Well, isn't that ironic. Ace, I found a picture of you today with YOU wearing the exact right kind of blue. Come check it out!

Dude, first of all, you have too much time on your hands. Second of all, it's just one small picture on a web page, the actual colors may not look like that. That's why I rarely order clothes off of the web.

Is finding stuff like this to blog about the reason you were two days behind on the monkey SWAT story? I mean, really, where are your priorities?

KenJ,

I live for superhero movies, and most of them suck, so sue me.

RWS,

Damn you. What I do with my evenings is none of your business.

OK, so I just got on you about being two days behind on the monkey SWAT story. So I post my comment, scroll down and...week old cookie monster story?!

I've gotten annoyed at being the "First" to have something, and then seeing other people link the story without naming me a week later, so I get the frustration.

But there are at least 1m actively updated blogs, you know. I get stories when I get them, as you do. Sometimes you're first, sometimes you're close to first, sometimes you're me and you're linking the Star Wars Kid as the "new" craze.

And that's just. The fucking. Way. It is.

that looks like body paint

I think it's time for Superman to lose the cape. It's the cape the ruins the uniform, not the color. Get rid of that gay-ass cape, and it'll be okay.

I'm with you on the need to have appropriate costume color, but you have to wait for the final print. Film goes through an elaborate color correction process before it hits the theatres, and with digital technology, they can (and do) change all sorts of things like that.

Assuming, of course, they know what to look for.

True.

But this was a publicity shot taken by the studio, with an effort taken to depict the costume as they envision it, right?

And they're envisioning it a bit wrong.

Oh man, this movie is going to blow.

I can't for the life of me understand why they don't create a continuity from the WB "Smallville" series, which I think is doing a great job of re-imagining the Superman mythos. Oh well.

It's the drop-waist tights that are wrong, too. They're almost as low as those totally gay, olympic speed-o's. Bleh.

I think it's time for Superman to lose the cape. It's the cape the ruins the uniform, not the color. Get rid of that gay-ass cape, and it'll be okay.

Plus, if we learned nothing else from "The Incredibles" it's that capes are a bad idea...

kidding, actually. Superman without a cape would just be wrong.

Ace, I just want to know where, that's all.

I fixed it so you could see a bigger pic. Bill looks EXACTLY like I pictured him..;-)

Hate to tell you this, but Kryptonite Willis said the same thing last night. But, see, sometimes we can find common ground - maybe next week the O Monster will admit that Tom DeLay really isn't guilty of anything that a lot of Dems haven't done, and we'll admit that Hillary is sexier than Rosie O'Donnell, and then maybe we can all start to be reasonable. (Fat chance...)

Without the cape you'd get to see the Man of Steely glutes.

What is that? Low rider speedos????

Not right!

In Russian, the word 'goluboy' means light blue and also is a slightly derogatory term for gay. Just saying.

Huh. I never knew Superman was circumcised. They must've done it on Krypton.

BTW, Ace? I genuinely hope you're not upset by all the constant teasing about old links. You're no worse than anyone else. And on the flipside, your original content kicks everyone else's ass. It's how you. . . surround a story.

Plus, it's one of my (few) reliable schticks. "Ace is posting old stuff again. . . ha ha ha." Trust me, it makes the retards who visit my sorry excuse for a blog laugh like they're riding the short bus to the McDonald's playland.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Dave, it DEEPLY disturbs me that you are looking that closely at the guy's package.

Doesn't the Pentagon frown on that sort of attention to detail?

and it does look creepily like body paint. on a dude. ugh.

O'Chub must be chubbo.

I genuinely hope you're not upset by all the constant teasing about old links.

I am and I'm not. On one hand, I feel a little guilty and lazy about it. But on the other hand, I am just trying to fill screens space here, and there are actually new readers all the time (a trickle, usually), so everyone once in a while I want to put up something that I like that might make them come back.

It's not like I really think that regular readers need to read Geoffrey the Duck six or seven times.

Altho, it was pretty fuckin' funny.

Hey, for one, it's hard to avoid staring. He is, after all, a super-MAN.

All man, baby.

As for the frowning, nah, they don't ask, and I don't tell. I drop hints, sure, but I'm not telling.

Excuse me, I need to tend to my silk flowers now.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Is it just me, or is his cape made of the same stuff they use in Cherry flavored fruit roll-ups?

OK, Batman has a utility belt, and Spidey has one under his shirt, but where does Superman put his wallet!
For the love of God, not his super squeakhole!

Don't panic, Ace. That can easily be corrected in final grading.

You guys are right about the costume, it's all wrong. He should take it off right now.

Is it me, or do Superman's shorts get lower and smaller with every movie? Why don't they just give him a thong, for pete's sake?

This Superman costume is no worse than any other Superman costume, to be honest.

The whole tights thing has always been a bit...odd to me. I mean, would you really want your shorts to be uncomfortably tight while you're fighting evil?

Slublog:

I mean, would you really want your shorts to be uncomfortably tight while you're fighting evil?

And not only fighting evil. Let's say you save Lois Lane from some peril or other, right? And so there you are, exultant from defeating the forces of evil, and maybe Lois' clothes are kind of ripped up, and maybe you start to feel the moment. Maybe your little Superguy starts to go all afluster, you know what I mean? And there you are in this skintight unitard, so it's not like Lois won't see the problem right off. Do you make a supergetaway or just brazen it out?

It's not like the costume would provide valuable "hold-down" effects, either. While cotton or Lycra might be enough to restrain a normal man's Kaiser from coming to full attention, Superman has no such luck. No, that costume has to be stretchy ... or prepare to meet the Littlest Incredible Hulk.

Ace,

Is there any room for your skeletons in that closet of yours full of action figures and comic books?

Ryan (miss me?)

Putting the S on the belt is all wrong.

The reds are more wrong than the blue.

Alex Ross' illustrations of Superman should be the canon, and this ain't it.

Is it me or are this guy's legs too big (angle maybe)?

That said, I trust Singer will do a good job with Supes.

How would you circumcise Superman anyway? Do mohels have access to Kryptonite knives?

Why visit Ace of Spades?
For the Superman dick jokes, of course.

Monty, I am assuming Superman had Super control, if you know what I mean. Which would make him far different from other men, which he is....if he was real that is.

Rightwingsparkle:

I dunno about that "Super-control" thing. In the comic book Kingdom Come, he knocks up Wonder Woman (seriously!). He also scored Lana Lang at one point. So we know he craves human chicks, right? And most of the time, his jeopardy involves Kryptonite, which weakens him...so you can see where this problem might come up. (So to speak.)

Where the hell do you get your comics? From men on the streets of NY with those little tables that fold up quickly in case of cops?????

Ace, I've rounded up 22 exclusive production stills, and I think you really will appreciate them.

I'd think Superman would have super weiner control.

And if not, a Kryptonite, er, ring.

While I am sure that the movie will be visually stunning, and might possibly be good in terms of story (although I truly doubt it), that costume sucks! There is no way around the amount of sucking that should be ascribed to that costume.

Be not swayed by the dark powers of the force of "artistic license"...even that has its limits.

Consider this, while the artist must be true to himself and his vision, he must also seek to be true to the subject. With this in mind I ask you...does that look like Superman!?!

As the Prophet Alex Ross (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote in the book of Mythology, (I paraphrase his greatness) “I paint Superman, not an actor playing Superman"

Brandon Routh, with that costume, is NOT Superman he may be convincing once the special FX are applied but Singer should have referred to the sacred texts of the Prophet Alex Ross (peace and blessings be upon him) to guide him in proper man of steel garb.

What we have instead of the "man of steel" is the man of steel-wool.

Well, here's what I think:

1. Yes, I agree that the blue is a little too light, it should be much darker.

2. On the other hand, the red is a little too DARK, and should have more intensity.

3. The emblem on the belt, while not sticking to the comic books, still manages to look pretty darn good.

4. Regarding the shield itself, I'm glad they got rid of the little loopy thing at the end of the "S" (Check out the comics to see what I mean).

5. Still, the shield is too small and it should be bigger on his chest.

6. I haven't heard anyone mention this, but the neckline of the suit is all wrong. It's not supposed to be rounded; it's supposed to be flat and horizontal (Again, refer to the comics).

7. Someone mentioned the legs. Well, more specifically - the thighs; is it just me, or are they HUGE?

8. Also, I think the slick-hair-thing is over done and way too obvious.

BOTTOMLINE: They could've done a much better job.

PS - I don't think they should get rid of the cape. It's too classic. What I think they should've tried out was getting rid of the underpants and the belt. I think without those, it gives a whole new angle to the costume.
In fact, the costume ceases to be a costume and looks more like what an alien being would wear - very cool and royal.
But, I know Bryan Singer wanted to stick to what most people identify with. No harm in that. Just my two cents, though.