That looks more like an Alex Ross-like comic/painting than a still from the cheap ass CW lighting of Smallville.

CRAP IN A HAT! =O

Mr. Bricken how dare you take Prince Vultan's name in vain. Granted the Hawkmen looked ridiculous in the 1980 (not 70s!) classic Flash Gordon, but this is insane. Over its run I've watched maybe 7-9 episodes, among them the "Justice League" ones ... and I can't wrap my head around this one.

Just want to go on record as saying Flash Gordon is in my top 3 movies ever. And Hawkman in DC is super lame.

Oh no! I now fear for Dr Fate.

"Flash - a-ah - he's a miracle"

mabey they have done the classic costuems to show how modern the new costumes are.

Maybe he's supposed to be ridiculous? Like he's going to be laughed out of the league?

I hate Michael Shanks with all of my heart just had to get that out there. Hmm this is I can't even describe it. I mean it's nice to see a comic book character look like a comic book character on Smallville but they can't at least CG some wings for him?

So... let's see if I've got this straight.

Crap like Dragonball Evolution takes the classic manga and turns it into some pathetically bad, and obnoxious CW Teen drama, and it utterly fails miserably. And everyone condemns it.

But then something that is the exact same order of likewise styled crap as Smallville finally does the first decent thing since the show started and actually made something look and feel how it was suppose to. And people like you belittle it.

You know... either people like you are going to have to get your priorities straight, or establish some coherent rules for what is stupid "because they changed it" or stupid "because they didn't change it." so that you don't end up sounding like an ignorant hypocrite when you comment on these things, half the time.

This is precisely why every fanboy argument in the history of ever, is always doomed to fail from non-existent logic: You're never happy and you never will be.

It always amazes me to see people throwing themselves 100% into either foolish extreme of these arguments and actually trying to act like they have a good point.

"They changed it from the original. it sucks." or "They kept it like the original. it sucks."

Is there any room for intelligent constructivity in between these two fanboy gut reactions to everything?

Most times, no. And certainly none to be found here.

You know... if these two silly extremes really are everyone's quick answer for why "everything else based on the original is stupid", then I think that everyone should probably start shutting the fuck up unless they have a valid criticism to make, from now on.

Or at least set down some rules beforehand so that every gut reaction doesn't end up looking as hypocritical as this one.

Alright so if they're throwing whatever respect they have left for the show out the window. How about some poor b actresses in Power Girl and Starfire costumes?

SATISFY MY POTENTIAL BONER DC

Well, this is just... gorram. I can't even describe how... chickenpicking son of an ass.

For once, I'm not complaining about some costume designed for a superhero in a TV or movie spot.

I love this. It looks just like Hawkman and I dont think it looks lame at all.

Funny thing with nerds, when you don't get things they way they were always meant to be, you bitch. When you finally get something that closely resembles what they are supposed to be, you bitch.

You fuckers need to just stay in caves and play with fire.

Looks more like a still from the DCU Multiplayer game to me.

If more movies had soundtracks written by Queen we would be halfway to a better society

Dirty Diego is right! (How awesome is that phrase, first of all?!)

I agree that everyone bitches too much about straying from cannon--especially when it comes to aesthetics. Look at all the fanboy cry babies that whined when Optimus Prime showed up in Bayformers with lips.

This Hawkman looks great. And I wouldn't have cared if they made him less "wingy" either. It looks more normal than Namor will look when/if he eventually hits the big screen. At least the wings are in the right place.

I think it only looks lame because the actor looks too skinny for the role. He basically looks like a cosplayer.

I always thought Hawkman is more like Conan with wings

...unless the origin is about how a nerdy comic guy develops wings from nth metal which he stole from some random Luthor Lab in Smallville. See? Writing for Smallville is easy.

Don't see that much wrong with it. It will look way better on screen then a BTS picture.

I think this is fine, as I usually do with Smallville stuff. They went with comic accurate costumes this time, and I dont have a problem.

Smallville hasn't been about taking 'the less comic book-y elements out of the superman story'. Maybe in the first 4 seasons, I'll give you that. But it's been all over the place for a while now. Did you see the Doomsday stuff last season? Aside from 'living' in a human vessel, the actually Doomsday monster looked pretty much exactly like the comic version.

And Clark isn't out of his costume either. He just hasn't put it on yet. The Matrix-y black outfit is a temporary thing, as he gets used to the idea of a costumed hero. He's GOING to get to the red and blue eventually. Maybe not on the show for us to see, but it's in the character's future.

This isn't the Superman story we're all familiar with. But that doesn't mean it's a completely separate story just using the names we already know. It's a mix of both. A retelling of the Superman story. A 'what if' story maybe.

Funny thing is, this is not the first time a character from the comics has appeared on Smallville with his costume intact. Apparently, though, no one seems to remember the first time, maybe because it was a gag, and rather subtly (for this goddamn show, anyway) handled: in one episode, a season or two ago, Oliver Queen takes Lois Lane to some kind of costume party. Ollie's "Robin Hood" costume is, however, a PERFECTLY reproduced version of the classic, Neal Adams-designed Green Arrow uni. It looked FANTASTIC! Which actually makes the whole scene a ginormous third-degree burn. This all takes place sometime after Ollie has adopted his alter-ego. When we first see him at the party, the camera lingers lovingly over this costume, which (except for the mask, which was horribly dorky) looks light-years better than the one he normall ywears on the show. It's almost as if the producers were saying "See, fanboys? It's not that we CAN'T do this right---we just don't WANT to!" Which, if one has ever actually WATCHED Smallville, is entirely the point...

this proves that some dc characters really can not translate well to live action for that hawk man suit looks like the guy is a baseball mascot on acid. hope doctor fate does not look as bad and hate to think if they ever get the okay for bat man and wonder woman finaly they could look like that or worse hawk woman winding up like that also in the future

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Smallville is still on?

Actually, I think Vultan's wings were a bit bigger. So they'd actually be a bit closer to how big you'd need to lug a human body into the air under power.

So, in that way, 1980's [i]Flash Gordon[/i] is more scientifically accurate than [i]Smallville[/i].

This is more disappointing than when they told me I have cancer. I have no reason for chemo now.

Apparently, no Nth Metal Bowflexes. It's called pilates and Hawkman should try.

It's Hawkman. Hawkman has wings. Hence, the name Hawkman. How else is he supposed to look?

And, as it's been stated, Hawkman is Conan with wings. Which is FUCKING AWESOME!

You masterbate over a monkey in a suit, but find Hawkman lame? WTF!

I'm beyond caring. Smallville has gone completely insane, but that's nothing new. I'm fine with scrapping the bad ideas and bringing in good, new ones, but Smallville is doing the opposite, apparently. And who the hell does the CW think they're appealing to? Fanboys don't want an hour of 30-year old white people staring dramatically at each other.

That's fucking awesome. Sure, he should be buffer, but at least he looks like the Goddamn Hawkman! They didn't need to make him blend in with the rest of the characters on the show because a) people dress differently from each other in real life, b) Hawkman dresses differently from other superheroes, and c) everybody in Smallville dresses horribly bland. We should all give thanks to Horus that they didn't just put in a hoodie and call it a day.

I seriously laughed out loud for 5 minutes straight after looking at that picture.

why is this funny? i think it looks good and this is only a BTS picture and not the final product of what it will look like... and who says "bwahahah"??

Brian Blessed should be Volstagg if they won't make him Odin in the Thor movie. How about Cary Elwes as Fandrall and Bruce Campbell as Hogun (sans mustache) as the Warriors Three?

That Hawkman would look better if he didn't have all that crap on his belt, which makes his midsection too big. Throw some shoulderpads to cover up the skinny arms. The mace looks like a stick with a balloon on the end, but I guess that's all he can lift.

Why does everyone think that's a picture of Shanks? It's clearly a drawing of Hawkman, not a picture.

Okay, this makes it even more hilarious. In TVGuide's interview with Michael Shanks, he says, and I quote:

"I need to ace this so I don’t make Hawkman look like a goofball."

Really? Really?!

I have a love/hate relationship with Smallville; I mock it and belittle it and yet I record it every Friday. But as for this, I think it looks very cool. And makes me a little more excited for the episodes. The fact that these episodes are penned by Geoff Johns is another reason I am excited. Now, I don't like everything he writes, but I did think the Legion of Superheroes episode he wrote last season was pretty fun, and pretty comic-faithful. So, I look forward to what he has in store.

I am curious to see what ideas Johns has come up with to incorporate the JSA into the Smallville world. They are the elder statesmen of super-heroics in the comics, but I'm not sure how they will fill that role in Smallville, since there has never been mention of any prior superheroes. But we'll see. But maybe they will be playing these older heroes up to be more like your average comic book hero, and that could be the reason for the more faithful look? (though the full chest armor is a little different) But now I can't wait to see Stargirl in costume.

You say "with a soundtrack by Queen" like that's a bad thing. Though I may never get that damned "Flash" song out of my head!!! Ever!!
Oh yeah, and that Hawkman is quite laughable. Looks almost like he's made of plastic.

My only complaint is that Shanks isn't buff enough for the role. He should have done the "Taylor Lautner needs to gain 30 pounds of muscle for New Moon" routine and hit the weights right after he was cast. Since Hawkman's costume is 98% exposed chest, Shanks can't pull a "Michael Douglas in Batman" and cheat by using padding.

I gotta say I think it's awesome. Sadly the rest of the show is what sucks. Okay, the wings look a bit hokey, but for a TV budget that's pretty damn good. Better than putting him in a hoodie or something from an Ambercrombie catalog like they've been doing from day one.

I'm guessing that maybe the costume is supposed to be retro and kids like Clark are beyond that. Kinda like how the creators think kids are beyond using the original costumes so they tossed them out the window for this show.

Also, I just realized now that Smallville is going to make Superman only a bit older than Stargirl.

" Hey, Hawkman, what was your favourite twist in The Dark Knight movie ?"

" Gordon's....AAALLLLIIIIIVVVVEEEEEE ?????"

WAIT, so people actually like the not-costumes of Smallville?

So that when Hawkman shows up in a costume like he has in the comics, it's a bad thing?

What is this, BizarroWorld?

Wait, aren't all of the JSA members from this episode supposed to be time traveling to the present from the past? From a time period when their costumes are supposed to look old and cheesy?

So basically the Hawkman costume looks old and cheesy on fucking purpose and people are bitching because they don't have him bopping around Metropolis looking like he shops exclusively at Hot Topicslike most of Smallville's heroes or villains?!? Jesus, do you want a guy from the 1940's wearing pleather pants, a strap jacket, and a pair of those God-awful black emo angel wings?

Jesus...

So am I the only person who remembers the *last* live-action Hawkman, from this Baby Ruth commercial?

so, you're complaining that your pwecious comics haven't been changed after years of complaining when your pwecious comics are changed?
you're morons.

So let me get this straight.. Smallville, a show all about who Clark, Chloe, Lana, Lois, and Lex are dating THIS WEEK is a modern, sleek interpretation of Superman for the modern viewer? SERIOUSLY? It's freaking Dawson's Creek with Superman as Dawson. There is very little that is Superman about this show. Half the freaking WORLD has figured out Clark has powers b/c he has absolutely NO DISGUISE. At least Superman had the whole glassses/personality change.. This is modern? In today's world, we are to believe that nobody can guess that Clark Kent has super powers when he openly and unabashedly uses them right in front of everyone EVERY DAY. It's baffling how this is "modern". I also love how it's so "modern" to basically have the characters sit around and talk about the who is dating whom every other episode as they flip flop, break up, make up, and then hate each other for no real reason. This is MODERN? Sounds like drivel to me.. and people gobble it up.

As for Hawkman, it's actually decent. Too bad it's being wasted on this horrible show and he'll probably be casted as some teenie bopper idiot.