Superman: Best and Worst Live Action Costumes
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Superman has a very long history in live action with multiple different film franchises and tv shows, Superman is DC’s single most successful character when it comes to having both, we’re sure to get a new Superman costume by 2025 in Superman: Legacy but seeing as that’s not for another two years so this would be a good time to look at every live action Superman costume and rank them from worst to best.
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00:00 - Intro
1:56 - Number 18
2:49 - Number 17
3:36 - Number 16
4:09 - Number 15
4:39 - Number 14
5:10 - Number 13
6:08 - Number 12
6:59 - Number 11
7:35 - Number 10
8:10 - Number 9
8:56 - Number 8
9:33 - Number 7
10:26 - Number 6
11:03 - Number 5
11:46 - Number 4
12:43 - Number 3
13:38 - Number 2
15:09 - Number 1 - Розваги
Brandon Routh really had the best and most comics accurate suits.
Which one? The return’s suit is probably the least comic accurate suit. Kingdom Come suit is as comic accurate as Tyler’s New 52 Suit
1. Routh Kingdom Come
2. Christopher Reeve
3. Hoechlin Fleischer
I’m hoping Superman Legacy perfects the classic Superman design. It needs to bring back the yellow S on the cape
I hope they keep it simple too and we get the smooth looking blue without a bunch of lines and a nice popping red.
@@MASTERKENOBI909 Yeah not gonna lie the Brandon Routh Kingdom Come suit would look amazing with the classic Christopher Reeve's bright red and yellow emblem
Superman Legacy suit is horrible!
Wtf is James Gunn thinking?
@@budgiecat9039looks better than henry Cavill
@@shreyanshsharma-bt3ll it's not healthy to be this drunk this early in the morning sir
I wish you would have talked about the Black Adam suit because it basically was the Man of Steel suit with the brighter colors. It is probably my 2nd favorite suit, only behind Routh’s modern suits.
Superman and Lois has 3 of the best costumes and routh has some great costumes too but Superman and Lois’s current Superman suit is my favorite. He probably didn’t include the Black Adam Superman suit because it was only shown in darkness and I don’t think we saw the whole thing
im happy he had the hair curl
imo the black adam suit is amazing but the yellow just is not right
5:30 Again, like the narrator said, it’s all a matter of opinion. The Henry Cavill suit is by far my favorite. The brick pattern gives it a texture others haven’t had, and the darker tones give it an updated and less comic book aesthetic.
I (also) like Cavill's MoS suit the most, but I agree it's a matter of opinion.
Still, I don't understand the top 3 choices in this video.
3 looks like something from the 1950s. 2 is nice, but doesn't belong in 2nd place, 1 is a single photo showing only part of the suit, which is supposed to be an improvement of 2.
4:10
I really love the 1948 serial. It respected the Superman mythos and had a pretty decent production values, not to mention the animation in the flying scenes was pretty creative. Glad the actors who played Lois and Clark were remembered and even made a cameo in the 1978 film
The 1948 didnt respect the mythos because it essentially created the hallmarks of what defines Superman the same way the 1946 Batman serials did. Everyrhing after pays homage to those serials.
Superman’s suit can’t never look bad.
You have to try to make it look bad.
2 words : Nicolas Cage 😂
@@abaddonlannister6573 imo even that suit ain't that bad
@@SuperCinematicUniverse then I guess we'll have to agree to disagree 😆
@@SuperCinematicUniverseikr
@@abaddonlannister6573that's not bad it just doesn't suit him
Brandon Routh's Superman as a whole is so underrated, my favorite live action version of the character alongside Tyler's.
Nice Ranking
🥇Crisis On Infinite Earths Brandon Ruth New Suit
🥈Crisis On Infinite Earths Brandon Ruth Suit
🥉Superman & Lois First Suit
4. Man Of Steel Suit
5. Superman & Lois Upgraded Suit
6. Superman & Lois Suit
7. Superman Returns Suit
8. Josstice League Suit
9. Christopher Reeves Suit
10. John Newton Superboy Suit
11. Gerad Christopher Superboy Suit
12. BVS Suit
13. Supergirl Superman Suit
14. Lois & Clark Suit
15. Superman Serial Suit
16. George Reeves Suit
17. Superboy Pilot Suit
18. Nicholas Cage Superman Suit
How tf is the justice leauge suit above the Chris reeve suit
@@kadegetslaid634 It looks better than the CR suit
The George reeves suit is an all time classic
My TOP 5 ranking would def be:
1. Christopher Reeve suit - still my definitive Superman suit in live-action. The cape mechanism, the structure and proportions of the suit worked so well for Reeve's physique esp in the 3rd and 4th film and the shades of red, yellow and blue for the 1st and 2nd suit in particular is my favorite color scheme for his costume
2. Kingdom Come Routh - Apart from being a vast improvement on the Returns design, it is also a great adaptation of an (imo) iconic variation on the classic suit. I just love how well-made it looks without looking extravagant or expensive.
3. Fleischer Hoechlin - For me this is probably the best version of an "early years" Superman outfit. I like that it pretty much copies the animated suit with near 1:1 accuracy and tbh my only gripe was that we never saw it more and most likely never will
4. George Reeves - I am just a sucker for homemade suits and especially this one in particular because of how simple yet textured they look. I also like the cape hanging further down than the neckline of the suit itself.
5. MOS/Black Adam Cavill - Easily my favorite suit in the entire DCEU (which is filled with great costume designs btw). It just felt the most iconic of the bunch and while it is fairly similar to DCEU Supes' later costumes, the oval buckle and the bigger emblem gives this one an edge over that
You appreciated some really underrated Supersuits. The number 1 pick specially was really out-of-the-box but very much deserving! I would love to see your take on all the live-action Spider-Man suits presented in this same format.
you always come up w/ such great video series ideas. Please continue these costume videos!
Which Wonder Woman costumed is better? Lynda Carter's or Gal Gadot's?
Gal Gadot's
who is lynda carter
Gal Gadot of course
Can enjoy the plot better with Lynda’s
Lynda, hands down. Much more classic
I think the older Superman suits are just a sign of the times. It was the 50’s they probably thought it was great! 😂
It's also closer to the source material.
Superman doesn't have a Hollywood grade custom suit.
Dean Cain's pilot suit was better than the actual show suit, the logo was a more traditional size.
Bro gave us a second list for free
1. S&L Season 1 Suit (New 52)
2. Crisis Brandon Routh (Kingdom Come)
3. S&L Season 3 Suit
The George reeves superman suit was shown in color when the show went to full color syndication.
FINALLY, I've been praysing the yellow emblem Kingdome come suit ever since it first appeared
Some of these renders with Corenswet in the suit look awesome. If everything goes well he has the potential to be the best looking Superman yet.
You should do this with spider-man
I forgot how badass Brandon Routh looked in the Kingdom Come costume.
He’s a big dude too.
George Reeves had two suits one was brown and gray for two or 3 seasons then it was changed in season 4 to the red,blue, and yellow when they switched to color. It was made of wool and George hated it.
I think it's easier to do Clark's suit well in Live action than Bruce's; since Clark is invulnerable it's acceptable to keep him in comic accurate tights while Bruce, a mortal man, doesn't really work as well in tights in Live Action, because if you go up against thugs with assault rifles in tights you end up riddled with bullets, you end up dead, meaning that designers need to add armour to protect him, putting them at risk of overdesign.
Never thought of it like that but you're absolutely right. Even when cloth (BvS) and leather (The Batman) are used, there's significant armor either under or over it. It's sort of like Luke Cage and Jessica Jones vs. Daredevil costumes in The Defenders.
Don't forget the David Wilson TV musical suit (I think from '74}...
Nick Cage Superman looks like he is wearing a red jock strap.
There was also an unreleased 2007 Justice League movie, and they already shared some of the costumes from that movie. Superman's costume from there looked very weird.
Everyone’s costume looked super weird. I hate the costume designs for that film.
I've got a few disagreements tbh but overall, nice list 🙂
I know opinions are opinions but I frankly felt the Superman Returns suit looked AWFUL. The "S" is too small, and the boots are too big. The awful anorak cape is too short and looked leathery, and the way it joins to the collar resembles a Halloween costume. The boots were overly designed, the millerskin cloth used for the bulk of the suit is clearly very restrictive, and combined with the fitting of the cape, the whole ensemble makes Rough oddly slender looking, despite the amount of muscle he packed on for the role. Topped off with the perfectly rounded hair curl and he ends up looking like someone dressing up as Superman rather than BEING Superman. As well the movie's photography making the suit's colors look more hideous with the blues looking more icy blue and the reds appear more brownish.
GOAT 🐐
I legit cannot picture superman with long hair
Clarks black suit in smallvile was so cool to me. I like Orignal CW Clark's suit than I do Superman & Lois.
BvS suit > MoS suit
You forgot the Ben Affleck superman suit😂
There's not best and worst, every costume has it's charm but the most accurate is Reeve's costume.
Chris or George?
@@joeypieper6384 Reeve so Chris of course. George was Reeves.
13:59 bro predicted the new movie lmao
Lol that arrowverse suit is still way too padded.
larger symbols on Superman suits >>>>
I always liked the black suit more, especially in the Snyder cut! That looks great!
Dean Cain’s costume straight up looked like pajamas.
I think there was a Superman suit in the Smallville series finale. I haven’t watched it, but I’m pretty sure that show had superman suits. I liked the black costume looking suit the show had. It looked pretty cool.
The suit Tom Welling donned in the finale is Brandon Routh's from SR, they literally borrowed it
Wow, I never knew that.
10:54 Dude, this suit's colors are stupid and doesn't give off hope vibes at all! - Luke
Brandon Routh is a goat superman
He is the real SuperGoat
Everyone is talking abt Henry because he does a good role but he left dceu so everyone is moaning ABT him but brandon Routh is actual SuperGoat
He is the real superman
People are taking this “budget cut” too seriously, the show even with the budget cuts will have a bigger budget than other arrowverse shows, berlanti productions confirmed it won’t be 1 million per episode nor around that range, but it just won’t be the 7 million an episode from the first 3 seasons, so I’m guessing around 4 million. And with the show’s setting probably moving to a big city, they don’t have to lease properties like the Farm and Main Street in Toronto. That and them cutting all the supporting cast will make the budget higher, maybe even the biggest budget of all the seasons. If the Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, and Black Lighting could get a new suit every season with a far smaller budget than S&L, so can Superman.
I really don't like the Superman and Lois suit. Dull colors, looks like corduroy. I think the throwback suit he wore in the opening of the show was better than anything he wore after. The suit he wore in Supergirl was even worse. I don't even like the Snyder Blue and Red suit. Too over the top, the cape too long, but I like the Black suit for some reason. I love Christopher Reeve's suit, as well as both Brandon Routh (Returns/Kingdom Come) suits. The Nick Cage suit is modern and classic at the same time, nice. The Superboy suits were great too. I hope the new LEGACY suit says SUPERMAN. The "S" on the cape is a must!!
Man of Steel at 4 is crazy. I hate that suit so much
Who’s Nicholas Cage? I thought Nicolas Cage’s Superman in The Flash looked badass, and that whole “muscle suit” aesthetic Burton had going on goes hard 🔥
Just to clarify: none of the live action Superboys wore fake muscles. But Routh in Superman Returns IS wearing fake muscles.
1: Hoechlin Classic Suit
2: Cavill Man of Steel Suit
3: Cavill Black Suit
4: Hoechlin Season 3 Suit
5: Routh Kingdom Come Suit
6: Hoechlin Season 1/2 Suit
7: Hoechlin Black Suit
8: Cavill BvS Suit
9: Christopher Reeve Suit
10: Brandon Routh Suit
11: OG Hoechlin Supergirl Suit
12: Gerald Christopher Superboy Suit
13: George Reeves Suit
14: Kirk Alyn Suit
15: Lois and Clark Suit
16: Nicholas Cage Suit (Lol)
Coming back again 5 months later in 2024. If you plan on updating this with Corenswet's Superman suit, you should also include the Superman suits from Shazam and Black Adam.
What abt the one from black Adam
That’s just the man of steel suit with a shitty color grading on it
3:56 I’m pretty sure I remember reading a good deal of the George Reeves suit was wool, because I remember how impractical and uncomfortable it would be. Spandex wasn’t even around until 1959.
10:03 “the abs look real” they look like ones on one of those shity Halloween costumes 😂😂😂😂
11:20 they look like my dads pants
13:41 that is the most ugly supperman suits I’ve ever seen
15:25 but that takes the cake of the most ugly super man suits I’ve ever seen
@@Gerald22222you're clearly mentally defective if you think the kingdom come suit is ugly.
Kingdom Come suit from CW Crisis on Infinite Earths is the best in my opinion
The Superman Returns suits did have padding, they show it in the special features on the dvd
Gotta disagree about color. I love that rich, deep blue of Dean Cain's suit. It's a good shade without going dark. My only problem with Tyler Hoechlin's suit is the dull colors, it looks dirty, the screen printed shield just looks flat and unimpressive and the muscle suit is too much. Tyler's in fantastic shape and didn't need so much padding, the air-brushed muscle highlights don't line up with the padding when he moves and gives it an uncanny valley effect. Ditch the pads and the air brushed muscles, clean up the dull colors and his suit would be near top tier.
That’s wild lol 😂! You actually said that Superman’s suits overall weee better than Batman’s I’m live action 😅. Crazy because the way I see it they both got equally great and bad costumes. I think the best 3 Superman suits are BVS, Superman Returns , and Original Superman Christopher reeves.
Nice Video
And i agree with this Ranking of those Suits
I didn't know that Superman's suit became worse in Justice League
Imagine now Post Crisis Kingdom come Yellow instead of Black suit, and with More Accurate Logo on The chest, and
Henry Cavill Wearing it
That's perfect Combination (on my opinion)
For me It's:
1. Brandon Routh's Superman Returns
2. Christohper Reeves
3. Superman and Lois' First appereance suit
*Reeve
Honestly I think the BVS suit is the best. The colors are brighter than in Man of Steel, but still not too bright like the Josstice League suit. The belt is also fixed and made more prominent, which does a lot to make him look less naked like he was in Man of Steel. I’m also a fan of the tweaks to the logo
Same here. Love the touches especially the Kryptonian text through the S 🔥
I Never understood this but why does superman need a belt. Like he’s not Batman who has stuff in his belt.
I don't have a problem with bright outfit but Batman is getting darker and darker so it don't fit in with batman. Unless he brings out the blue batman like the 60's haha
For me the black suit in zack snyder justice league is the best suit ever
You lost me at spot 1, that spot should go to Cavill's suit. It's very simple, it's accurate, and it looks perfectly practical. The only problem is the lack of a gold belt. Give it a Gold belt, it's the perfect Superman suit!
Also, something that I think is going to for sure be out on the DCU Superman suit Is the yellow S on the back of the Cape just so we can send out any more recognizable
I like the S symbol of the red and black color mark cause that's my favorite classic childhood costume ever to see so yeah in this time double thumbs up.
It's tragic that we didn't get any sort of Kingdom Come HBO Max Superman series with Brandon Routh after Crisis. Talk about a hell of a Superman comeback for him.
But we got Superman & Lois, which is an amazing show
I disagree on the shade of blue on Nicolas Cage's and Dean Cain's costumes being too dark. I like that color, it makes the blue stand out more. About the Nicolas Cage costume, the only thing I hate about it is the nipples. Instead, I do like that it looks more like an armored suit like Batman's, because, even though Superman doesn't need armor when he's near a yellow sun, his suit is Kryptonian in origin, and Kryptonians didn't have powers on Krypton, so it makes sense that they would make an armored suit.
Love your list even if I would have rearranged a few here and there!
Shows what you know, George Reeves suit was actually Brown and Grey when the show was in black and white. It only until the series went to color which was when it got the classic superman color scheme
I never liked how the cape emerges from around the neck. Should be attached to the costume on the shoulders. The man of Steel costume is my favorite, though. The last costume of Brandon's is good too.
Idk about you man, but I’d swap the BvS and Josstice League’s suits’ spots + put Hoechlin’s S2 suit above Routh’s first one. S2 specifically because it pretty much fixes my issues from the one before and after it, they should’ve kept it
Tyler’s new suits lack the proper neckline from his first one and takes from Returns style but Brandon got the perfect designs in the Arrowverse.
Aw George Reeves is one of my favs, I prefer it when the trunks are taller
I think I’d put the Superman returns suit at 1 if the red wasn’t so brown, so probably routh’s crisis suit at 1 for me
Why did they keep changing the suit used in the DCEU from the one first used in Man of Steel? It seems like unnecessary expense.
Do you still use Patreon?
I have completely different tastes. I prefer larger logos. I loved the Dean Cain suit and wished the superman returns logo and CW Suit was bigger
joss whedons jl superman suit is my favorite cause of the vibrant colors
Jostlstice league movie sucks, but his suit in that was pretty solid
Although, if the DCU would do The Death of Superman and do the black suit at some point down the line, I personally believe they will do The Death of Superman in a justice league movie like say the third one, and that’s the one that has Darkseid as the villain and someone like him, or the Legion of Doom will create Doomsday, to kill the Justice League and Superman will sacrifice himself and He will kill Superman and then in the fourth Justice League movie, he will be resurrected and wearing the black suit and if the students just like the comic version or maybe just a black version of the suit that Superman Will where in Superman: Legacy. Basically the classic suit just with embossing but instead now black. It would probably be the best one, although I’m more hoping for something more comic accurate and less of just Superman costume now in black
People know that the trunks was inspired by strong men and wrestlers from the early 20th century but what people don't know is that they wore it to better conceal their junk.
1. Christopher Reeve Superman suit is the best Superman ever. 2. All Tyler Hoechlin Superman suit. 3. Brandon Routh Superman Suit and Superman Kingdom come 4. All Tom Welling suit 5. Dean Cain Superman suit. Nicholas Cage and Henry Cavil Superman suit are both tried as the worst Superman suit ever
I feel like he should do this for wonder woman despite her not having many in live action so he would have to add in different types of suits she wore in the universe and i dont mean regular outfits
I kinda liked the wackiness of all the Nic Cage superman suits
You know this is gonna be a very weird complaint but i think the thing that bugs me about Brandon Rouths return as Superman is the length of his hair. I think its too long. If you look at kingdom come or any alex ross painting (using that as a baseline because thats the clear inspiration for the new Routh appearance) Superman has a pretty neat hair cut. Pretty clean cut and short. Idk call me crazy or stupid but thats how i feel lol does anyone agree?
Would love to get a follow up Routh film
Generally speaking, I also don’t know when they will do Shazam. I couldn’t see him in chapter 2 are 3 although I don’t know if they’ll have him post the initial slate, or near the very end.
Ngl I love the Cage Suit tbh. The only Superman movie costume I don't really like is Brandon Routh's.
The bvs suit isn't actually that dark, it just looks that way due to the color grading. If you see the suit anywhere else it's not that dark
From what I remember on behind on the scenes, I think the blue is actually a lot more richer and vibrant compared to MoS. Its just yeah: the color grading
The Kingdom Come suit us always a top 5
Now you should do Spider-Man suits
You forgot Tom Welling’s suit in the smallville finale
It's just the Returns suit.
Henry Cavill too imposing
Christopher reeves not that imposing
WTF do people want 😅🤲
No way you put Hoechlin suit over Cavil’s suit…
Todd Ingram is Super Man
You forgot Zack Snyder's Justice League suit.
And you forgot he said he ain’t doin black suits
A shame the never got a movie right with Henry and now he's gone 😪
Please…the darker or lighter red. Push posh! Superman looks great in all versions. Time to move away from wearing red trunks on the outside 😅
Live-Action Superman Suits Ranked
1. DCEU (Man of Steel)
2. DCEU (Snyder Cut/Black Suit)
3. E-96 Superman (Pre-Crisis/Kingdom Come Superman)
4. Arrowverse E-TUD25 (Superman & Lois S3)
5. Arrowverse E-TUD25 (Superman & Lois S1-2)
6. E-96 Superman (Post-Crisis)
7. Arrowverse E-TUD25 (Fleischer Suit)
8. John Deegan & E-TUD22 Superman (Black Suit)
9. E-96 Superman (Superman Returns)
10. The Blur (Smallville S10)
11. Donnerverse
12. Arrowverse E-38/Prime
13. The Blur (Smallville S9)
14. Superboy (1988 - 1992)
15. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
16. DCEU (Josstice League)
17. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Black Suit)
18. Superman Serial
19. Adventures of Superman
20. The Adventures of Superboy 1961 Pilot
21. Superman Lives