tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post1142113861510384949..comments2024-02-29T14:12:01.955-05:00Comments on Flashback Universe Blog: CW's Flash - Cowl or No Cowl?Jim Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-8530374852264154622014-05-02T08:37:02.996-04:002014-05-02T08:37:02.996-04:00"I find a cowled actor distracting in the sam..."I find a cowled actor distracting in the same way a person with perfect pitch might find a singing performance with static distracting."<br /><br />The whole point of the cowl is to disguise the hero.<br />Any mask that fails to do that doesn't work.<br />As much as I like the <b>Green Hornet</b> tv series (you can tell, right?), his mask always bugged me because, if you know Britt Reid (like Mike Axford), you'll recognize him in his <i>Green Hornet</i> mask!<br />(But "crack crime reporter" Axford never did...!)<br />Note: the pilot ep and costume test shots used a more face-obscuring mask but Van Williams (and stuntmen) couldn't see clearly out of it, endangering them in fight and stunt scenes, so the "molded to the face" mask used for most of the show was created...Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-40318716347106923272014-01-11T10:36:55.123-05:002014-01-11T10:36:55.123-05:00@Trey - I think the point of my article is that it...@Trey - I think the point of my article is that it's not really important what I think, but rather what Hollywood thinks.<br /><br />However, since you asked - I'm not really a big fan of any of the Batman cowls either. The ones from the newer movies bothered me less than the Keaton era cowls (but the silliness of those was accentuated by the suits probably)<br /><br />For me, I think it's a personal preference based on how much I read from peoples expressions (which seems to be more than most people judging from experience) I find a cowled actor distracting in the same way a person with perfect pitch might find a singing performance with static distracting.<br /><br />Do I think something could be done to fix it? Yeah, I've actually thought about that a bit. I think a thinner fabric might allow an actors facial expressions to come through better. That might help.Jim Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-3539266129721988022014-01-10T12:43:28.515-05:002014-01-10T12:43:28.515-05:00And I would say: "Yeah, he looks fine in that...And I would say: "Yeah, he looks fine in that image."<br /><br />This isn't the first time I've noted this: What's with the hate on the '90s Flash, Jim? :) I don't see the Flash there looking any worse than Batman in any Batman movie from '89 to 2010. <br /><br />What makes it worse than those? Do you think something could be done to fix that?Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com