I’m too hung up on this depicting George Reeves eight years before even Kirk Alyn had the role.
Don’t understand, he is a Superman it is us doing it wrong.
We are talking about USians after all.
Thankfully 2025 did a lot of things right, like bringing back the underpants.
Came here to say this very thing. I enjoyed the new one too, more than the ones with Cavill. Had some heart and a little humor.
The old-timey comicbook superheroes were modelled on sideshow strongmen, who bent iron rods with their bare hands and such, and all tended to wear capes and tight costumes with shorts on the outside.
Interesting! Also, anyone interested can see an example here
Imagine being flipped off by this guy!
https://www.oldtimestrongmanblog.com/blog/2025/11/edwin-zello/
Give him a break. He’s not from around here.
Everybody dresses like that in… checks notes… Wichita.
So this is planet Houston.
That’s no moon, its a petrochemicals transit hub.
Are you sure?
I feel like the progression implies that he stopped wearing it.
I’m still just trying to understand why you need a belt to hold up underwear. And, not just a belt, but some real shiny metal shit.
I have to assume there’s a “Young Superman” story where he’s repeatedly pants’d by his adversary and swears it’ll never happen again.
The 2014 one looks the most dystopia’ evil goon like, somehow.
I like the explanation Gunn used, which was basically that it reminds him just how goofy it is, and that helps keep him grounded as a human.
Emperor has no cloths situation. No one wanted to criticize the godlike alien beings fashion sense to his face.
