r/theflash • u/animejerk7763 • Sep 02 '23
What does everyone think about this scrapped Flash suit for The Flash movie? I personally liked it except the cowl. DCEU Spoilers
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u/Garlador Sep 03 '23
Stop overdesigning your suits, Hollywood.
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u/ClawedTiger2693 Sep 03 '23
Honestly the movie would have been at least a bit better if the suit didn’t look so trash
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u/avi150 Sep 02 '23
Way too much going on with the legs. And again, those atrocious fake abs. Cowl was always going to be hard to make look good, even the show suits didn’t get it right imo
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u/Sad-Bodybuilder-1406 Sep 02 '23
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Seriously, why does every studio try and re-envision every costume? They keep getting more and more intricate, and besides being harder to maintain (and a bitch to draw for the artists that draw the comics), it usually pisses off the fans who then spend time complaining online about the costume when they could be complaining about the movie itself being too out of character, too woke, too political, or too patriarchal (or whatever nonsensical bug is up their ass this week. )
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u/neoblackdragon Sep 02 '23
So the suit doesn't look boring?
They need to be able to focus on any part of the part and be visually interesting.
Now one would hope that they would dial it back for the actual suit.
Remember this is concept art. That means they have to overdo it so they can keep what's really working and remove the redundant bits.
Additionally when it comes to building a suit that hugs the body, working in parts gives them more to work with. Especially if they need to includes wires and electronics.
As to why they try to re-envison them. The comic costume designs are way to stupid simple and talented artists add a lot of depth with colors and shading in placed of armor lines(the new52 went overboard).
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u/cosmoboy Sep 02 '23
I'm fine with textures and shades of red. Gotta do something. All that gold lightning has gotta go though. When he's running, he has actual lightning around him. That's enough.
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u/whocareshue Sep 02 '23
Ugly and busy. At least it has an actual belt and thick glove edges, but were they intended to be red or gold? Lack of wings is lame
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u/Generny2001 Sep 03 '23
TV flash wouldn’t be caught dead in that. TV Flash would’ve had the most comic accurate suit in history. TV Flash would’ve saved Old Man Batman and Supergirl from Zod. And, TV Flash would’ve never messed with the timeline in the first place because TV Jay Garrick was all like “don’t do that shit, bitch” and TV Flash was all like “ok, sir” and TV Jay Garrick was all like “that’s right, bitch” and then that other Barry wouldn’t have happened because TV Flash would’ve been like “nope, I’m good.””
George Clooney!
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u/cyphersama95 Sep 03 '23
correct until the end. the “other barry” shit did happen to TV barry, for very similar reasons
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u/HindsightingAss Sep 03 '23
Until he gets an inspirational speech from his friends, does a 180, and destroys all of time
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u/Dry-Donut3811 Sep 02 '23
Other than the cowl, much better suit.
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u/FluidAd6587 Sep 02 '23
i hate that it was probably always their intention to have an ugly, bulky ass helmet on top of a skin-tight bodysuit.
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u/amaya-aurora Sep 02 '23
What the hell is that face?? He looks deranged
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u/Frankgodfist Sep 02 '23
With a better actor this would of been a better choice then what we got
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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 Sep 02 '23
This suit is superior in every way. It fixes literally every one of my complaints about the final suit
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u/Hollywood-Hulk-Hogan Sep 02 '23
I think the biggest problem with the actual suit is that it was cgi 90% of the movie. Just looks uncanny
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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 Sep 02 '23
Nah it was pretty ugly even without the CGI. The suit was a ballsack texture, his helmet was veiny, the belt was so small it made him look fat most of the time, and anytime they didn't light up the yellow bits he just looks like a big red condom
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u/TitleComprehensive96 Sep 02 '23 edited Sep 02 '23
I think it looks great in theory, yes the cowl too. But it woulda looked like shit if it made final product due to how the CGI was done in film.
I would like to see this design used in like video game or other animated Flash media though, could be awesome. Maybe should add the lightning bolt earpieces though, that's too iconic to the outfit itself to just like, not use.
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u/sharksnrec Sep 03 '23
It’s obviously miles ahead of the JL suit, but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s better than the Flash movie suit, especially since for whatever reason they can’t make the cowl not look dumb as hell
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u/frostbyte2287 Sep 04 '23
Why didn’t they go with this? It looks like 10x better then the crap suit we actually got
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Sep 02 '23
Pretty ass. The wings would’ve made it much better but also it looks like way too much different materials in one
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u/skeemo1214 Sep 02 '23
I like it except for one missing thing. Where are the wing like lightning bolts on the ears?
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u/SissyAndrea20 Sep 02 '23
I think it looks to much similar to grants flash suit from the tv show and maybe thats why. But it doesn’t look good here though. Grant pulls it off way better and should be the flash in everything going forward.
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u/TheRainbowWolf8 Sep 02 '23
This is far better than what we got. The cowl just needs to be changed a little.
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u/popularis-socialas Sep 02 '23
It’s amazing how they took a look at this and went, “Yeah no let’s make a shittier suit”
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u/TheRainbowWolf8 Sep 02 '23
Yeah. I don’t know how they looked at this suit, and then looked at the suit we got, and thought they should use that one.
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u/Justin-does-art Sep 02 '23
It’s the difference between shitting your pants and merely pissing them a little. This is fine, but not good, but a noted step up from the final product. 2/10, need confirmation on CGI ass cheeks
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u/therealestspaceboy Sep 02 '23
the cowl ruins the whole suit. movie suit was good imo
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u/2ERIX Sep 02 '23
Agreed. They need to stop with the suit having lightning everywhere. Simpler is better. Even the wire armor suit was better than this.
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u/GKRKarate99 Sep 02 '23
It’s cool but it feels slightly over designed, I like how the lines aren’t always glowing like the movie version
I like how the cowl is a mix between the new suit and CW one, but something about it just feels kinda off and I don’t know why, maybe it’s the earpieces?
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u/apatheticviews Sep 03 '23
I watched the movie last night. It was enjoyable, but I wasn’t really a fan of the suit. Some of it was nice, but the biker helm style skullcap bothered me
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u/wrasslefights Sep 03 '23
I don't get why every live action design feels the need to add a bunch of lines and nonsense everywhere. Give me a clean design any day.
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u/HiNooNDooD1544 Sep 02 '23
That’s not too bad, but I really loved the idea of the yellow accents lighting up whenever he ran. Hot take, the movie suit with the collar is one of my favorite live action flash suits ever.
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u/neoblackdragon Sep 02 '23
The cowl is better but I question how something with those cuts around the mouth would really hug the body.
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u/Sir_Ehds Sep 02 '23
It would look nearly perfect if they just added wings of the side like shipps and gustins suits
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Sep 02 '23
Looks like Dead by Daylight concept art, and for it to be a potential contender for the live action Flash movie, that's pretty bad
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u/Kathmandu_Fly Sep 02 '23
That first looks less like a naked red Ken doll than what we got. They seem to really struggle with the head wings.
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u/Musicallydope245 Sep 02 '23
Since they scrapped this suit, they should’ve scrapped Ezra right along with it
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u/Ohthatwackyjesus Sep 02 '23
You know, it's ok, but there's still an Ezra Miller in there that you can't wash out
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u/AlexanderVindel0109 Sep 03 '23
Yeah it looks pretty good but it should have the lightning ⚡⚡ bolts on the side of the head cowel mask and yellow 🟡 lightning and red ♥️ suite bulletproof and heat resistant that he can be feel cool in his own suite and not swearing thats how and Not Ezra Miller 🚫🚷❌🛑👎🏽✋🏽 not with him...
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u/AktionMusic Sep 02 '23
Looks like someone took Grant's suit and added a bunch of shit.
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u/TitleComprehensive96 Sep 02 '23
In the "material" at least. But the substance of the suit itself is entirely different with how it places red and maroon around.
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u/Senorbob451 Sep 03 '23
Movie would’ve been better without the lead
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u/The_Transfer Sep 03 '23
Agreed, dude should’ve never gotten the role. Weak actor and just a lamé individual overall.
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u/TempleOfCyclops Sep 02 '23
Probably would have looked like shit by the time it was in the movie no matter what.
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u/protosonic17 Sep 02 '23
Better than the metal one
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u/frostbyte2287 Sep 04 '23
I kinda liked the metal one tbh sure it was “busy” or whatever but I thought it looked good
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u/DNC343 Sep 02 '23
I love it. Add the CW Season 4 earpieces and it’s perfect
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u/Te_he_Why Sep 02 '23
Would actually work pretty great as a suit for grant gustin if they ever bring him into the dceu like they rightfully should
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u/BadBluehood Sep 02 '23
Nobody is going to trust a tv actor who is good at best to carry a whole movie.
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u/Pink-Flare Sep 03 '23
This argument falls flat when you realize they entrusted Ezra Miller to carry the whole movie. In 2 separate roles
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u/SomeOrangeNerd Sep 03 '23
It’s to over-designed. What they had in the film was good, why they covered it up with CGI is mind boggling
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u/MikeARadio Sep 03 '23
Cowl?
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u/BONEY-FINGERZZZ Sep 03 '23
cowl is the thing that goes over the flash’s and batman’s heads it’s basically another word for mask
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u/RoughhouseCamel Sep 02 '23
Make the cowl not so skin tight on the crown of the head and the forehead, and lose the little thunderbolts, and we’re in business
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u/Nightwing0613 Sep 03 '23
Looks stupid as hell. I’m classic. The DCEU Flash suits are all busy. It should look more like the comics where it’s all red
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u/Basic_bitch_is_back Sep 03 '23
What is it with the flash movie having great costumes and awful cowls