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- James Gunn is working on rebooting the DCU with a new Superman movie, but the lawsuit has faced heavy criticism online.
- The new suit's design may reflect a return to Superman's classic roots as an optimistic hero.
- Speculation suggests that the suit may play a role in a larger narrative arc that would lead to a darker Superman in the future.
In recent years, superhero movies have come to mean more to fans than just blockbusters. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a massive success over the decades, the DC Cinematic Universe has been a dismal failure. However, James Gunn is looking to change all that with Guardians of the Galaxy The director is working on rebooting everything with something new. DCUHe plans to start all this with Supermanscheduled for release on July 11, 2025.
The film is set to feature a younger version of Superman as he learns how to enter the world of heroes.However, the idea and announcement of the film began unofficially and caused a storm of criticism and controversy since Henry Cavill was dropped from the role of Superman to make way for David Corenswet. Given Cavill's massive popularity in general and as a character, this clearly did not go down well.
With the same hostility toward the new Superman movie circulating in any news about it, the film and everything from the new actor to the character’s new look have been heavily criticized by diehard fans of Cavill and Snyder. As images of Corenswet in the new suit have spread online, the suit has come in for a lot of abuse from fans everywhere who feel it looks too “boring.” However, there’s another way to look at the whole thing—one that might explain why Superman’s new, boring suit is actually intentional and serves a greater purpose.
What's wrong with Superman's new suit?
To be fair, we’ve seen two major clues so far about what David Corenswet’s Superman suit will look like in the film. The first glimpse was from the famous teaser image that was released showing Kal-El putting on his boots. The image was notable for giving us our first real glimpse of Corenswet as Superman, but it was also notable for being widely mocked—though mostly by Snyder and Cavill fans because he looked so casual in the image that he wasn’t in a rush to save anyone.
To be fair, the suit looked pretty good in that photo. It was darker, had a rough, grainy feel, and was worn and battle-worn. The fact that David Corenswet looks a lot like Henry Cavill from certain angles also meant that it had a familiarity that was actually comforting to many fans who were shocked when Cavill lost the role.
However, despite the many good points that appeared in the new suit from that image, all of that changed when fans first started seeing Corenswet in the suit in daylight after a series of leaked group photos emerged. Now that it's more visible, it looks completely different from the teaser image.
This has led to a new round of toxic fans attacking each other over X over Corenswet, Gunn, the suit, its colors, and its brightness. It feels like a step back from the very sleek, darker suits Cavill has worn throughout his Superman tenure in the Snyderverse, This did not bode well for the new movie and James Gunn's new vision for the DCU..
A boring suit has meaning in some ways.
Despite how simple and boring the suit was, it confused fans. What most of the people who didn’t like it couldn’t understand was why Jean chose this suit for the movie remake. However, it does make sense to some extent. That’s because for a while now, we’ve been getting hints that this Superman will be a younger, softer version of the character.
David Corenswet has stated that he played Superman long before he got the role.
This was also consistent with statements made by David Corenswet when he once spoke to Entertainment Weekly On playing Superman after revealing he was aware people thought he looked like Henry Cavill.
In fact, this caught my attention before the internet came along, and my fantasy ambition is definitely to play Superman.
He later confirmed that he preferred a more classic, softer version of the character, one that wasn't as dark as Cavill's.
“I'd like to see someone do a really upbeat movie. I love the dark, gritty version that Henry Cavill did. I'd like to see the next movie be really bright and upbeat. Superman is an amazing character, a classic American character. He's been done so well and done so well at times. It's time for another upbeat movie.”
Given how obvious his vision of the character was at the time, the suit was likely simply boring because it was meant to bring Superman back to his classic roots as a stylish American hero. However, what if there was another, greater reason why the suit looked so ordinary?
Could there be a deeper reason behind the design of Superman's new suit?
While in 2025 Superman It will be a standalone movie for the hero, and of course the first movie for the new DCU, which means Superman will play a major role in it. We know from his movie version that Justice League who Zack Snyder's DCU Looks Like It's Heading for Massive Popularity injustice Superman timelineIn that famous epic, the Joker kills Lois Lane, turning Superman into his darker alter ego, who abandons being the good guy to become a tyrant who kills criminals and anyone who tries to stop him.
Essentially, Superman became an absolute master, and it was arguably the darkest chapter in the character's long and eventful history, in which he did some truly horrific things. This version of Superman was, on the surface, It is the complete opposite of David Corenswet and James Gunn's version. It seems to have come to that. For example, this version of Superman did things like kill the Joker by piercing his chest. Definitely not the brighter, more optimistic version that Corenswet was talking about.
While the brightly colored suit fits Corenswet's vision for the character, what if its dull design was intentional and focused on giving us a more innocent version of Superman? What if the ultimate plan for the new DC Universe was to make it that way so it could be as contrasting as possible when everything finally comes to a close? injustice The timeline on the big screen – the time when we will see a darker, more sinister suit that will perfectly fit the inner darkness that will engulf the Superman of that world.
It's just speculation at the moment. However, with the possibility of a new Justice League team that Batman could form with the sole purpose of taking down the outlawed Superman, and possibly later saving his soul, turning him back into a good guy, and helping everyone come together to fight Darkseid – suddenly that innocent, bright-eyed suit doesn't seem so boring at all. Superman It is scheduled to launch on July 11, 2025.
