record, I meant to say, “Looks like the new movie may give that theory some credence.” :smack:
Sounds like a story that the star’s agent might be floating. Let’s see if the studio confirms it.
Hell, sounds like a story the star would be floating.
What would really be impressive would be if they were having to digitally brush him when he was dressed as Clark Kent as well. (I suspicion this is a planted story, incidentally- just really works too great as PR.)
I’ll bet it does.
It’s an incontinence cape.
BWAH ha ha!
Gawd we have some gullible people. Folks, this is classic FlakTalk, courtesy of the studio’s publicity machine.
I gotta say I think this is probly true. I’ve seen plenty of pics, and he’s just not that impressive.
I gotta admit that I’ve never read a Superman comic and never watched any of the movies, so bear with me here: did Superman really wear boots that he fished out of the river/stole from a homeless guy? With the tights… ugh.
Why? What’s so special about her?
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Well, here’s one of the comic book incarnations of Supes. Here’s a colorized image of the costume from the 1950s TV series. And here’s the Christopher Reeve Supes look. IMHO, Reeve’s costume is the best, but any of them look better than the current one.
YES!
I’ll tell you why this is even happening, other than it reflects the tenor of the times and Hollywood is blockbuster hungry.
If you look back at SDMB history, you’ll remember the earlier threads on the new Superman. Many posters thought he was too thin, too wimpy, too underendowed. I’m guessing millions may think this, when the movie airs. So consider this rumor Tinseltown’s, um, ham-handed attempt to establish whazzisname as a stud.
It ain’t working.
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I don’t know what the answer is in the current continuity, but back in the Silver Age he sorta hand-pressured plastic from inside the capsule that brought him to Earth to make his boots. Being from Krypton and now on Earth, they were “super” and indestructable. Never heard anything about them cvoming from a homeless guy, ,let alone “fished out of a river”.
That’s a whoosh if ever I saw one. They’re just commenting on the spectaculiarly shitty direction the new movie costume has gone in.
I think it’s kind of because they look like a red version of the Gordon’s Fisherman’s yellow fisher-boots…
-Joe, make a great meal
Superman wears handmade plastic shoes? Pfft. Hippie.