I personally don't like Ultimate Spiderman in general... He's only alright by himself, and since the original's pretty awesome, (not in appearance, just in general) it just makes him look worse by comparison.
In terms of looks, many characters have both good and bad costumes. I disagree with Namor looking good in reality... The speedo won't hold up well in reality, and the fake wings on the black costume wouldn't translate well at all.
For GL's, it depends on the costume. Hal would look bad, where Guy's would be acceptable, at the very least. The collar is sexy.
Any robotic characters would be good. Any very demonic characters would be cool.
It's my firm opinion that any superhero costume can be tweaked enough to make it look good in reality, but still be very recognizable. (I'd point to Batman Begins as a pretty good example) Aquaman's one exception. The color scheme pretty much bones him.
Batman would definetly look like a total clown. U\It would be liek dude whats with the points at the top of your head, you skyscraper man?
No I'm batman
Well it sure looks like an impression of the sears tower
No I'm the goddamn batman
whatever loser
Also half the xmen would look like s&m fetishists with their costumes.
The falcon I have one word " BiiirrrrrdMannnnnn!
The Hulk its liek dude that ripped jeans look is like a decade ago
Then well we would all be crackin on the underwear on the outside thing yea thats what would be clowned on a lot for real for real.
Originally posted by Dynamic One
Batman would definetly look like a total clown. U\It would be liek dude whats with the points at the top of your head, you skyscraper man?No I'm batman
Well it sure looks like an impression of the sears tower
No I'm the goddamn batman
whatever loser
Also half the xmen would look like s&m fetishists with their costumes.
The falcon I have one word " BiiirrrrrdMannnnnn!
The Hulk its liek dude that ripped jeans look is like a decade ago
Then well we would all be crackin on the underwear on the outside thing yea thats what would be clowned on a lot for real for real.
Batman's suit taken directly would be ridiculous, but the one in Batman Begins looked pretty good. They actually gave each piece of it a real purpose, so it basically looked like black body armor, a cape, and a mask. Not normal street clothes, but for a night spectre that scares the crap out of drug dealers? Perfectly acceptable. Guys like Aquaman would take a lot more work, but I can't really think of anyone who has such an outrageous outfit that it simply couldn't be adapted to look pretty decent in real life.
i was thinking about this the other day when i saw people arguing about supermans costume in the new movie. apart from redesigning it there isnt really anything they can do. hes a guy in spandex, with big red boots, and underpants outside his spandex body suit, and a bit red cape. he looks awesome in comics and stuff becuase hes an icon, but if you looked at him as a guy in tights with his underpants showing he doesnt look that great.
the ultimate series really addresses and fixes up this issue, with all the costumes really looking cool, and being something translatable to reality.
only a handful of guys would look really cool if they were put into reality, one of which is the surfer. i think apocalypse could look cool, if they tweaked him a bit. and a few others, but in general they wouldnt transfer to real life very well.