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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: LMNO on October 12, 2009, 06:55:42 PM

Title: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 12, 2009, 06:55:42 PM
Am I right thinking there was some silver-age superhero whose outfit was basically a suit, a mask, and a fedora?

Because if so, I've found my Halloween costume.  Please to advise if such a character exists.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Requia ☣ on October 12, 2009, 06:59:08 PM
You might be thinking of The Spirit.

(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/01/22/the_spirit_running.jpg)
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 12, 2009, 07:01:19 PM
Ah, perhaps.

There was a crappy movie made recently, wasn't there?
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Requia ☣ on October 12, 2009, 07:04:47 PM
There was yes.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Cain on October 12, 2009, 07:13:13 PM
Wasn't The Question just a coat and a fedora?
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 12, 2009, 07:15:34 PM
He had a no-face mask, I think.  That would be kind of hard to do.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Cain on October 12, 2009, 07:19:08 PM
Meh.  Flesh coloured stocking over the head should do the trick.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Cramulus on October 12, 2009, 07:25:25 PM
(http://www.vegalleries.com/misccels/34tick4.jpg)

(http://www.paloutzian.com/rob/pa310314a.jpg)
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 12, 2009, 07:26:16 PM
Chair-Head?
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Cramulus on October 12, 2009, 07:27:01 PM
CHAIRFACE CHIPPENDALE

(from the Tick)

not what you asked for, but after seeing that costume in the second pic, I couldn't resist posting.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: PopeTom on October 12, 2009, 10:41:42 PM
Dress up at Clark Kent, no one ever goes as Clark they all want to go as Superman.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Suu on October 13, 2009, 12:08:04 AM
You're thinking of Rorschach from Watchmen.

(http://www.evanskey.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/watch-rorschach.jpg)

And I wouldn't do the costume. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too popular this year. Go with Chairface instead.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Kurt Christ on October 13, 2009, 12:26:19 AM
The Green Hornet.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Greenhornet.jpg)
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on October 13, 2009, 02:00:36 AM
DO CHAIRFACE! You will be awesome forever.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 13, 2009, 02:07:35 AM
Actually, I was thinking of Green Hornet. Hmmmm. I gotta find more info.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on October 13, 2009, 02:08:02 AM
No, I'm pretty sure you were thinking of Chairface.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Eater of Clowns on October 13, 2009, 09:02:11 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 12, 2009, 07:01:19 PM
Ah, perhaps.

There was a crappy movie made recently, wasn't there?

There was, Frank Miller adapted it and gave it Sin City visuals.  The Spirit was Will Eisner's take on superheroes, and given he didn't like superheroes he wasn't really a very good one.  He was a detective with a stiff punch.  The comic was fucking incredible.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Triple Zero on October 13, 2009, 10:53:57 PM
I just downloaded the movie, from the reviews I didnt quite understand whether it was considered bad because the characters were two dimensional cardboard cutouts for reasons of being like over the top comic character hyperboles, or whether the movie was just simply bad.

Anyone can tell me whether I should just simply skip watching it, or whether I can get some enjoyment out of it from realizing the characters aren't supposed to have any depth?

(which was the main complaint about the movie, as far as I understand)
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Requia ☣ on October 13, 2009, 11:02:44 PM
I'm pretty sure they aren't supposed to have depth in the movie.

At least, it seems like they actively tried to avoid it.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Eater of Clowns on October 13, 2009, 11:39:38 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on October 13, 2009, 11:02:44 PM
I'm pretty sure they aren't supposed to have depth in the movie.

At least, it seems like they actively tried to avoid it.

Which is funny because The Spirit did comic book depth about 30 years before Watchmen.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Golden Applesauce on October 14, 2009, 12:30:52 AM
I enjoyed the movie just as an utterly absurd spoof of the film noir / vigilante superhero genre; haven't read The Spirit, though.

It's not Batman, if that's what you were wondering.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Faust on October 14, 2009, 12:33:28 AM
I was really bored with the spirit.
I scarlet johanson in a nazi uniform was hot as hell but thats only a small part of the film.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 01:05:27 PM
Well, I'll probably be going with the Green Hornet, anyway.


Although ScarJo in a Nazi uniform has it's appeal.



I
SWASTIKA
SCARLETT JOHANSON
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Jenne on October 14, 2009, 04:21:48 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 01:05:27 PM
Well, I'll probably be going with the Green Hornet, anyway.


Although ScarJo in a Nazi uniform has it's appeal.



I
SWASTIKA
SCARLETT JOHANSON

It's like you'd want to hate-fuck the shit out of her...or something.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Eater of Clowns on October 14, 2009, 08:24:53 PM
Quote from: Jenne on October 14, 2009, 04:21:48 PM
It's like you'd want to hate-fuck the shit out of her...or something.

Shit-fuck the hate out of her?
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: 0 on October 14, 2009, 08:39:25 PM
Even more simple, the shadow!


(http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/01/Shadow_comiccover-thumb-300x420-11939.jpg)
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 08:40:24 PM
Rejected due to the faggy cape/scarf combo, and because a Baldwin was involved in the movie.
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on October 14, 2009, 08:42:02 PM
i second the CHAIRFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: AFK on October 14, 2009, 08:43:21 PM
Yeah, think about it LMNO, you can go door to door and ask people to sit on your face.  It would be like your dream come true, I think. 
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 08:46:03 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 14, 2009, 08:43:21 PM
Yeah, think about it LMNO, you can go door to door and ask people to sit on your face.  It would be like your dream come true, I think. 

Well sure, but what's the chair for?
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: AFK on October 14, 2009, 08:57:13 PM
lumbar support?  Gotta be ergonomically correct these days. 
Title: Re: Hey comic book geeks and/or cosplay freaks...
Post by: 0 on October 14, 2009, 10:21:59 PM
here ya go, this one's perfect!

(http://z.hubpages.com/u/478721_f520.jpg)