To critique fashion
May. 24th, 2011 09:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seriousficTo summarize a problem in costuming, accurate to the source material as it may be, a simple test: Two pictures behind the cut. One of them is of a porn star who will be having sex on camera. The other is the heroine of a family-friendly superhero show on a primetime television network. Try to guess which is which.
(I actually think Black Cat's cleavage is cut a bit higher than in the comics.)
I've heard some comments on Palicki's costume looking cheap, but being realistic, I'm aware that there are limitations to a TV budget. Dean Cain didn't have a nice super-suit either. It's more that they're not understanding the reasons that character was dressed the way she was back in 1943, and then updating that. I know you can go too far in the realism direction and get boring black leather, but overall, you want your hero to look like this and not like this.
(I actually think Black Cat's cleavage is cut a bit higher than in the comics.)
I've heard some comments on Palicki's costume looking cheap, but being realistic, I'm aware that there are limitations to a TV budget. Dean Cain didn't have a nice super-suit either. It's more that they're not understanding the reasons that character was dressed the way she was back in 1943, and then updating that. I know you can go too far in the realism direction and get boring black leather, but overall, you want your hero to look like this and not like this.
