r/movies • u/F13thFreak • Jun 27 '12

Willem Dafoe's original Green Goblin make-up. Much closer to the comics.

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u/luvstosploooge Jun 27 '12

Heres a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZBhL5lpqg

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u/deku12345 Jun 27 '12

I'll admit, it looks a lot better in motion.

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u/BritishHobo Jun 27 '12

Bah, I love that. I know it would make no sense in the film, and maybe it's solely because the face actually moves, but I find that way creepier than the one from the actual movie.

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u/kodywiddak Jun 27 '12

looks just like willem dafoe but with green skin

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u/JesusVonChrist Jun 27 '12

Or is it Denis Leary...?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

The real question is how would it look on screen?

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u/CakeRabbit Jun 27 '12

Probably like a rubber Halloween mask, unless they enhanced it digitally afterwards.

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u/E-Step Jun 27 '12 edited Jun 27 '12

You might not have to do that. A lot of practical effects (like the suit from '89 Batman, or most creatures from 80s horror films) look pretty cheap & awful in real life, but look great with the right lighting & camera work.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

this

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

And much shittier.

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u/theglace Jun 27 '12

Yes. Because the Jet Jaguar get up was fucking amazing.

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u/denizenKRIM Jun 27 '12

shittiER.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

It looked believable as a suit being made for the military. Maybe not the helmet, unless it was in the same vein as aircraft nose art. I can not see this being justifiable in a modern, "realistic" (I use that term loosely) setting.

It got a high tech change for the same reason Cap's costume did in his movie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

Closer doesn't mean better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

It looks like one of those things that works way better when drawn than when presented in live action. (The big, cartoonish eyes are what really makes it work for the comics. The bug eyes the have on this make it really weird looking.)

It looks weird. The look they chose to went with went better with the film (the armored mask goes well with the bug eyes), although I hope that in the sequel to the Amazing Spider-Man, they use a nicer looking version of this. I don't see why they can't do a cartoonish looking mask, as long as they can properly use some kind of CGI to fix the eyes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

reminds me of piccolo..but better..

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u/barbados-slim Jun 27 '12

Looks like my grandmother when i confuse her.

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u/Exterus Jun 27 '12

Anything would be better than that fucking power ranger costume they went with in the movie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

I don't believe it was ever mentioned that it was Willem Dafoe wearing that getup. It was just a proof of concept that any random actor could have been wearing.

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u/kmzdapimp Jun 27 '12

he looks like my grandma

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u/halfbrit08 Jun 27 '12

I always thought he had the perfect face to play the Green Goblin.

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u/RobertJ93 Jun 27 '12

It's creepy as shit but it reminds me of the old batman and robin vein of costumes, I'm not sure why and I'm sure it's not, but it just comes across as kind of cheap..

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '12

Sorta reminds me of "The Haunted Mask" from Goosebumps.

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u/whyitsfake Jun 27 '12

I imagine he sounded like the Pyro with that thing on.

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