tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post4632781863165746060..comments2024-03-28T05:53:58.305-07:00Comments on Hello, Tailor: The costumes of X-Men: First Class, Part 2: Menswear.Hello, Tailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13256331677624433795noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-90641992085882836842019-06-19T20:39:57.635-07:002019-06-19T20:39:57.635-07:00Where do you learn to analyze movie/tv show/whatev...Where do you learn to analyze movie/tv show/whatever costumes like the way you do? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-45952880783567568372015-08-08T04:36:48.563-07:002015-08-08T04:36:48.563-07:00Right here is the perfect website for everyone who...Right here is the perfect website for everyone who wants to understand this topic. You understand a whole lot its almost tough to argue with you (not that I personally will need to…HaHa). You certainly put a new spin on a subject that has been discussed for decades. Great stuff, just wonderful<br />Design Ruang Tamu Kecil Minimalishttp://www.rumahinterior.co.id/5/desain-ruang-tamu-kecil-minimalis/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-4598620427291315632015-04-09T20:15:44.035-07:002015-04-09T20:15:44.035-07:00That's funny, when they asked him who he was I...That's funny, when they asked him who he was I actually said aloud 'I am the UBERMAN!' And then got irrationally annoyed when he didn't say it.Model Baju Gamis Terbaru Lebaran 2015http://www.modelbajuterbaruku.com/657/trend-model-baju-gamis-lebaran/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-66850481876699311232015-03-02T21:34:45.768-08:002015-03-02T21:34:45.768-08:00Yeah, I'm with you. Erik didn't say that b...Yeah, I'm with you. Erik didn't say that because didn't know in that scene that mutants existed. I don't think he even knew Shaw was a mutant. Charles tells him "You're not alone..." etc.Jual Sprei Katun Jepanghttp://www.spreitermurah.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-71233315543283594002013-09-29T04:47:02.884-07:002013-09-29T04:47:02.884-07:00nice post..Men Tailornice post..<a href="http://www.streetdirectory.com/businessfinder/company/2433/" rel="nofollow">Men Tailor</a>khushboonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-20739152109537311642013-09-13T11:11:31.564-07:002013-09-13T11:11:31.564-07:00Frankie also wanted Dr. Frankenstein to acknowledg...Frankie also wanted Dr. Frankenstein to acknowledge him as his son. And since Shaw created him, in a sense, and was also a mad scientist...Jon Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-71551452456880861522013-09-04T19:40:33.921-07:002013-09-04T19:40:33.921-07:00My thoughts exactly. It's like the person who ...My thoughts exactly. It's like the person who made this article forgot to take into account the fact that in the time period Erik and Charles and all the rest of them grew up mutants were not even known to exist. Hell it was only AFTER Charles used Cerebro for the first time that any of them even knew there were more out there than they realized. Well okay a lot more out there.<br /><br />So Erik saying he's Frankstein's Monster instead of Master All makes a lot of sense. In the fact that he thought he was an abnormality created by Shaw/Schmidt. Plus he even does say when Charles fishes him out of the water "I thought I was alone"<br /><br />Oh and let's not forget this quote he says to Shaw before he puts the Nazi coin through his head "Everything you did make me stronger. It made me the weapon I am today. It's the truth. I've known it all along. You are my creator."Tricia Leavittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-68866306497984550182013-09-01T05:32:12.510-07:002013-09-01T05:32:12.510-07:00Thoughtful and interesting as usual - although I, ...Thoughtful and interesting as usual - although I, like Beryl, could see how 'Frankenstein's monster' worked in context, 'master race' definitely would have been more pointed and entertaining, and now I wish he'd said that.<br /><br /><br />I wanted to add, though, that for me Erik's wardrobe added a feeling of cultural accuracy to his character that might (I apologise if I'm misinterpreting - I've no idea your heritage) not be obvious unless you are, or are close to, European Jews - particularly men - of that era. Although I agree with you that using reclaimed Nazi gold to outfit himself beautifully would have felt like a sort of revenge/recovery act - not to mention the fact that nobody would let him move in the circles he needed to move in if he didn't look the part - I suppose I interpreted the origin of his impeccable grooming and sartorial choices differently. European Jewish culture traditionally places a strong emphasis on things which are easily transportable - education, wealth tied up in inherently precious goods (like gold), and cultural capital - including aesthetic understanding and expression. For a peoples used to being shunted from one country to the next long before the Nazis came along, things like music, art, literature, and personal style became very important, not only because you could take them with you anywhere (or at least your understanding of them), but because being in possession of good taste and elegant personal style opened the kind of doors that, to strangers and immigrants, otherwise remain shut.<br /><br /><br />So while I certainly think one of the first things Erik did after the war was scrape together the means to make himself look like a gentleman, when I saw the film I imagined this desire as coming not from post-war media, but more from a residual mental image of himself, his culture, his people; something lodged in his mind from before the Holocaust. He's antisocial as an adult, but for practicing Jewish families - particularly those that live in predominantly Jewish areas, as he likely would have even in pre-Nazi Germany - community is vital, and his childhood would have been spent surrounded by extended family and Synagogue-goers. <br /><br /><br />When I look at his perfect hair and beautifully tailored suits, his carefully cultured accent, multilingualism, air of worldliness, etc. I imagine he felt compelled to become that kind of man because those were the men he watched and looked up to when he was young. That level of personal grooming and attention to detail was not only expected, but almost mundane among the European Jewish men I grew up around; so necessary to them that it became ordinary, except in comparison to the men of their new, adopted country. It was normal in a way it never quite seemed to be among, say, contemporaneous Americans. Even in something like Mad Men, there's a sense of 'putting on your face', and dressing the right way for the rest of the world; in Erik's culture - and Erik, or so I felt - it was just...what you did. Of course he presents himself that way, because that's how a proper European gentleman presents himself, it's another way of reclaiming himself and his history from the horrors of WWII.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />/essay - sorry, bit more than 2 cents there, probably. I just like your posts (hello! I've been reading your work quite a while!), and had Feelings about this. I hope you don't mind long comments.n.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-67306934261186554382013-08-28T13:22:53.822-07:002013-08-28T13:22:53.822-07:00This. It furthermore posits Shaw as Frankenstein, ...This. It furthermore posits Shaw as Frankenstein, and backstory-wise, we know that Erik considers his powers and abilities at that point to be Shaw's "creation", as a result of torture and manipulation. "You're the one who made me strong." or w/e he says to Shaw at the end of the movie.Zannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-65831147464635587602013-08-28T00:27:40.726-07:002013-08-28T00:27:40.726-07:00Yeah, I'm with you. Erik didn't say that b...Yeah, I'm with you. Erik didn't say that because didn't know in that scene that mutants existed. I don't think he even knew Shaw was a mutant. Charles tells him "You're not alone..." etc.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Frankenstein's Monster" is actually the perfect thing for him to say in that scene, because that's how he thinks of himself-- completely singular, completely alone, wandering the earth destroying things, always knowing that humans would reject him if they knew him for what he is, a freak.Livia Pennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-1989072721689170882013-08-27T17:52:47.923-07:002013-08-27T17:52:47.923-07:00Good post for all. Come to see more here: http://w...Good post for all. Come to see more here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009RYZBGSflatseven mens designer clothinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-53763844884121434052013-08-27T16:30:47.745-07:002013-08-27T16:30:47.745-07:00I adore Erik's costumes. Seriously. I've...I adore Erik's costumes. Seriously. I've seen possibly a few too many 'cool' 60s films and quite a lot of the advertising and groucho club/carnaby st shots of the time, and Erik is doing it in spades. Rollneck sweaters? Only the really *cool* cats wore those. Ditto the leather jacket and cloth cap. (see David Bailey and Warhol) All he's missing are the tight jeans and winklepickers but alas, he does have to move, not just lounge about studios and clubs...<br /><br />And oh god. did they have to go straight to the Kirby outfit? Couldn't they just...ease him into it?<br /><br />Waiting with bated breath for Days of Future Past. if only because it's costumer's delight again. Logan showing that lumberjack only changes *slightly* over the decades! Hank's scientist gear! Charles not giving a toss! (I have my parents pics of 70s Oklahoma. THE HORROR)Heather Wallacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-48347654419123134192013-08-27T14:56:49.346-07:002013-08-27T14:56:49.346-07:00That's funny, when they asked him who he was I...That's funny, when they asked him who he was I actually said aloud 'I am the UBERMAN!' And then got irrationally annoyed when he didn't say it.Perenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-24300928217561906002013-08-27T13:59:06.237-07:002013-08-27T13:59:06.237-07:00"Frankenstein's monster doesn't even ..."Frankenstein's monster doesn't even make sense in context, whereas Erik <br />describing himself as the Master Race is both relevent to the situation and accurately illustrate's Erik's own view of himself and mutantkind." - did he know he was a part of any mutantkind and not some kind of monster at that moment? He looks quite surprised meeting Shaw's people.Beryl Autumnramblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-80362179319070610192013-08-27T12:29:24.333-07:002013-08-27T12:29:24.333-07:00Everything about this is perfect.Everything about this is perfect.notacentaurnoreply@blogger.com