• oh come on, if it wasn't supposed to be a superman suit, but for some other (in that case random or newly introduced) super hero, you would've been all like "ah this looks so awesome with all that lights and glowing stuff and shit" about it when it would have been released. but here comes around tim burton, wants to pick nic cage as superman and introduces his glowy-ohshitiswallowedsomefireflies-suit. of course, that would've sucked. of course, this suit could in no way be related to how superman looks "normally", but don't blame the suit for that. in fact, i'd like to wear that thing to university or work... that'd be neat, as it is - first a fine piece of effects work - and second would look really awesome in action. i mean, the whole tron legacy movie looks like this, not regarding that it is cgi.

• This is the outfit he would have worn when he fought the GIANT SPIDER.

• I gotta admit that looks pretty cool. Is it superman? Fuck no, but for some kind of weird, low budget Roger Corman sci-fi flick from the late eighties, it would be a pretty awesome bad guy Darth Vader-ish rip-off.

• you know what, Lose the S on the chest and give him an Electro mask and I'm Fine with it...

• Superman with long hair and a disco suit, smoking cigarettes. wow. just. wow. Thank god this did not get made.

• I was a fly on the wall for this potential film in Nick's camp. I was working on Snake Eyes with him at the time. Warner Bros. had bought him an 18 wheeler full of workout equipment. He was in there all the time trying to buff up. I was in LA when he got the call that the deal was off, he drove over to the WB's chief's house and threw a huge fit. He had just spent the last 18 months trying to buff up for the role. He still got paid- 20 million actually, it was a pay or play deal, but he was still mad about having to work out so much. I can tell you this interesting tidbit. Nick was trying to get Tim to let Superman be a cigarette smoker. He thought it would make him cooler. As you can see, the Gods were in our favor when this deal crashed and burned. I thank the ghost of Fatty Arbuckle for watching over Hollywood.

• That's the best Dynamo suit for a Running Man remake i've seen.

• And my... whatever the hell it is I'm bringing... (amazing established female fanbase? Treachery? Yes... let's go with at least one of those...)

• I do not like superman (except red sun) but even he does not deserve this.

• I wish this was made so i could see it in the 'it got finished and shelved and then leaked to bootleg 15 years later ala the Fantastic Four movie' kind of way, but not actually in theaters and with advertising.

• Superman would be king of the roller rink in that suit.

• and Helena Bonehead Carter as Lois

• Yikes. That is even more terrifying than Ryan Reynolds in the horrible fake-looking Green Lantern outfit. I had to give up after 37 seconds. It was too much douchebaggery for one mere mortal to withstand. It's telling that I just got back from a showing of the movie "Black Swan", and this is still, by far, the most disturbing thing I've seen today. So, yeah.

• Superman: Turn Off the Dark?

• You do realize the movie WASN'T made, right? Even HE thought the better of it.

• I think it looks pretty cool if it was anything other than SUPERMAN.

• I always assumed his perfect physique was because his metabolism would probably be just as augmented as his strength, speed and senses.

• The sad story is that Tim Burton is alive

• http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1929453

• It's actually not that bad. I mean as a superman costume it's horrific (though I could see it as a Spacesuit kinda), but for someone else it's alright. Although they could probably do with 'sculpting' the fibre optics into a more 'superhero' (i.e. abs, bulging biceps etc.) shape. I'm worried Rob will ban me if I say how much it looks like Tron. But, then again, no soul and mind-destroying FFF if I do... IT REMINDS ME OF TRON.

• He does a great creepy guy. If Bizarro Superman ever receives cinematic treatment, I'd have no problem with Nicolas Cage (especially because of what almost was wrought upon mankind).

• I dont get it lol

• And my axe!

• i think the same thing almost every time i see nick cage in almost any role. he has all of the personality and acting skills of a wet paperbag.

• Totally agree Apart from Sweeney Todd everything he's donefor the last 15 years or so has been shit When was Sleepy Hollow? That was pretty good Worse still is what he's done to Johnny Depp. There was a period (about a decade ago) when I'd consider Depp my favourite actor but now despite his still-present talent he's become an embarrassment and I blame Burton Depp is clearly an actor who, left to his own devices , disappears up his own butt and needs to be properly controlled. Burton lets him do whatever nonsensical shit comes into his pretty head, what a fucking waste of a great actor

• I wish I could skin Tim Burton alive, ram a bunch of fiber optics in his hide, and light that fucker up so that it reads "Tim Burton is Super Douche."

• I can perfectly imagine Nic Cage in that suit. THE BEAMS! NOT THE BEEEAAAMS!

• why does the suit have glowing green boobs???

• Agreed - Steve Johnson is totally awesome and has been sharing some really great effects work (behind the scenes clips, art and photos) on his Facebook page. Personally, I love the work his studio did for Superman Lives. Of course, I'm also a little weird.

• Wasn't there supposed to be like a "Kryptonian Healing Suit" they'd jam the dead/half-dead Superman in, in that script? Maybe that's the suit--it'd make more (stylistically, artistically, practically, etc) sense than being an everyday outfit, and still gets that extra outfit in to sell action figures of. Which means that there was basically going to be a "unmoving, lifeless Superman in a glowing spandex Iron Lung" figure. Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

• Eh. It looks kinda cheap, but it's not that awful. If it was just a regeneration suit for a few scenes, I could see it working. Certainly no worse than the black suit from the comics. Of course this would likely be the suit for most of the film. And Nic Cage would be Superman. And Burton directing. And then there's the million dumb ideas of Jon Peters shoved into this. So, in context, the suit actually does suck.

• You have my bow!

• it wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt superman. like if burton had did what Sam Raimi did in Darkman and just made his own superhero and then introduced the crazy light suit, then it could possibly have looked really cool, but not when applied to superman...thats was just a dumb idea

• I'm probably one of the only people who thought that was really cool. It's probably because I don't follow Superman and can't say that I am a Superman fan in the least.

• Out of curiosity, was this movie going to be in production around the same time Superman had that crappy blue-&-white "extreme" costume & powers change that him "energy-based" or something (around '97 - '98)? Because that would actually explain a lot. Suit is still shit, though.

• BLEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUURRRRRRRRGH!

• un tss un tss un tss un tss un tss un tss un tss

• "That's the kind of light we're talking about!" "All right, if that color works..." "Well, wait a second..." "That's the only color it comes in." What color? WHY, KRYPTONITE GREEN, OF COURSE! Talk about epic fail. This reminds me of the mockumentary AND GOD SPOKE. In the Garden of Eden scene, the actress hired to play the part of Eve has a head-to-heel snake tattoo, and the director sees no problem with it.

• After all those pics I was dying to see this thing in motion. and ya know what...I like it. I have a feeling all those exposed cables would be hidden under something so you dont see the actual cables but some sort of "pulse". Who knows what else they were gonna do. Maybe slow them down so I looks like its breathing? If this is based on the kevin smith script its gotta be the eradicator suit supes wears when he has no powers. If you take it into consideration it would have been really different at least.

• That suit looks a bit dusty... BLAM!

• Wait...wasn't Superman supposed to be taken over by Brainiac or something? Maybe....maybe this is like gay disco cyborg Brainiac version of the Superman costume! And while that is still a terrible fucking idea at least it's better than imagining this.....THING as his actual costume..... ....Right?

• I so wish this had been made. Almost everything Tim Burton has made since this was in development sucks ass. If this had been made, there's the very slight chance it would have fucked up his career and he would be no where near as popular as he is today.

• I'm no Superman expert, so correct me if I'm wrong, but he doesn't get his strength from being muscley, right? Isn't he just naturally super strong from the earth's yellow sun? Sure he's a fit, solid looking guy, but are those mega-defined abs really necessary? Already being strong enough to do pretty much any physical act he wants, is doing bowflex really going to add anything? Do you really think he would bother to work on his six pack?

• Of course it's "Fabulous" after all...

• ?

• Let me guess you're gay, right?

• On a better note, this suit must have been put to good use at Rave parties for many years to come...

• No, I liked it too on its own merits. I'd utterly hate it if were really associated with Superman in any way, but on its own it looks kinda interesting. If we didn't know it was Burtonman, it'd be a testament to clever construction, and we'd see imitators at Cons in no time. Though I can't for the life of me see why it was shooting Kryponite Death Beams.

• Ya know what, I'm with you on that. This would have been an insane train wreck of unimaginable proportions but it would not have been boring, unlike Supes Returns which was so boring I keep forgetting I've actually seen it.

• ....I want this suit... I actually think it's awesome; which will probably make everyone else bombard me with rotten fruit....

• I imagine if it had been made that if it had been made that it would not have been worse than that fantasy/comic battle about a famous Spartan battle.

• I worked in early with Something very similar to normal Superman, but I needed something that looked good around twisty trees and then I realized how about some DANNY ELFMAN MUSIC HOW DO I WORK IN AN INTRO WITH SNOW, IS JOHNNY DEPP AVAILABLE NO TOO BAD THEN NICHOLAS CAGE AND HOW PALE IS SUPERMAN MUCH? Then they cancelled it after 1 year.

• a superman money shot so awesome his tights started to flash fancy colors. Batman gave his own 'standing ovation'. plus score by Danny Elfman.

• That's Steve Johnson, one of the best effects men of the last 25 or so years. Amongst me fav Johnson effects were the giant chest of souls from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 : The Dream Master, the goofy fur suits and wacky wolf effects for Howling II : Your Sister is a Werewolf, The amazing suit and animatronic work in Big Trouble in Little China, Angela's Demon make-up from Night of the Demons, Being a part of one of the greatest assemblies of major effects houses for Return of the Living Dead III, and building Doc Ock's practical arms for Spider-man 2. The guy also married Linnea Quigley (back when that meant something...) so that counts for bonus points.

• TR showed us that they don't need the costumes to be in the movies to make multiple horrible toys!

• I've been told I just recovered from a seizure I had after clicking this video. What the fuck did I miss?

• Whose respon... *sigh* It's not even worth a WRT.

• Also, that green one might be Braniac's outfit.

• The sad story is that Tim Burton is just a fudging Yes-man. He just did what the producer John Peters wanted (not seeing the sup' costume : "looks faggy in it, don't wanna see it" said Peters) Burton was just rolling with the paycheck... traitor

• That suit is supposed to be the Eradicator suit - not Superman's traditional get up. Superman was supposed to go through multiple costume changes because Jon Peters wanted to sell as many toys of Superman as possible. This is also why the movie eventually died, too many cooks and nobody knew what the hell they were doing. This approach can also be seen Schumacher's flicks, hence the multiple outfits and vehicles in those.

• Did I hear correctly? "He's Tron" "Dammit, I'm not Tron."

• I think you meant the First Tron

• Seeing this reminds me of the "evening with Kevin smith" DVD. Where Kevin smith quoted Timmy Burton as saying "anyone who knows me knows I would never read a comic book." No Shit. After seeing this there is no doubt of that. No just imagine the super man theme done by Danny Elfman... I might have just thrown up a little. After seeing Alice in "Underland" I'm taking donations for a hit on Timmy B. Any contributors?

• The sad thing is that this was probably better than the Abrams draft. All-Star Superman had an eight-word origin for Superman. The Abrams draft SCREWED UP THE FIRST TWO WORDS!!!

• damn - I can't possibly say anything more soul-scarring that what Burton already created. maybe somebody can photoshop Cage's head on the body - although, that might make it cool if the right Cage head were used.

• I second the Automan comment....this could work in a Japanese movie version where Superman has a giant robot sidekick, but not here.

• That was the best trailer for the new Tron movie I've seen yet.

• No, this is much worse than Superman Returns. The story might have been crap but at least Superman looked like Superman. I would like to know who the hell picked Nick Cage to be Superman??? Are they blind? Did they owe him a favor? Owe him money? I just don't get it at all. Maybe it wasn't really Superman and was a movie version of Automan instead?

• Burton's vision of things is not always good. Imagine if he did it now, we'd have Depp in the suit.

• Isn't it amazing that Superman Returns was the better idea?

• That suit needs christmas music by TransSiberian Orchestra.

• Uhhh.... K?

• The suit is definitely strange looking. It might have worked for an 80's non-Superman movie, but definitely should never have seen the light of day with the name Superman attached to it.

• A beer to the exec who killed this project and a punch in the junk for Burton and Bird hair...

• I have no words...

• Hey, it beats Superman Returns. *ba-dump-dump*

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