EDITORIAL: Size Matters

I agree with this article, he doesn't need to be gargantuan, or some hulking character, just in peak shape. Maybe a bit bigger than Routh, but not much. Also, the costume design is an important factor in this; Routh's costume looks like it's made of pretty thick material to me, which means muscle definition wouldnt show through properly. The next costume needs to use a material that enhances muscle definition, through form fitting material, to muscle shading (ala Sam Raimi Spider-Man costume) and even tone (if it's a darker blue it would enhance his physique, if it's lighter, he'd just look bulkier, and not in a good way)

If Cavill is any less impossing than Hemsworth's Thor, then he isn't Superman big. Imagine if Power Girl were an A cup or just a B cup. I know I'd be disappointed! The actors need to reasonably resemble how they are drawn (period).

i agree with what you said ....Routh had it down and had he been Supes again and sized up just a little more then it would have been pitch perfect.

Cavill will probably be the most toned actor to play Superman. I'm not saying that he needs to look like some constipated tank, but at least look cut enough to take on the world. We need a Superman that looks like a "SUPER" man.

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Why do you want Batman to be more built than Superman? The way Cavil is built now is literally perfect.

Routh's size was fine. Putting him in the 'evil Superman 3' costume made him look less defined.

I think Supes should be big. He doesn't need to be huge, but he should stand above most of the human supporting cast. It's what makes Doomsday scary in that he's so much bigger than Supes who's already sizeable. It makes sense it would take his all to defeat the ultimate destroyer.

6'3" or more is a good size without being unseemly as Clark Kent.

Superman has beyond super human strength and should be extremely physically imposing, if superman was drawn the way he looks in the live action movies no one would have ever bought his comics, he needs to look very tough to be able to not look totally lame wearing red underwear above skin tight blue clothing.

I agree with Knight. Dean Cain probably had the best build to play superman out of everyone so far. I think Cavill will get to a level that will look great in the suit

As you can all see- Reeve was very tall and very broad-shouldered which can give off the illusion he was buff, plus his suit was tight enough to at least make him appear more sleek. But all in all he wasn't at Cavill's level of muscle tone as you can see below...







Now look at Henry. Maybe he is at the right muscle for Superman at this point, now all he needs is the right suit to properly reflect that newly formed muscle-tone.

I do understand what some people are saying- he can't be too big otherwise he will look funny as clark kent. Look people this is a comicbook movie. It's not supposed to always make sense. Snyder said he is going real-world with Superman. In a real-world sense, Superman should be big, i mean- he grew up as a farmboy bailing hay. I would think all those years of doing that would give him some extra muscle. Plus he is promised to be very physical in this new film. It would make more sense and would look cooler if a 'physical' Superman was also very 'super-buff' it goes in line with everything Snyder has said- physical and manly- those were the words Snyder used to describe the Superman in his film. So being thin wouldn't make any sense or lacking ANY muscle wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for this new Superman. They are going the RIGHT direction here with Superman. He needs to be physically imposing just like in the comicbooks.

One thing about the Reeve version of Superman i read is the fact that they were trying to focus more on the 'romantic' aspect of Superman in those films. Which is probably why they didn't have much action nor epic villains from his rogues gallery and probably also the reason why Reeve wasn't all that buff. But Snyder has promised this new film is different. This new Superman is different. This whole world of Superman will be flipped on its side and completely changed. So instead of being a "romantic superman" what we'll mostly get in this film is a "fighting superman" so the buff body just makes more sense.

@metropolisman- THANK YOU for furthering my point that reeve and routh were both small.

We need a PHYSICALLY IMPOSING SUPERMAN. None of them were that.

Cavill needs to either be as big as he is in these pics or possibly- BIGGER. But i am fu*king FED UP with shrimps playing Superman. This is SuperMAN. So in response to the overall article- SIZE DOES MATTER. No more reeve/routh wimpyman. Cavill will be a BADASS SuperMAN.