The big question now is whether or not there’s an in-story reason for the change in look.
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The first suit was full of little touches and symbolic callbacks to the ancient source of Shazam’s powers, as well as the comics. There’s probably lots of small details that we won’t be able to see until official hi-res photos are released. Overall, this looks like a really powerful look for the suit. While all big screen superheroes have enhanced musculature these days, the padding in the previous suit was downright disproportionate in places, and that seems to have been fixed here. What’s really refreshing is that they seem to have cut down the overall muscle padding, particularly in the shoulders. The boots don’t look like a drastic departure from the earlier version in terms of size and shape, but they have definitely tightened up that “sandals” look they had before into something a little more traditionally “boot-like.” While I always appreciated the “gladiator” look they were going for with that before, it was never really one of my favorite features of the costume and it always felt a little awkward. Similarly, the belt is a little more substantial, and the fact that it’s less angular keeps the torso from feeling too “long.” There’s so much red in the suit, and it sometimes felt like it flattened out Levi’s form in the first film. The red of the costume seems to be the same shade as the previous one, too, but the addition of the darker crimson along the sides makes the look more dynamic. Frank’s work has been a major influence on the big screen Shazam anyway, but this feels like a really obvious nod to that. While all modern superhero suits are textured, that pattern we see spreading outward from the lightning bolt along the chest and shoulders feels lifted directly from Gary Frank’s Shazam comics design. It seems like it still contains the practical “light up” element of the earlier suit, but it’s less obvious when not in use. Slightly smaller than the previous costume, and slightly more angular, it feels more dynamic and, well, lightning-like.
The lightning bolt logo is the first thing I’ll call a genuine upgrade. Tawny, an anthropomorphic talking tiger who used to hang out with Billy and everyone like this was just a normal thing. Tigers are important to Shazam mythology because of Mr. You can still see see the cape fasteners at his collar, and while it’s hard to tell from here, they seem to still have the symbolic “tiger” design from the first film. Those grey and silver highlights might be placeholders for CGI lightning that will course through the costume, too. OK, so…this isn’t a drastic departure from the first film’s Shazam costume, but there are still plenty of notable differences, and overall I’d say it’s an improvement.įirst up, don’t panic about the lack of a cape in these pics, this is probably from filming an action sequence that will require a CGI cape added in post-production, and there’s a physical cape clearly visible in Sandberg’s video. #Shazam #Shazam2 #ShazamFuryOfTheGods #ZacharyLevi /7Fmt8szvua- Dani 🤠 June 3, 2021
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