Current Events > I dislike it when villains have realistic burns.

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In the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Krueger was introduced to the world as an undead fiend whose skin was burned off but whose underlining muscle tissue was perfectly preserved. It was a grotesque look you could not find on a real burn victim living or dead.

When the remake came out -- and, yes, we're all trying to forget that one -- they tried to make Freddy's burns more realistic. Not only did he look less frightening, but it felt uncomfortable; as though they were trying to say that an actual burn victim should invoke fear or repulsion.

Now I'm looking at this image of Two-Face. His skin is still purple, which is unrealistic, but the overall look doesn't look cool or menacing. It looks like they were proud that they could make the burnt cheeks/lips look realistic and then made him purple for purposes of continuity. Once again, it strikes me as feeling unsettlingly close to painting actual victims as villains.

In neither case do I feel that that is the actual intent. I just think they're being a bit overzealous in trying to be "realistic." This is one case where I think artistic license is preferable to verisimilitude.

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NightingaleMD posted...

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It's pretty straightforward.

As burned villains get more realistic burns, they look more like real life burn victims.