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(Source: EW)
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Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 4, 2011 7:17 AM
It looks like someone threw "The Mask" in a bath tub full of hot chili sauce.
Posted by: Grace at March 4, 2011 7:18 AM
Hail Hydra!
Posted by: russmunki at March 4, 2011 7:30 AM
Look Honey, it's Red Skelton. I guess this movie will have some vaudevillian moments after all.
Posted by: bleujayone at March 4, 2011 7:31 AM
What's the point of putting him in this silly red mask? Hugo Weaving is scarier then a dozen singing mimes anyway
Posted by: Yesplease at March 4, 2011 7:41 AM
Mr. Anderson. How can you speak if you are unable to have lips?
Posted by: Barbaric Yawp at March 4, 2011 7:57 AM
What is that, an octopus skeleton?
Posted by: zeke the pig at March 4, 2011 8:00 AM
It's the Anti-Godtopus! And I'm thinking the superfluous straps are part of an elaborate sex harness. It's about time Hollywood decided to get ahead of the curve on the inevitable porn parody.
::ahem::
I'm becoming cautiously optimistic about this movie.
Posted by: Groundloop at March 4, 2011 8:10 AM
"Hail, HYDRA! Immortal HYDRA! We shall never be destroyed! Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place! We serve none but the Master — as the world shall soon serve us! Hail HYDRA!"
Posted by: Kargoyle at March 4, 2011 8:25 AM
That is a cool belt buckle.
Posted by: tamatha at March 4, 2011 8:36 AM
Those patches are horrendous. Sooooo 1935.
Posted by: admin at March 4, 2011 8:54 AM
Groundloop stole my comment, and I'm never, EVER, going to forgive it.
Posted by: hater from siloam springs at March 4, 2011 9:04 AM
The harness is on loan from Sexy Hitler.
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 4, 2011 9:05 AM
The Hydra Brudershaft. Nice fashion accessory. The straps and et cetera are likely for some kind of super-villain's 1940-era rocket pack or nifty Escape Device.
Escape Devices are de rigeur plot points for the baddies, y'know.
Posted by: The Wanderer at March 4, 2011 9:22 AM
So Red Skull serves Godtopus' evil twin?
Posted by: BierceAmbrose at March 4, 2011 9:49 AM
I dunno. Does he really need a belt and suspenders?
Posted by: superasente at March 4, 2011 9:53 AM
So Red Skull serves Godtopus' evil twin?
...Or possibly his nemesis.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088100/
Posted by: L4NkYb at March 4, 2011 10:03 AM
Doesn't he have a swastika on his belt and also on his shoulder patches?
Posted by: daria at March 4, 2011 10:04 AM
I'm just trying to figure out how the hell he puts that coat on. So many straps! So many complicated buckles and buttons! So chic, dahling !
The thing on the buckle is Godtopus' greatest enemy: The Baynistopus.
Posted by: figgy at March 4, 2011 10:35 AM
The irritating thing about this outfit, the more I think about it, is that he looks like a villain. Lee and Kirby made the Red Skull's outfit INTENTIONALLY bland. Originally he wore a green jumpsuit and looked like a particularly pissed off mechanic. Lee wanted something utilitarian to 1) make the skull stand out and 2) to illustrate the banality of evil (at least that's what he said after the fact).
Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 4, 2011 10:43 AM
Where did the rest of his nose go?
Also, I'm waiting for a close-up on that belt buckle. They must have carved "Godtopus mit uns" into it somewhere.
Posted by: Rooks at March 4, 2011 4:00 PM
All Hail Hydra!
Posted by: Baron Wolfgang Strucker at March 4, 2011 4:03 PM
You know, while Tracer Bullet has a point, I do like this outfit. It harks back to the Red Skull's roots in the SS. It is an outfit that would not look out of place riding in the back of a big old mercedes convertible. It is an outfit that (properly accessorized with a cap and some goggles slung around his neck like a scarf) would fit perfectly in the cupola of a Konig Tiger in the Ardennes on some misty winter morning.
It has some style. It has some menace. Ignore the head, in fact, put your hand over that part of the screen. The outfit retains its 'evil' qualities. Yes, they have gone a little overboard on straps. Yes, they could add a little more silver to highlight the darkness.
But I think it works. I really do. Add a cigarette holder, a broomhandle Mauser, a pair of suitably scarred goons... yeah. I like it.
Posted by: Wintermute at March 4, 2011 8:17 PM
Hmm. It looks as though this "Red Skull" is trying to steal my look. He has become a minor inconvenience too me..
Posted by: Albert Wesker at March 4, 2011 8:19 PM
Oh come on, Wesker. You don't get to claim prior art on black leather and long, swirly coats.
For one thing, the Red Skull got there first, in the 60's. And for another, that look goes a LOT farther back. Like, oh, 1930's germany. Or even further, to the 'Death or Glory' boys. And so on, and so forth.
Posted by: Wintermute at March 4, 2011 10:24 PM
Actually, I think that "black uniform and swirly coat/cloak" look goes back at least as far as the Praetorian Guard.
Posted by: Wintermute at March 4, 2011 10:25 PM
Now THAT is the mother-effin' Red Skull. Fo' sho!
I'm looking forward to this a little bit more now. Yep.
Posted by: Green Lantern at March 4, 2011 10:42 PM
Wintermute...you have become a minor inconvenience to me aswell. This "Red Skull" is nowhere near as worthy of such a costume as I am. I turned Earth into Hell, literally. Stop pestering me. Otherwise, I will release you into the atmosphere.
Posted by: Albert Wesker at March 6, 2011 6:27 AM
The buckle does kick ass, but what is it with this movie and the unnecessary straps? Everybody looks like they're wearing a parachute.