The hair effect

cfos · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: The hair effect

Ok, so this is kinda movie-related.

The Wife enjoys all kinds of silly, unrealistic action movies (e.g. anything with Vin Diesal or Jason Stathum). As many women (and perhaps men in touch with their feminine side) will say, both of these actors eminate a sense of cool and are "hot" -- to use the parlence of our time. Here is what I find odd. These men have these qualities only in movies where they are bald. This seems to go against the stereotypes associated with going bald. Moreso for Stathum (sp?) -- "The One" was on TNT yesterday and I couldn't help but think that Jay looked like a pusss with hair. Also that other movie on Mars... I don't recall the title but it is a few years old and it was the Ice Cube version of Vin Diesal's Pitch Black. Again, Stathum had hair and not an ounce of "cool". As for Vin, the Wife doesn't even want to rent movies with him where he has hair -- the lawyer film and an early movie called "Strays". What say you, oh populance of alp?

Ipsa · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject:

Hm. I can't really say that I've found either Vin Diesel or Jason Statham particularly attractive or sexy in any role. Cool, sure. But not sexy. Bleh. Does your wife find Bruce Willis sexy, too?

From the perspective of a female who rarely pays attention to such things, actors who can give off cool and sexy would probably be Christian Bale and Steve McQueen. They both have hair.
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Alternate Spideygal · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

I agree with Christian Bale. He's gorgeous!
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cfos · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

Nah, the Mrs. doesn't care much for Bruce and hasn't seen the Die Hards. I think for her, the cool-ness factor of the roles contributes to the sex-appeal. Of course, they are also very fit gentlemen, too which I think has a sort of universal appeal to women. Part of it, I think is that she just likes the mindless action-y movies where you don't have to think.

I had to tell her who Steve McQueen was -- you know from that Sheryl Crow song...? I kinda thought it funny because she sometimes works on Ford cases and the new mustang was based on McQueen's. Additionally, Ford is releasing a special edition Steve McQueen Mustang and she didn't know about it.

http://www.fordvehicles.com/mustangbullitt/?searchid=426441|23362018|172366705

As for Bale, I think the Mrs finds him sezzy in certain roles and repulsive in others (American Psycho, obvious reasons). I don't think he'd make it to the Wife's list because we saw him in The Machinist. It was a pretty interesting movie in a Memento sort of way. It may cause you to look at Bale differently -- as an actor (for he went Raging Bull for the role, albeit in the opposite direction) and maybe re-evaluate his sessy-ness.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0361862/

Ipsa · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

I thought everyone knew who Steve was...! Confused

Though this Eddie Izzard clip on "The Great Escape" is one of the first things that comes to mind when Steve McQueen comes up. That and the Bullitt chase scene.

I liked Bale in "American Psycho". I've yet to see "The Machinist" (it's on my list), but his variety of roles is why I like him.
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cfos · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

@ Ipsa: lol. Yeah, the Mrs. knowledge on Steve is lacking, but she was able to recite the Yankees lineup at the end of the 90s. Cool

The Machinist was a very interesting role for Bale. Shows his dedication to the role. I think he weighed under 100 lbs during parts of the filming. I think his role in this film made up for his poor, poor showing in the remake of Shaft.

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Sal · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

if i was a she, i'd be drooling over Gael Garcia Bernal. he's one sexy darkish sensitive latin sorta-macho-but-not-really kind of a guy.
if i was a she, that is.

as for The Future, as this seems more relevant, her ideal of the cool and the hot are Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke, so it's more toward the eternal-boyish type. well over 40 but still having the dreamy teen gaze.
and Chris Cornell of course, but that's a different story [oh the chest!]
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I once not-so-seriously posed the question to some folks I know, "Is it gay to work out whilst watching Pitch Black?"

Baldness is oft associated with being a tough guy (not necessarily a cool one, though). Maybe they're like some sort of reverse-Samson. I guess cfos' missus has a gay man's taste in men. Does she like The Rock as well?
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cfos · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:

I think there are shades of baldness, though. George Costanza, though balding, isn't exactly cool.

No, not a fan of the Rock, to my knowledge.
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Aramor · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

This is a very good point. You rarely see a long haired dude as the main hero in an action movie. I guess it's not interesting enough to see the lead singer of a metal band save the world from emo terrorists or something.
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Aurelyn · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:53 am Post subject:

I'd pay to go see that movie.
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cfos · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

Aramor · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:01 am Post subject:

Yes, but I was talking about a movie.

Meh, maybe they'll make a movie based on the book, based on the comic, based on the flash game, based on the webcomic, based on the art-work of the game.
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Ipsa · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

cfos · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

I think Patrick Stewart ranks as a lesser or poor-man's Sean Connery in terms of "coolness"/"baldness".
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Aurelyn · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

Bite your tongue! Patrick Stewart is an order of magnitude cooler than Sean Connery! For starters, he can act...
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Sal · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

he was a great king Richard in Men In Tights.
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cfos · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

Aurelyn · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject:

He's balder though...
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cfos · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

Yes, but seriously... Name one man who ever looked cool in a one-piece suit.
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