Ugly, plain, & good looking werewolves (psyche reflectio
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Ugly, plain, & good looking werewolves (psyche reflectio
In movie and such I have noticed that when a werewolf is good it tends to look better.
if its evil its ugly, and if its simply a curse tormented soul it tends to be inbetween.
Would this be a reflection of the cursed own mind, the strain having that effect on the person. or just rejet this concept completly as a reflection of the film maker as out-dated.
if its evil its ugly, and if its simply a curse tormented soul it tends to be inbetween.
Would this be a reflection of the cursed own mind, the strain having that effect on the person. or just rejet this concept completly as a reflection of the film maker as out-dated.
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physically looking,Berserker wrote:What movie did you see where the werewolf was good?
Shewolf of London looked more wolf like (especially for its time), and even inside a movie "Van Helsing" the bad ones looked like gorillas with dog masks while Van Helsing himself more closely resembled the werewolves of the internet.
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It's a Hollywood technique. When it comes to things that are different, one part of the human brain is entranced by the mystery of it and drawn closer, while another part of the human brain fears the unknown and rejects it. Depending on which they want the audience to do.
If the werewolf is a protagonist, for example, the developers will try to make the werewolf appear, more human, more expressive, more familiar, and more appealing to slant things more towards the positive reaction. If the werewolf is meant to be feared, or at least disliked by the audience, on the other hand, then they will intentionally make it more grotesque and less recognizable as being either wolf or man so that the audience won't relate to it, or worse, even begin to favor the villain over the protagonist (can you say "Sephiroth?").
So yeah, in reality, it wouldn't work that way.
If the werewolf is a protagonist, for example, the developers will try to make the werewolf appear, more human, more expressive, more familiar, and more appealing to slant things more towards the positive reaction. If the werewolf is meant to be feared, or at least disliked by the audience, on the other hand, then they will intentionally make it more grotesque and less recognizable as being either wolf or man so that the audience won't relate to it, or worse, even begin to favor the villain over the protagonist (can you say "Sephiroth?").
So yeah, in reality, it wouldn't work that way.
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back then people thought ww's were people in disgises and so the only way they could make then scaryer is if they made the wolf half of the human more man then wolf. in van helsing you see what the wolf would realy look like if they could walk like humans. i think that ww's should have three forms, human, half wolf half human, and wolf.
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I agree with Terastas, in that it's mostly a Hollywood thing to identify whether the Wulf is good or evil or just a jerk with fur.
We respond to people and animals depending on their appearance as much as anything. If the Werewolf is a good-guy, then said Werewolf will have "noble" and "friendly" visual clues in their construction, while the nasties will look...nasty.
Bluntly; a Werewolf (neuter-you can't see their gender) will look like a German Shepherd or a Husky if they're good, and sort of rat-like if they're evil. Put a pair of big shoulders on said Wulf, and HE is a guy. Hide a pair of melons under the chest fur and SHE is a female. Make the markings nice and distinct, and they're good; blur them or make them pointy and dark; and then they're evil.
It's "Black Hats" and "White Hats" (cowboy movies) visual cues that determine whether we see the Wulf as a goodie or a baddie.
We respond to people and animals depending on their appearance as much as anything. If the Werewolf is a good-guy, then said Werewolf will have "noble" and "friendly" visual clues in their construction, while the nasties will look...nasty.
Bluntly; a Werewolf (neuter-you can't see their gender) will look like a German Shepherd or a Husky if they're good, and sort of rat-like if they're evil. Put a pair of big shoulders on said Wulf, and HE is a guy. Hide a pair of melons under the chest fur and SHE is a female. Make the markings nice and distinct, and they're good; blur them or make them pointy and dark; and then they're evil.
It's "Black Hats" and "White Hats" (cowboy movies) visual cues that determine whether we see the Wulf as a goodie or a baddie.
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Alos, it would probably depend on what the director thought that the werewolf were to look like, if the director was basing the werewolf's look off of old movies, or just inventing their own werewolf.
But I do have to agree with RedEye, Terastas, and Kzinistzerg.
But I do have to agree with RedEye, Terastas, and Kzinistzerg.
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I'd have to disagree, they didn't look "evil nasty" they just looked goofy, none threatning goofy for the comedy effect.Dreamer wrote:Well, there is an exception to this idea in Teen Wolf in that the werewolves were good in that movie but man oh man did the designs look fugly. But that's probably the lone exception.
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Yes, the designs were ugly, but they were predominantly designed that way because it was cheap.Dreamer wrote:Well, there is an exception to this idea in Teen Wolf in that the werewolves were good in that movie but man oh man did the designs look fugly. But that's probably the lone exception.
The only exception I could think of was Professor Lupin from Harry Potter. But they did that "lost to the beast" thing, so it's really more of a gray area.
Hmmm. . . Quazimoto werewolf. . . Sounds corny, but I think we're due for one.