Friday, March 23, 2012

Time Bandits vs Monsters

I friggin' love the monsters in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits.


Okay, this is obviously some dude in a cheesy barbarian get-up and a paper mache mask, but this minotaur totally works for me.  Maybe it's those hollow eyes, like a minotaur is a man with the head of a dead, decaying bull.


Best ogre this side of the Revenge of the Nerds franchise.



More bovine monsters.  These minions of Evil really creeped me out as a kid.  Lanky, skeletal things with horns and scythe like single boneclaws where their hands should be, making horrible inhuman noises as they chase Kevin and his larcenous friends about the place.  I know the billowy black robes are meant to conceal the poor stiltwalkers underneath, but they also serve to make the creatures look vaguely insubstantial as well. Do these things have a name?
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12 comments:

  1. Rob Crawford9:26 AM

    I always figured the "minotaur" was *supposed* to be a guy in a costume.

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  2. Anonymous10:37 AM

    Hey man, you can't forget the classic giant, with the boat hat.

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  3. Brendan10:37 AM

    I just love this movie. Kids in the 80's had to so good.

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  4. John Matthew Stater10:56 AM

    The minotaur was like the classic "guy in a costume" monster that Scooby Doo gang was always defeating.

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  5. Chris11:20 AM

    Skeletal cowheaded stalkers = Eyes of Fear and Flame (FF).

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  6. Intruder_W1:38 PM

    Relations of the Minions showed up in Rastan/Nastar

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  7. S. John Ross3:48 PM

    Yeah, that was the brilliance of that particular "minotaur ..." the entire point is that it was a dude. Kind of like a theme villain or pro-wrestling baddie :)

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  8. Hipster DM5:45 PM

    Time Bandits is totally the coolest time travel movie ever.

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  9. ClawCarver7:19 PM

    Oh aye, Peter Vaughan is my go-to ogre as well.

    I read the novelisation of Time Bandits when it came out but I can't remember if the cow-skull monsters had a name. I do remember however that one of Evil's henchmen is called Baxi Brazilia, which is also the name of a wall heater. http://www.baxi.co.uk/products/2207.htm

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  10. Miranda1:32 AM

    The monsters in Gilliam's Jabberwocky and The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen look very similar. I recommend checking them out if you haven't already.

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  11. letsdamage3:56 PM

    That ogre guy is exactly what trolls look like in Earthdawn. Just sayin'.

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  12. Alex J.10:27 AM

    There's always Dark Crystal.

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