Spider-Man Movie Costume in EW!

Eel O'Brian

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Jan 11, 2001, 11:53:53 PM1/11/01

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Apparently, the next issue of Entertainment Weekly contains the first shot
of the new Spider-Man costume.
It was posted at www.cinescape.com earlier, but EW made them take it down
(there's still a link to a tiny half-pic on EW's own website). I saw it,
and it looks great. The webs are raised, giving it a kind of weird 3D
effect, and there's an odd, almost reptilian pattern on the blue parts (I'm
assuming that's to give it variation on film as opposed to being a blue
smear). The eyepieces appear to be an almost white mirror finish. I was
very, very impressed - thank goodness they didn't use that Alex Ross crap
redesign.

Thanks for reading,
Kevin

Mojo

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Jan 12, 2001, 2:47:07 AM1/12/01

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http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/spiderman.html

Better version here!

Terrafamilia

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Jan 12, 2001, 11:23:55 AM1/12/01

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Mojo wrote:

> http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/spiderman.html
>
> Better version here!

Cool, but I can't help wondering about all the griping about the
organic vs. mechanical web-shooters. So Parker shouldn't be some genius
who can create stuff like web-shooters and the webbing fluid but somehow
*can* whip up a cool costume that in the real world takes a number of
professional costumers and specialized technicians to put together?
Viva la Hollywood! ;)

Ciao,

Terrafamilia

Wade941880

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Jan 12, 2001, 1:45:55 PM1/12/01

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My only complaints--
1.)the raised webbing does not look good at all IMO
2.)The costume would look better if it was red and black.'

Other than that, i think it's good that they're sticking to the original
design.

GrapeApe

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Jan 12, 2001, 3:04:00 PM1/12/01

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>1.)the raised webbing does not look good at all IMO
>2.)The costume would look better if it was red and black.'

It will read better on film. Perhaps you need to look back to the Spiderman TV
movie or old electric company episodes to see how graphically dull the actual
costume with printed lines only can actually look.

It is still a highly enhanced photograph, more a painting than an actual photo.
But it works at letting us see the texture. It is too easy to have someone look
goofy in this costume in real life. as experience should tell us.

This "first real photo" hype brings to mind the oprahs head on Ann Margareets
Body TV guide cover, that people though was all sorts of high tech computer
trickery. It was a watercolor painting.. Not even good photorealism at that.

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Predator

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Jan 13, 2001, 5:59:49 PM1/13/01

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He makes a home made version and I believe he gets that one from his agen,
but I am only guessing where he gets the costume.
Pred

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John

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Jan 14, 2001, 11:35:20 PM1/14/01

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In the movie, the spider-powered Peter Parker will fight a wrestler named
Chainsaw McGraw, played by Randy "Macho Man" Savage. Of course he's not going
to play Crusher Hogan!

Stoneco864

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Jan 14, 2001, 11:48:23 PM1/14/01

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I always thought that was pretty ironic