Mask in film like servants one

Garras on 15/3/2009 at 13:45

Hi people, I haven't been on here for quite some time.

Last night I re-watched the remake of the film 'Rollerball', and in the Special Features section on the DVD it shows pics of the helmets and masks worn by the characters in the film. The one worn by 'La Guillotine' reminded me very much of the servants masks in Thief 2.

Just thought I'd share...
(http://www.geocities.com/hl_freak2k/thief/rball1.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/hl_freak2k/thief/rball2.jpg)

Garras

Meisterdieb on 15/3/2009 at 13:55

It does bear some resemblance.

There is also this older Artus/ Camelot movie where Mordred has a golden helmet which bears a striking resemblance top the golden cherub of TMA (obviously it's the other way around, since the movie was out way before Thief)

ManicMan on 15/3/2009 at 14:20

the servant masks seam to be based on some you can find if you look though a good book on masks throughtout history... so it's likely (in fact, very likey) that two things got there source from the same thing. Or, it could be based on the game ones... Wasn't impressed with the oringal roller ball so for more reasons, i'm not intrested in that remake... was there anything like that in the first?

Meisterdieb on 15/3/2009 at 14:35

No, the original rollerball was more about philosophical problems than the game.
And I just say this very lightly; although I liked the original very much it ios still a rather shallow film but compared to the remake it is pure brilliance and pure genius.

Just some pics:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Golden_mask_of_Agamemnon.jpg) Golden_mask_of_Agamemnon
(http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/images/gold_mask.jpg) Gold mask
(http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Content/Images/Journal/2003/Autumn/Osiria/GoldenHelmetOfUr240.jpg) GoldenHelmetOfUr
(http://eternallycool.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/gold-mask-centurion.jpg) gold-mask-centurion

The centurion mask really creeps me out now.... next time I'm at the reenactement fair I'll see if they speak with two voices as well and beg to be killed. ;)

Yandros on 15/3/2009 at 15:09

Quote Posted by Meisterdieb

There is also this older Artus/ Camelot movie where Mordred has a golden helmet which bears a striking resemblance top the golden cherub of TMA (obviously it's the other way around, since the movie was out way before Thief)

That's John Boorman's Excalibur:

Inline Image:

http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2008/images/novdec-boorman-excalibur.jpg

jtr7 on 15/3/2009 at 21:28

The BAFTA trophies look fitting enough:

Inline Image:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/04/24/eded460.jpg

Inline Image:

http://www.tvscoop.tv/bafta_award.jpg

massimilianogoi on 15/3/2009 at 21:35

That one of the centurion looks the most fitting!