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That's awesome! I may have to steal that sometime. 
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Deadly Chakram
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The test for Henry Cavill getting the role of Superman was to put on the iconic suit and wear it in front of the production team. And nobody laughed at him in the suit. That was the clincher. So the suit's important. On another front, IMHO the reason Tom Welling and Smallville lasted so long was that he never put on the suit. He did put it on in the last double episode, but we never saw him full length except for a really long shot. I think what killed the Wonder Woman reboot was the argument over the costume.  Artemis
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Pulitzer
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I think what killed the Wonder Woman reboot was the argument over the costume. Total agreement from me. I'm not sure how to describe that proposed costume ... "unfortunate" might be the kindest way to talk about it.
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Not just that, but it looked bad all around, from what I've heard. There were several costumes. There's a clip of her running looking angsty that just looks *bad*. There's a picture of it here
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Kerth
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Originally posted by Deadly Chakram: That's awesome! I may have to steal that sometime. I'd rather change it to "What the Phantom Zone???", but, yeah, great one. :p Originally posted by IolantheAlias: I think what killed the Wonder Woman reboot was the argument over the costume. Although I do agree on the costume 100%, I doubt that was all the reason for the failure. (I mean, the costume got changed to the usual shorts, but it still looks awfully cheap.) What was much worse than the costume - which was bad enough as it was - was the way they changed the character. (Triple identity, constant cursing, no compunction about killing (repeatedly) - it's a complete butchering of the character IMHO. Additionally, there was an obvious lack of romance planned...) Apart from that, I don't think the new Superman costume is all that bad. Sure, it's a change, but not such a bad one. Could have been much worse. (See WW costume...)
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Originally posted by Lara Joelle Kent:
I'd rather change it to "What the Phantom Zone???", but, yeah, great one. :p
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Apart from that, I don't think the new Superman costume is all that bad. Sure, it's a change, but not such a bad one. Could have been much worse. (See WW costume...) Superman in a shiny outfit? *shudder* And yes, What the Phantom Zone works well too. 
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Or if you wanted something that sounded more similar to its Terran equivalent, you could always go with, 'What the Rao???'
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Kerth
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Rao etc. works for someone with a strong Kryptonian background; not sure it's right for Clark as we know him, a boy brought up in Kansas.
In my Supergirl stories I've been careful to have Kara use phrases like that, while Clark is more down to earth in his language.
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