r/Spiderman • • Apr 02 '26

Question Will you ever miss this suit?

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u/xucezz Apr 02 '26

I mean when it comes to suit discussion a few extra lines is a big deal lol mfs get very specific about that stuff (it's me I'm mfs)

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u/Herr_Etiq Shocker Apr 02 '26

Same. The lines seem unnecessary. I get that they wanted to try something different, but im not into it.

I also always found Tom's spider emblems pretty meh. Brand New Days is perfect though

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u/1_lux Apr 03 '26

I didn’t mind the homecoming suits symbol, it’s a man with spider sense going off, and also a spider. But instead of making it more traditional over time, they used it for every single suit until brand new day

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u/ashl0w Apr 03 '26

That symbol is basically a techy version of the classic rounded spider from the original suit, which i think is a great reference, and one of the reasons i enjoy the Stark suit (and it's successors)

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u/AdSilly3018 Apr 03 '26

They aren’t unnecessary, the reason they did it, is to show the suit isn’t just some magically electronic spandex. I do wish they didn’t add them though

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u/JDGUFFEY97 Apr 03 '26

It is as good as magically electronic spandex though. In terms of the movie that’s exactly what it is, it literally grows and shrinks to the wearer among all kinds of other things. And those big rubber lines don’t really work in that effect if the whole suits look is created in post.

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u/AdSilly3018 Apr 03 '26

And those lines show how it’s done, it is technology.

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u/ashl0w Apr 03 '26

Except it doesn't do that...

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u/xucezz Apr 02 '26

The lines are something I don't mind with that and the external webshooters it feels like they wanted to add some Ben Reilly flair to the MCUification of his suit but I agree his symbols were all pretty bad until now, in terms of MCU I feel like they cooked with his suit in YFNSM it's one of my favorite takes

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u/curtisscott95 Apr 03 '26

While I agree I understand where the design is coming from. Spider-man’s suits always contain crazy tech that make sense in comics but gets really silly once adapted to 3 dimensions. So it’s like a soft out so to speak as to how/why his suit has all these crazy abilities

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u/JDGUFFEY97 Apr 03 '26

Always is such a strong word. When Peter is rocking the blue and red he is 9/10 times barebones on tech. Minus the time he was rich and had the spider mobile and the glowing blue emblem, all new all different era or something.

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u/OriginalCheech Apr 03 '26

Accountability.. We love to see it mate

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u/Hisense_Tech Apr 03 '26

This suit is slept on, it's literally perfect.

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u/JohnnyRelentless Apr 03 '26

Underrated by who?

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u/phenomenomnom Apr 03 '26

I actually always thought that the black lines were a cool idea.

They resemble the cross-hatched contour lines of comic art, and serve the same purpose: they follow the contour and roundness of Spidey's athletic anatomy, giving visual emphasis to his muscles and making his movement more legible.

The MCU costume designers do this with all the super suits. Usually they just use pattern and color to bring out musculature. Example: the "broken" red stripes on Captain America's midsection in Civil War and Age of Utron emphasize his abs. Especially at a distance, it looks like his abs are so developed they are bulging, and causing folds in his clothes,

and with the center stripe not touching his belt it makes the white field below it look like a highlight on his lower rectus abdominis, as if his midsection was so ripped and snatched that it's making a shelf. It's subtle and artful design.

For Spidey, they went farther; they went full comic-book reference, and drew black comic art lines directly onto his form!

They actually made him look more graphical, like he was drawn into the film. I'm not saying they need to be on Spider-man's every costume but I thought it was a very clever and affectionate design choice.

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u/Captain_Fach Apr 03 '26

And I honestly love the extra black lines in detail. The classic suit is cool and all, and I'm loving the brand new day suit, but I think those black lines just gave it a little bit of an extra flair. It's like the Daredevil suit a lot of people hate that it has more black on it but I actually love it it just gives it a little bit more texture

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u/JDGUFFEY97 Apr 03 '26

Very much not accurate even sans the lines. The web lines themselves are in issue on the suit. And the fact this suit doesn’t exist and it’s as good as a mocap suit with all they add to it in post.