History Quotes / MovieSuperheroesWearBlack

->Honestly that's the central genius of [[Creator/KevinFeige Feige]], [...] was simply not being embarrassed by their own material, and not feeling like they had to apologize for it. If you look at a lot of the comic book adaptations that had come before it, there's a lot of either kind of winking at the material that it's based on, or even condescending to it. I very much like the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, but probably the most dated thing about it is that they're all in the black leather ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' gear, and Cyclops is like, "What, you'd rather we have yellow spandex?" But now that we're in 2020, I think audiences are like, [[ShutUpHannibal "Yeah, we would, we would like the yellow spandex."]] One of the things we were proud of in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]'' is we were able to work in something that looked more like the classic uniforms in a way that felt organic rather just kind of silly.

->Honestly that's the central genius of [[Creator/KevinFeige Feige]], [...] was simply not being embarrassed by their own material, and not feeling like they had to apologize for it. If you look at a lot of the comic book adaptations that had come before it, there's a lot of either kind of winking at the material that it's based on, or even condescending to it. I very much like the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, but probably the most dated thing about it is that they're all in the black leather ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' gear, and Cyclops is like, "What, you'd rather we have yellow spandex?" But now that we're in 2020, I think audiences are like, [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder "Yeah, we would, we would like the yellow spandex."]] One of the things we were proud of in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]'' is we were able to work in something that looked more like the classic uniforms in a way that felt organic rather just kind of silly.

->Honestly that's the central genius of [[Creator/KevinFeige Feige]], [...] was simply not being embarrassed by their own material, and not feeling like they had to apologize for it. If you look at a lot of the comic book adaptations that had come before it, there's a lot of either kind of winking at the material that it's based on, or even condescending to it. I very much like the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, but probably the most dated thing about it is that they're all in the black leather ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' gear, and Cyclops is like, "What, you'd rather we have yellow spandex?" But now that we're in 2020, I think audiences are like, [[ShutUpHannibal "Yeah, we would, we would like the yellow spandex."]] One of the things we were proud of in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]'' is we were able to work in something that looked more like the classic uniforms in a way that felt organic rather just kind of silly.

->Honestly that's the central genius of [[Creator/KevinFeige Feige]], [...] was simply not being embarrassed by their own material, and not feeling like they had to apologize for it. If you look at a lot of the comic book adaptations that had come before it, there's a lot of either kind of winking at the material that it's based on, or even condescending to it. I very much like the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, but probably the most dated thing about it is that they're all in the black leather ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' gear, and Cyclops is like, "What, you'd rather we have yellow spandex?" But now that we're in 2020, I think audiences are like, [[ShutUpHannibal "Yeah, we would, we would like the yellow spandex."]] One of the things we were proud of in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]'' is we were able to work in something that looked more like the classic uniforms in a way that felt organic rather just kind of silly.
-->-- '''Zach Stentz''', screenwriter for ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAcugjhO0pw Q&A]]

->''"There’s a difference to creating things on a two-dimensional page and creating them in a three-dimensional, living art form. You have to always be aware of what looks extraordinary and what might just look a bit silly or screwy... I’m slightly disappointed. Although, I’m sure by week two turning up at five A.M. to be slathered in purple paint would’ve become rather harsh.”''
-->-- '''Creator/DavidTennant''' on being [[Series/JessicaJones2015 Purple Man]]

->''"Dressing superheroes like sex toys is the kind of thing we thought we had to do in the early 2000s."''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}'''

->Honestly that's the central genius of [[Creator/KevinFeige Feige]], [...] was simply not being embarrassed by their own material, and not feeling like they had to apologize for it. If you look at a lot of the comic book adaptations that had come before it, there's a lot of either kind of winking at the material that it's based on, or even condescending to it. I very much like the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie, but probably the most dated thing about it is that they're all in the black leather ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' gear, and Cyclops is like, "What, you'd rather we have yellow spandex?" But now that we're in 2020, I think audiences are like, "Yeah, we would, we would like the yellow spandex." One of the things we were proud of in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]'' is we were able to work in something that looked more like the classic uniforms in a way that felt organic rather just kind of silly.
-->-- '''Zach Stentz''', director of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAcugjhO0pw Q&A]]

-->-- '''Zach Stentz''', director of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', [[https://www.youtube.com./watch?v=aAcugjhO0pw Q&A]]

->Honestly that's the central genius of [[Creator/KevinFeige Feige]], [...] was simply not being embarrassed by their own material, and not feeling like they had to apologize for it. If you look at a lot of the comic book adaptations that had come before it, there's a lot of either kind of winking at the material that it's based on, or even condescending to it. I very much like the first ''Film/XMen'' movie, but probably the most dated thing about it is that they're all in the black leather ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' gear, and Cyclops is like, "What, you'd rather we have yellow spandex?" But now that we're in 2020, I think audiences are like, "Yeah, we would, we would like the yellow spandex." One of the things we were proud of in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]'' is we were able to work in something that looked more like the classic uniforms in a way that felt organic rather just kind of silly.

-->--'''Creator/DavidTennant''' on being [[Series/JessicaJones2015 Purple Man]]

-->-'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}'''

-->--'''Creator/DavidTennant''' on being [[Series/JessicaJones Purple Man]]

->''"When you sign on to a superhero movie, you wanna be a ''superhero''. You want spandex - you want that. You WANT that. [[AwesomeDearBoy That is why you sign on to a superhero!]] ...I wanted it to be ''wrong''. [[NarmCharm As cheesy as possible.]]"''

->''"Make him more tactical, make him look, uh... let's go with black."''
-->-- '''Raymond Sellars''', ''Film/RoboCop2014''

->''"When you sign on to a superhero movie, you wanna be a ''superhero''. You want spandex - you want that. You WANT that. That is why you sign on to a superhero! ...I wanted it to be ''wrong''. [[NarmCharm As cheesy as possible.]]"''

->''"When you sign on to a superhero movie, you wanna be a ''superhero''. You want spandex - you want that. You WANT that. That is why you sign on to a superhero! ...I wanted it to be ''wrong''. As cheesy as possible.''

->'''David''': We had to get to it eventually: Right now, in Metropolis, [[MichaelJackson every day is Thriller Night.]]\\
'''Chris''': If this show would’ve opened with Clark wearing that jacket and telling Lois '[[FlyingUnderTheGaydar I’m not like other guys]],' I would declare it the greatest use of television ever...The thing is, at this point? That’s pretty much the ''Smallville'' version of a super-hero costume, isn’t it? I mean, Michael Shanks might wear an actual {{Hawkman}} outfit, but GreenArrow and the [[LegionOfSuperHeroes Legion]] just wear those goofy leather jackets.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-shield-recap-review/?trackback=tsmclip on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Shield")

->'''David''': We had to get to it eventually: Right now, in Metropolis, [[MichaelJackson every day is Thriller Night.]]\\\
'''Chris''': ...The thing is, at this point? That’s pretty much the ''Smallville'' version of a super-hero costume, isn’t it? I mean, Michael Shanks might wear an actual {{Hawkman}} outfit, but GreenArrow and the [[LegionOfSuperHeroes Legion]] just wear those goofy leather jackets.

->''"When you sign on to a superhero movie, you wanna be a ''superhero''. You want spandex - you want that. You WANT that. That is why you sign on to a superhero! [...] I wanted it to be wrong. As cheesy as possible.''
-->-- '''Creator/AnthonyMackie''' [[http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/04/15/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-anthony-mackie-on-falcons-costume?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social on being the Falcon]]

-->-- '''Raymond Sellars''', ''Film/RoboCop2014''

->''"Make him more tactical, make him look, uh... let's go with black."