And as an afterthought, there's a hell of a lot of movie folk that are also gaming folk, and chances are it's a recognizable shape, however subliminally.

I guess that's where the Photoshopping comes in. The studios must do it to see if folk like us pick up on it. If we talk about it enough in great enough detail, their scourers of the internet would head somewhere like here first. They do the same with new games (although they've wised up slightly that your potential triple-A title can't really be a high-end mock-up of what you SAY it'll look like at E3 for instance). If it was in motion as a part of a trailer then it'd be different, but doesn't it look like it's going to be what we want, especially with all the different generations (I reckon) of suit in the background?!

Hey guys, I'm new here, but @ Lawdog I'd say that the mock-ups the houses do don't cost much, they're a clever bunch of buggers and can knock up an idea as quickly as a storyboard artist (sorry any SA's that are on here). Most folk have probably seen the Wolverine workprint, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny with a reasonable amount of definition. The only cost is the re-shoots if it's really crap. Hope that wasn't too much of a rant :)