"The folly of asking a masked man who he is." (3.4 points to those who catch the reference)
What do ninjas, sci-fi bad guys, knights (the cool kind, not the Paul McCartney kind), particularily awesome good guys, and especially frightening post-apocalyptic bikers all have in common? Face-concealing headgear.
Let's face it, there's little as withering as an unwavering stare from a (possibly insane) man wearing a helmet that covers the majority of his face. You could be happily grinning in there, but the person on the wrong end of the staredown won't know. They'll be busy assuming that you're busy grinding your teeth and plotting their messy demise.
Which reminds me, people don't know what the hell you're doing in there. Take the opportunity to make horrible faces at people. It worked in Spaceballs.
You know what isn't scary? Beanie helmets. Erik Estrada looked stupid in one, and you do too.
Full-face is the only choice.
3 comments:
"Who is but the form following the function of what. And what I am is a man in a mask".
I'm actually half-heartedly helmet shopping right now. One of these days I'm gonna convince myself to fork over the $$$ for a flat black Simpson Bandit - how could anyone not get off on looking like an Imperial TIE Fighter pilot?!?
Full face AND black visor is the ultimate stare-dwon tool. I have used this trick so many times with people about to do something stupid in front of me. Fix them with THE BLANK STARE and watch them falter.
I wear half-helmet, dark goggles AND leather motorcycle mask. Now THAT scares the crap out of folks.
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