Costume Thread: The Boob Window of Opportunity

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Flesh Forge: Jan 31, 2011; LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

mind the walrus posted:

I don't get the hate for the movie outfit anyway. It's not as bad as "DC why the gently caress are you still putting the Japanese flag on her head?" Katana outfit they ran with. They wanted Harley and the Joker to look trashy, and they succeeded. Nothing really mystical about it.

Probably because the other characters are so uninteresting by comparison that they don't provoke a lot of comment. Katana looks terrible, yeah, but there's not a lot else to say beyond that. Harley Quinn/Robbie are more "OMG look at those hotpants SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE rear end FOR THAT" and "Those jailhouse tattoos are SO BADLY DONE" vs. "Oh hey that guy sure is wearing a baggy overcoat, huh, how about that"

# ? Jul 29, 2016 21:47

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# ? May 31, 2024 09:37

Ferrule: Feb 23, 2007; Yo!

Harley Quinn

# ? Jul 29, 2016 21:54

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Flesh Forge posted:

"OMG look at those hotpants SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE rear end FOR THAT"

I'm prepared to get in a fight in defense of Margot Robbie's rear end. :clint:

# ? Jul 29, 2016 21:56

JoshTheStampede: Sep 8, 2004; come at me bro

Ferrule posted:

Harley Quinn

I don't know if THATS THE JOKE but Debbie Harry and Courtney Love were actually the big inspirations for this Harley's look.

JoshTheStampede fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Jul 29, 2016

# ? Jul 29, 2016 21:59

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

That first draft black & white look was awful though.

# ? Jul 29, 2016 22:02

Ashcans: Jan 2, 2006; Let's do the space-time warp again!

I would actually like to see some of the comic costumes given a blockbuster treatment, just out of curiosity as to what they would really look like. I mean that cosplayer picture obviously doesn't fit with the tone of suicide squad, but it doesn't look horrendous and that's probably just a bunch of semiprofessionals throwing in. What would it look like with real production behind it? The answer might well be 'like poo poo' which I guess was the case for Green Lantern, but I'd like to know.

# ? Jul 29, 2016 22:04

JoshTheStampede: Sep 8, 2004; come at me bro

Ashcans posted:

I would actually like to see some of the comic costumes given a blockbuster treatment, just out of curiosity as to what they would really look like. I mean that cosplayer picture obviously doesn't fit with the tone of suicide squad, but it doesn't look horrendous and that's probably just a bunch of semiprofessionals throwing in. What would it look like with real production behind it? The answer might well be 'like poo poo' which I guess was the case for Green Lantern, but I'd like to know.

Cosplayers frequently are able to pull off comic-accurate really good looking stuff because they are designed to look good in still pictures and not while doing kung-fu or backflips or even from angles other than the ideal.

Movies can make up for some of this with post-production, but I don't think most movies want to spend the time and money to like, CG out the wrinkle that Harley's shirt makes every time she tunrs or Gambit's trenchcoat flare or whatever little real-life cloth physics they want to get rid of in every single shot.

# ? Jul 29, 2016 22:06

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

Ashcans posted:

I would actually like to see some of the comic costumes given a blockbuster treatment, just out of curiosity as to what they would really look like. I mean that cosplayer picture obviously doesn't fit with the tone of suicide squad, but it doesn't look horrendous and that's probably just a bunch of semiprofessionals throwing in. What would it look like with real production behind it? The answer might well be 'like poo poo' which I guess was the case for Green Lantern, but I'd like to know.

77 Superman, 89 Batman and Joker, 1997 Spawn, 2002 Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America's USO and Avengers 1 look, 70s and 00s Hulk, Deadpool, 2005 Lex Luthor, 2007 Venom and Sandman, 2005 Beast. There have been a few over the years, in good movies and bad, and they run the range from "oh god why" to "huh that actually works."

# ? Jul 29, 2016 22:08

Odonata: Nov 5, 2009; Nap Ghost

VagueRant posted:

More scales and texture! More! And no red panties!

Still, you have to admire how calm the super-duo is, standing in the crossfire of a laser fight and all.

# ? Jul 29, 2016 23:38

Ferrule: Feb 23, 2007; Yo!

Odonata posted:

Still, you have to admire how calm the super-duo is, standing in the crossfire of a laser fight and all.

Those are police lights. And they're calm about it because they're white.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 00:02

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

Savidudeosoo posted:

I do like the fact that they didn't feel the need to find someone who was super buff.

Y'know, since his strength is all sun based.

bring back old gbs posted:

I see where Cavil's ab sculpts went...

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said super BUTT.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 00:05

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

Buns of steel, there.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 00:30

The Lord of Hats: Aug 22, 2010; Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?

Perry Normal posted:

Not really permanently, she seems like she can switch back and forth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQ3rcP1Rok Though, it's possible that anytime she looks like June Moon after the magic mud bath is just an illusion.

That's a really cool effect for the switch. I'm looking forward to this movie now.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 04:38

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Keeshhound posted:

So why don't they cast more pro wrestlers for comic movies? There's a pretty huge overlap in the kind of stories both genres tell (people who use ultraviolence to solve their problems, both socially and otherwise), and most of them have the proper physiques already.

Because the hard part isn't being swole, it's selling all the non-fighting character scenes. Wrestlers can't act, but some guy called Chris can bulk up with a few months of personal training.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 08:18

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

A handul of them can act. The main reason most don't go into acting is that they can't do that and wrestle at the same time due to the ridiculous schedules wrestlers have to keep.

Oh and most of the ones not hired by Vince McMahon directly are too ugly for Hollywood.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 10:03

Flesh Forge: Jan 31, 2011; LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

I'm pretty sure if you're already a pro wrestler with a steady gig you'd have to be out of your mind to walk away from that and try to get into acting unless you are super, super charismatic like The Rock is, because getting paid a steady check is pretty great.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 10:30

DivineCoffeeBinge: Mar 3, 2011; Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

Flesh Forge posted:

I'm pretty sure if you're already a pro wrestler with a steady gig you'd have to be out of your mind to walk away from that and try to get into acting unless you are super, super charismatic like The Rock is, because getting paid a steady check is pretty great.

Sadly being a pro wrestler, especially if you're not one of the Top Guys, is one of the least steady gigs there is.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 10:35

Flesh Forge: Jan 31, 2011; LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Entry level acting is worse than burger flipping though.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 10:35

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

Even The Rock had to start with garbage like that episode of Star Trek Voyager where he played "The Space Rock."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUyTcoe0qw

# ? Jul 30, 2016 10:45

Ghostlight: Sep 25, 2009; maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me

Can you sensoooorrrrr what the space rock is replicating?

DivineCoffeeBinge posted:

Sadly being a pro wrestler, especially if you're not one of the Top Guys, is one of the least steady gigs there is.

That and you have the worst worlds of being both an athlete and a stuntperformer, with a career length that shortens the more you work.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 11:32

DivineCoffeeBinge: Mar 3, 2011; Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

Flesh Forge posted:

Entry level acting is worse than burger flipping though.

Which, while true, isn't what I was talking about. Pro wrestlers are pretty well universally not employees of whoever they wrestle for; they're independent contractors. There is no "steady gig." Even a top guy in the company, if they get injured, often isn't getting paid while they rehab. Piss off one of the bookers? No one in the writing room has a story for you this week? Welp, no check for you.

While you're right that you'd have to be crazy to walk away from a steady gig in order to start acting, wrestling isn't a steady gig, is my point.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 11:56

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

A lot of low level federations don't even loving pay the new guys. Some of them don't pay anyone!

# ? Jul 30, 2016 11:57

Ferrule: Feb 23, 2007; Yo!

Just watch that Mickey Rourke movie.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 13:40

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

WWE actually does pay their workers for rehab and such since everyone there has a downside guarantee. That's not really true elsewhere other than maybe NJPW and technically TNA (they have contracts but don't get paid regardless).

At one point, Paul Heyman told Mikey Whipwreck to go work for WCW since he was injured and they had healthcare.

That's actually one thing actors have access to: group healthcare. Terry Funk would go shoot a commercial or a low-rent movie every couple years to maintain his SAG card specifically for the healthcare plan.

# ? Jul 30, 2016 15:51