Dammit, somebody take away Zack Snyder’s black crayon.

This is getting absurd.

In order:

  • Aquaman… is not so horrible, actually. They’re going with a Pacific Islander look there, which is workable. But it really does need more, and I can’t believe that I’m saying this, bright orange.  You could, say, color the leather chest thing, which could then double as water rescue gear.
  • Batman needs more contrast so that the bat symbol THAT HE PUT ON HIS CHEST SO THAT BAD PEOPLE WOULD SHOOT AT IT AND NOT HIS HEAD (thank you, Frank Miller) is instantly visible.
  • Superman traditionally has a curl in front and bright, happy colors for a reason. This version looks like the Nazis won World War II and Clark Kent grew up in a world where they and the USA were locked in an uneasy stalemate for fifty years.
  • Wonder Woman’s costume would be fine in a standalone, but it’s not working for me here. On the other hand, she’s blindingly hot anyway. On the gripping hand, since they’re doing a standalone movie they should set it in the past and she should be dressed more brightly there.
  • The Flash… is not Iron Man.  Please do not dress him like that; and if you cannot see his icon on first glance (I could not) then redraw the entire picture.
  • Cyborg has one absolutely fundamental flaw in this costume design: virtually all of it could be hidden underneath even a mildly tailored suit. Gee, not that that would have any effect on the guy’s ability to reconnect with society after his accident.

…Comics. They’re comics. Originally designed for children.  It’s OK to use tints instead of shades when you’re doing the coloring.

7 thoughts on “Dammit, somebody take away Zack Snyder’s black crayon.”

  1. I think I can say with complete confidence that they have utterly missed the point.

  2. In case you missed it, Hollywood has embraced a certain religion. One of the central tenants is excessive and public self-loathing. There are no good guys, only less-bad guys, because the bad-bad guys were driven to it by society, don’tcha know?

  3. #freethecapes
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    I like the cowl archetype, but there’s room enough in the Superhero genre for capes as well.
    And if Superman and The Flash aren’t capes, then they don’t even exist.

  4. If I may, let me add some additional info.
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    I watch a movie live stream every week (I won’t mention which one as it’s currently hitting a lot of the wrong notes with me) and they’re not fans of the Synder movies.But last week they relayed a story that JL invited some of its more vocal critics to the set to watch the shooting. The reports that came from that event indicated that JL sounded a lot lighter in tone than BvS, and they specifically mentioned that the colors on the costumes were a lot brighter than in BvS. So I suspect that the concept art predates some of the changes that sprang from the bad reception to the last film.

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