Comments on: Realistic "Handsome Guy" mask http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 08:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Evil Paul http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824576 Evil Paul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824576 Trotsky, don't hate "the player", hate The Game. Trotsky, don’t hate “the player”, hate The Game.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824578 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824578 The production values on the videos are horrible compared to the quality of the mask. Lucifer is pretty bad ass hanging out in the bathroom (if that's a shower curtain behind him). The production values on the videos are horrible compared to the quality of the mask. Lucifer is pretty bad ass hanging out in the bathroom (if that’s a shower curtain behind him).

]]> By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824579 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824579 Spot on. It's more of a "Judas Priest roadie" mask, isn't it? Spot on. It’s more of a “Judas Priest roadie” mask, isn’t it?

]]> By: zyodei http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824837 zyodei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824837 Frankly, I would love to get a few of these. I would love to see what the world looks like from another person's eyes for a few days. What is life like as a black man? As an old man? As a beautiful woman? How would people treat you differently, in what subtle ways would their reactions be different? The potential for social experiments is limitless. I'll put a couple of these on my Christmas list. Frankly, I would love to get a few of these.

I would love to see what the world looks like from another person’s eyes for a few days.

What is life like as a black man? As an old man? As a beautiful woman? How would people treat you differently, in what subtle ways would their reactions be different?

The potential for social experiments is limitless.

I’ll put a couple of these on my Christmas list.

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824851 MadRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824851 I realize it's probably too late since there are 39 comments above mine but here's a warning: Don't view this at 1024 HD resolution, full screen on a 26" monitor like I did. It goes from interesting to looking-for-a-bottle-of-something-to-wash-the-memory-out-of-your-brain disturbing. I realize it’s probably too late since there are 39 comments above mine but here’s a warning: Don’t view this at 1024 HD resolution, full screen on a 26″ monitor like I did. It goes from interesting to looking-for-a-bottle-of-something-to-wash-the-memory-out-of-your-brain disturbing.

]]> By: KremlinLaptop http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824602 KremlinLaptop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824602 Up until this mask at least all the 'normal' masks had names with 'the x' so it just followed suit, besides which until this mask -- and I'd say still -- the black guy mask is the most attractive out of the lot. So between it being described as being meant to bring to mind the likes of Samuel L Jackson and how it looks, I don't think they're trying to really invoke any sort of harmful stereotype there beyond giving the idea of perhaps a rich ladies man. If they called it 'The Gangsta' that'd be problematic. Also, it lists his occupation as stockbroker -- seriously. Why a silicone mask needs a occupation I don't know, but there you go... Up until this mask at least all the ‘normal’ masks had names with ‘the x’ so it just followed suit, besides which until this mask — and I’d say still — the black guy mask is the most attractive out of the lot. So between it being described as being meant to bring to mind the likes of Samuel L Jackson and how it looks, I don’t think they’re trying to really invoke any sort of harmful stereotype there beyond giving the idea of perhaps a rich ladies man. If they called it ‘The Gangsta’ that’d be problematic.

Also, it lists his occupation as stockbroker — seriously. Why a silicone mask needs a occupation I don’t know, but there you go…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-825116 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-825116 BTW the background music is by a guy named JT Bruce. He is a guitar wizard who makes his stuff available under creative commons for people to use for whatever the hell they want. BTW the background music is by a guy named JT Bruce. He is a guitar wizard who makes his stuff available under creative commons for people to use for whatever the hell they want.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-825121 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-825121 Francis: I hate elevators. Francis: I hate helicopters. Francis: I hate hospitals. And doctors and lawyers and cops... Bill: Francis is there anything you don't hate? Francis: You know what I don't hate? I don't hate vests. Francis: I hate elevators.
Francis: I hate helicopters.
Francis: I hate hospitals. And doctors and lawyers and cops…
Bill: Francis is there anything you don’t hate?
Francis: You know what I don’t hate? I don’t hate vests.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824866 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824866 Looks a lot like a guy I once knew. Looks a lot like a guy I once knew.

]]> By: Mantissa128 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824891 Mantissa128 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824891 The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero on him. The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human… sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero on him.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824666 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824666 Handsome??? Handsome???

]]> By: pretzellogic http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824673 pretzellogic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824673 The "sunken eyes" look could be worked to an advantage if you made a Ted Danson or Ann Coulter mask... The “sunken eyes” look could be worked to an advantage if you made a Ted Danson or Ann Coulter mask…

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824680 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824680 @#5 That has got to be one of the funniest comments I've ever read on BB. This mask has the "convicted felon, neo-nazi, jailhouse rapist" kind of good looks :) @#5
That has got to be one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read on BB.

This mask has the “convicted felon, neo-nazi, jailhouse rapist” kind of good looks :)

]]> By: Pablissimo http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824430 Pablissimo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824430 Love the backing track of extreme guitar noodling Love the backing track of extreme guitar noodling

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824947 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824947 Anyone see that movie Bronson? Anyone see that movie Bronson?

]]> By: krische http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824436 krische Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824436 The only give away to me is the eyes. They look to far sunken in to be natural. But still, it would take a while to realize that it's a mask. So bravo to SPFXMasks! The only give away to me is the eyes. They look to far sunken in to be natural. But still, it would take a while to realize that it’s a mask. So bravo to SPFXMasks!

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824693 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824693 oh man. Now I'm envisioning 100+ of these guys wandering around NYC in a mob. Creeeeeeeeeeeppy. oh man. Now I’m envisioning 100+ of these guys wandering around NYC in a mob.

Creeeeeeeeeeeppy.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824445 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824445 Even ignoring the uncanny valley effect, they have an odd definition of "handsome." I suppose if you're into the OCC type. Even ignoring the uncanny valley effect, they have an odd definition of “handsome.” I suppose if you’re into the OCC type.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824452 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824452 Burt Reynolds got <i>another</i> facelift? At least he finally ditched the toupée. Burt Reynolds got another facelift? At least he finally ditched the toupée.

]]> By: pinehead http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824708 pinehead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824708 Remarkable level of detail there. I'm sure "handsome guy" is a sarcastic title for this one, as they probably didn't want to call it "the plug-ugly thug." Remarkable level of detail there. I’m sure “handsome guy” is a sarcastic title for this one, as they probably didn’t want to call it “the plug-ugly thug.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824456 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824456 You must mean handsome in an "I'll kill you after I rape your dog" kind of handsome. You must mean handsome in an “I’ll kill you after I rape your dog” kind of handsome.

]]> By: jonathan_v http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824460 jonathan_v Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824460 anyone else find this face incredibly feminine? it looks less to me like a "handsome man" full mask, and more like a girl who is wearing various latex prosthetics to look like a man. anyone else find this face incredibly feminine?

it looks less to me like a “handsome man” full mask, and more like a girl who is wearing various latex prosthetics to look like a man.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824462 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824462 I donno about "handsome." Sleazy guy, maybe. I donno about “handsome.” Sleazy guy, maybe.

]]> By: weeklyrob http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824720 weeklyrob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824720 "hy call the black guy mask "the player?" I don't like the inference. Why not just call it "Black Guy" mask?" -- They say it's supposed to be reminiscent of roles played by Ving Raimes and Samuel L. Jackson (though I don't see it). I'd guess that they're planning to make a few more black guys and they can't name them all "black guy." Just a guess. “hy call the black guy mask “the player?” I don’t like the inference. Why not just call it “Black Guy” mask?”

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They say it’s supposed to be reminiscent of roles played by Ving Raimes and Samuel L. Jackson (though I don’t see it).

I’d guess that they’re planning to make a few more black guys and they can’t name them all “black guy.”

Just a guess.

]]> By: HeatVision http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824465 HeatVision Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824465 These guys should do an "Agent Smith" mask. These guys should do an “Agent Smith” mask.

]]> By: Jesse M. http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824468 Jesse M. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824468 For any reasonably tall and non-curvy ladies getting married in the near future, my suggestion would to be to put this mask on and dress up as a minister, then after the wedding music starts and the tension ramps up as the bride fails to appear, pull it off in a surprise twist worthy of a Mission:Impossible movie! For any reasonably tall and non-curvy ladies getting married in the near future, my suggestion would to be to put this mask on and dress up as a minister, then after the wedding music starts and the tension ramps up as the bride fails to appear, pull it off in a surprise twist worthy of a Mission:Impossible movie!

]]> By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824484 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824484 Johnny the Jew from GTA: Lost and the Damned! Johnny the Jew from GTA: Lost and the Damned!

]]> By: Absent http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824488 Absent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824488 Armed robbery possibilities..... Armed robbery possibilities…..

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824489 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824489 Creepy! How long does it take to put this on though? Supposedly the Max Headroom makeup took ~4 hours, I wonder how this stacks up. Creepy! How long does it take to put this on though?

Supposedly the Max Headroom makeup took ~4 hours, I wonder how this stacks up.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/02/realistic-handsome-g.html#comment-824490 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-824490 Remarkably creepy! (I presume the "Handsome Guy" designation is because guys who look like this think they are stunningly gorgeous -- not!) Absolutely remarkable detail! Can't help thinking how really sweaty the wearer must get, and wonder about the wear and tear on the real eyelids! Remarkably creepy! (I presume the “Handsome Guy” designation is because guys who look like this think they are stunningly gorgeous — not!)

Absolutely remarkable detail!

Can’t help thinking how really sweaty the wearer must get, and wonder about the wear and tear on the real eyelids!

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