One of the greatest boondoggles in superhero film adaptation history had to be the much beleaguered Superman Lives.

With direction by Tim Burton, a script by Kevin Smith, and with then growing megastar Nicholas Cage as Superman, it seemed like it couldn’t miss.  But oh did it ever.

Between blowing hundreds of millions of dollars in pre-production costs, having what sounds like the most surreal script ever (in Smith’s own words), and giving both Burton and Cage “pay or play” deals that allowed them to walk away with millions without even having to film a single frame (and hint, they didn’t), it was an unmitigated distaster.

Now, thanks to Japanese Tim Burton fansite TimBurtonJP, we can see that if it had gone to screen, it would’ve looked as terrible as the script sounded, via the costume test video above.  For more insight for what could’ve been, the below gallery showcases a screencap of the costume (GOOD LORD!), plus some concept art from the project, also courtesy of TimBurtonJP.

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