James Gunn Has a Comic Book Canon Explanation for Why Clark Kent's Glasses Somehow Prevent Him From Being Recognized as Superman

Ever wondered wherefore Clark Kent’s glasses someway forestall him from being recognized arsenic Superman, contempt conscionable being… glasses? It’s a amusive question that often comes up whenever a caller Superman comes around, and this month’s merchandise of the DC Universe kickstarter is nary different. Indeed, authoritative societal media posts for the movie person played connected this idea, with Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane) and Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen) expressing their disorder erstwhile Superman histrion David Corenswet takes his glasses off.

Seriously though, where’d Clark go?

But wherefore precisely bash the glasses enactment successful this Superman movie? DC Universe steward James Gunn told ComicBook that helium has an mentation that is comic publication canon: they’re hypno glasses.

“That’s canon successful the comics,” Gunn said. “It’s benignant of been forgotten but that’s from the comics. I was sitting with Tom King, the comic publication writer, and I was like, ‘You cognize the happening that I conscionable don’t truly cognize however to reconcile successful myself is the glasses due to the fact that the glasses ever bothered maine arsenic a kid.’ They bothered maine due to the fact that I conscionable don’t person that overmuch suspension of disbelief to judge that.”

Gunn went connected to importune that Corenswet did a large occupation making Clark Kent and Superman look similar antithetic people, “even much so” than Christopher Reeve. Reeve’s show arsenic Superman is often praised for the subtle changes helium made to posture and mannerisms arsenic helium shifts from playing the tentative newsman and the world’s astir almighty superhero.

“You know, they’re 2 antithetic radical adjacent though I deliberation retired of each the actors that person played Superman, Corenswet looks the astir antithetic arsenic Clark Kent to Superman, adjacent much truthful than Chris Reeve,” Gunn said. “But helium [King] said, ‘You know, there’s an reply for that successful the comics, it’s canon that they hypnotize people.’”

The somewhat goofy mentation is successful keeping with the code Gunn’s caller Superman is shooting for. Teaser trailers person revealed a fig of amusive one-liners from Superman, arsenic good arsenic the usage of his frost enactment to stroke a canine to safety. And, of course, there’s each sorts of co-op punching shenanigans with Krypto the Superdog.

The inevitable adjacent question is, what does Clark Kent look similar erstwhile he's wearing his hypno glasses? In the aforesaid interview, Gunn said the glasses marque Kent look similar helium has a fuller face: "He looks a small spot blockier successful my caput erstwhile he's got the hypno glasses on."

IGN’s caller feature, How James Gunn's Superman Reinvents the Look and Feel of Kal-El's World, touched connected the plan of Clark Kent’s glasses successful the caller movie.

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