It’s time for a proper upgrade as there is so little text in these old posts!
This is one of my favorite scenes that I have watched a hundred times, so it’s time to make a proper upgrade post.
Also, the video is on my pretty small Dailymotion channel, so many of you may have never seen the video or that old post.
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In this TV show, Barbara Gordon is Oracle and is bound to a wheelchair.
As her old enemy, Lady Shiva re-appears in Gotham Barbara feels the need to put on her old (GREAT) Batgirl costume and can (shortly) walk again with the help of an experimental device.
Preview:
The two meet again..
…Lady Shiva…
…and Batgirl!
Batgirl is down!
Is that a hand at her cowl? 😉
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Here is the video:
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This Batgirl costume (alongside the nearly identical one from “Batman and Robin”) is SO AWESOME for me!
The mixture with the (mostly) black leather and rubber is sexy as hell and I love every second Dina Meyer is in it (and Alicia Silverstone).
If I would live in that Gotham City I would become a criminal in no time or …even better… a cop who wants to arrest the vigilante. #BlackScorpionvibes
Or I would need to be rescued from evil criminals suspectingly often 😉
The cowl is nice but basically my only issue about the whole outfit.
It is cut open very high at the back of the head and …more problematic… has no chin strap and no neck coverage.
So unmasking her is way too easy as this video demonstrates.
Also, the cowl could simply fall off in a hectic fight… and that shouldn’t be possible.
It’s a fantastic tread that here we also have a second masked woman in the scene… Lady Shiva.
And damn… her mask is AWESOME and the costume is quite good as well.
It’s a shame that Batgirl here goes down so easily as that device is failing quickly. 🙁
An epic unmasking battle with these two where Batgirl isn’t paralyzed and is wearing a properly secured/upgraded cowl… is basically my holy grail.
Also a whole TV show with such a Batgirl as the lead character…. would be even more insanely-awesome-fantastic 😉
In this show Batgirl is just in one episode and some black and white mini flashbacks.
I do love that Shiva here immediately goes for Batgirl’s mask as soon she realizes that Batgirl is helpless!
That’s how a villain(ess) should do it! She has the opportunity to find out who Batgirl is and takes it. Perfect!
Not like most of the other villains who just run off and aren’t interested at all to find out who is hiding behind that mask.
Now the helpless Barbara Gordon is lying in front of her and she is ready to finish her off to get her revenge (most likely).
Then Huntress, who is sadly never wearing a mask or even a costume, shows up right in time to save Barbara.
She was too late to save Batgirl from the unmasking though. #timing
Due to the fact that Huntress isn’t wearing a mask, Lady Shiva recognizes Helena and runs off as she doesn’t wanna fight against her.
Or maybe she was afraid to lose and then be unmasked as well? 😉
All in all just an awesome scene!
Here, as a little bonus… two (edited) pictures of the “exposed” Barbara:
Lately, I have become a little lazy when it comes to checking out the new comics for interesting scenes with masked women.
So thanks for the nice guy who posted about this one on a forum!
(Use the arrows to navigate through the pages)
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Quite rare stuff!
Not often do you see someone rip open the full-face mask of a masked woman!
Also nice that they talk about it a little… that he wants to see her face and that she says “You won’t get the chance!”.
Even the reader only gets that comment as he is already ripping her mask… a little late.
Would have been cool if there had been one small extra panel with her masked face delivering that line. And a “RIIIIIPPP” text would have been nice as well 😉
I do like that he is curious enough to unmask her, that should be the normal reaction if you fight against a masked woman/man, especially with a full-face mask.
So many villains just don’t care enough 🙁
Now, after he exposed her face he knows who she is and can see her (facial) reactions. She isn’t protected by her mask anymore and is more vulnerable now.
*EDIT September 3*: At first she manages to blind him and prevents him actually seeing her exposed face.
But that advantage is lost quickly….
All in all a really good scene! 🙂
I guess I should start to check out the new comics more regularly again!
In this one “Supergirl” (in her Spider-girl costume) saves the day but encounters some problems afterward!
An epic, bizarre self-unmasking battle is the result 😆
Preview:
She saved the day once more!
Well, something is wrong!
Her mask!
The epic self-unmasking battle goes on…
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Here is the video:
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This is a very early episode of “Supergirl” where she runs around in a costume that looks a LOT like the early “Spider-girl” costumes from the comics and animated TV shows.
Quite bizarre already.
But what then happens inside her home is ….also… quite bizarre and pretty unique.
A heroine who desperately tries to unmask herself over and over again… That is quite a very rare situation!
Her mask is magic and the source of her superpowers. Most of the time…not always… it is secured in place by some kind of force and bad guys have a very, very hard time to unmask her.
Which is quite great by the way 😉
But from what I understand her mask has also some kind of own will or something like that.
I guess it wanted her to stay in her Supergirl/Spider-girl costume 😉
Really odd how she gets thrown around/jumps around the room 😆
Of course, the CGI with the magic mask looks quite bad (#blurry), but the sound effects are nice.
And it’s a nice reversed situation.
Normally masked superheroines don’t want to be unmasked and here she wants to unmask herself but has such a hard time.
Thanks a lot (again) to the one who recommended me this one a while ago!
This bizarre Superheroine show is quite a rollercoaster.
It has 129(!) episodes, which are available on Youtube!
A masked superheroine in different costumes and solid masks is the lead character!
It has a lot of secret identity issues incl. unmaskings and unmasking attempts!
It even has a masked villainess that is in many episodes!
Sounds fantastic? Well yes…. BUT…. there are also some problems.
More on that later on…
Preview:
Supergirl!?!
And a masked villainess!
She is pinned down and someone is reaching for her mask!
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Here is the video:
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I combined scenes from 2 episodes for this one. One episode ends just after the villainess unmasked herself and we see Supergirl’s shocked face. #cliffhanger
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Here are the problems the show has for me:
– Obviously, the language issue if you are not familiar with it… no dub or subtitles are available
– The playlist of this show has 129 videos with episodes but they are …often… not in order… a total mess
– It’s a soap opera, a really over-the-top soap opera… that you can realize very quickly without understanding a word 😆
– Really bad CGI and a total overload of superpowers
– some really annoying characters like a magic micro-mini-human
But, it also has a lot to offer 🙂 (as mentioned above)
Now to the scene itself:
Supergirl knows who the villain is, I think she was/is in love with him as he was turned into this evil character.
So he is shocked to find her under the mask of his enemy… Supergirl.
He wants to protect her so he carries the unmasked Supergirl away before the villainess can find her.
It’s been a while since I watched (skipped through) these episodes and the language issue makes it a lot more difficult to follow the crazy storyline.
I like the struggle with her and that he unmasks her, even the camera should be more focused on her face.
But I certainly love the expression on her face as she realizes in terror that he unmasked her.
She should have put up more of a fight… but I guess the way she got smashed against the tree was still affecting her big time.
I love how the guy is tossing her mask on the ground as he isn’t exactly happy about finding out that his love was Supergirl the whole time.
All in all, a really interesting scene.
In other episodes, she is wearing a costume that makes her look like a version of Spider-girl, also really interesting!
And the mask is actually the source of her power, as soon she puts it on she turns into the superheroine.
That means an unmasking leaves her powerless AND destroys her secret identity, quite a combo.
I guess I could make …at least…. 5 more posts with scenes from this show.
I will think about it….
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The hint where to find the playlist with the other episodes can be easily found in the video 😉
This one is quite a rollercoaster but see for yourself…
Preview:
A nightly intruder!
Oh… my!
Nice close-up of another nightly intruder!
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Here is the video:
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Ok, first of all, the picture quality is quite bad. The movie is not that old (2012), but I still haven’t found a better source than this.
There is a Polish DVD of this flick, even with English subtitles, but it’s quite rare and not so cheap.
Hopefully, I will upgrade this post in the future.
I only have a video in the Polish language without subtitles, so I don’t know why exactly the two masked intruders are there.
Also, it’s a shame it’s a comedy… which ruins the tension here and there. Like the music does when the first woman opens her leather jacket.
However an awesome dream!
But now to the good aspects! There are quite a few 🙂
There are 3(!) mask-related actions in about 4 minutes… quite an accomplishment! And 2 different hot women.
First, she gets unmasked by him! A little quick.. but I like that he immediately goes for her mask after he took control of her arms.
Then we get to see the other woman and how she masks herself and then unmasks herself back in the van.
Also, she looks really great in that leather jacket and the mask!
Damn, what I would give to find an intruder like this one day….
It’s a nice touch that he first dreams of one woman and then another one shows up in another great outfit… sadly this one then quickly runs off after she got hit randomly by the clowny guy.
Would have been interesting if he would have gotten for her mask here as well 😉
We have a bunch of security guards who actually confront and battle the art thief! 🙂
And we have some heroes incl. 2 women (one masks herself) who also fight against the art thief! 🙂
…..but…..
See for yourself:
Fully masked art thief…
…vs this team!
And she is now masked as well 🙂
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Here is the video:
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ARRGGGGGHHHHH!
They start the episode with that fully masked art thief and of course, I think about the possibilities of a great unmasking or an attempt to unmask her.
I was 100% sure that the thief was a woman from the first seconds of the scene, even her baggy clothes and 3-part mask are disguising her perfectly.
But her eyes gave it away instantly.
The fight with the guards was nice but also weird.
Why is the guard shooting at an unarmed thief (Is Gotham in Texas? :lol:)
Why is the thief risking damaging the picture as she throws it around in the fight?
Her strategy wo wait for the guards is weird at first but gets explained later on.
She wants to know them all out to be able to escape without being pursued (if I understood that right).
A shame none of the guards manage to get into close combat with her. One reach for her mask would have already been awesome!
The confrontation with the Gotham Knights is a total disaster in terms of having an interesting unmasking.
It’s nice to see Harper masking herself! Why doesn’t Stephanie has some sort of mask? Damn.
I highly doubt the bullet would get deflected like that as it hits the car. I mean the car isn’t armored, the bullet would just blast through the outer frame and would get stuck there… in my opinion.
Now the art thief is wounded… the heroes arrive and she immediately gives up and unmasks herself.
DAMN!
And the reveal isn’t good as well as the masked super thief isn’t the stunner as I hoped.
Such promise… and then that! All that left me rather frustrated…
Ok, I do like the first scene, so it was nice… but another missed chance.
It’s good that the heroes here in the show use masks for the first time! I hope that they will do that regularly from now on, especially the women 😉
And hopefully, they will have real costumes and masks before the show is over.
That is the main reason I watch the show after all.
Thanks a lot to the nice guy who recommended this one!
In this short scene, we have a villain named Mr. Terror… so why I wanna show the scene here on this blog?
Well, to no surprise… Mr. Terror is actually a villainESS!
Preview:
Like always the henchmen have…
…screwed up
Who is behind the mask?
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Yeah, just a short scene… but I like the reveal as it is quite a surprise to find a “slightly” crazy mother!
She was perfectly disguised with a baggy outfit, a full face mask, and a voice modifier. Not exactly a sexy disguise… but a very effective one for sure.
The scene is from a kid’s TV show with a lot of comedy elements so it’s hard to take it really “seriously”.
Thanks to a helpful comment I got this scene recommended 🙂
Really weird, I actually saw most of the seasons of this TV show including the one with this scene, but somehow I totally forgot about it, I guess I didn’t make notes back then like I do nowadays.
So, what do we have here? We have Oliver Queen getting attacked by a masked female ninja!
And no, I’m not talking about the Arrow TV show…
Preview:
Just a normal day for him… relaxing… getting attacked….
…by a sneaky female ninja
Who is under that mask?
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And here is the video:
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Yeah, sadly a rather short scene with an even shorter fight, and we don’t get a good look at the masked ninja….
…. BUT we get a masked female ninja that actually gets unmasked by someone else! And she isn’t unconscious or tied up! 🙂
That is rather rare and my favorite version of an unmasking. Ok, she could have struggled longer and put up more of a fight, but after all, she actually knows him and didn’t want to really hurt him.
The reveal is done well as we fully see how he unmasks her, the camera doesn’t cut away.
There is a tiny continuation error as he has her pinpointed down. First, the (weirdly red) tip of her nose is showing, but a second later the fabric is covering it up… quite a magic mask she has 😉
I’m quite jealous of him in this scene. I wouldn’t mind swapping places with him…
One day I will have to re-watch the Smallville show from beginning to end, even though I’m already buried under a pile of movies and TV shows that I need to watch or re-watch.
Thanks to a member of our Behind the Mask forum, I discovered this gem, check it out and enjoy:
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Well….. WOW! I must say that is a VERY spectacular fan film!
This isn’t an aminated video from a big studio but the result of the work of just a few folks.
I love that Catwoman is in it and Black Widow is a good opponent for her… even I would have preferred Batgirl 😉
The effects are well done, all the sweat, rain and thunder, and so on.
The effects really add to the overall atmosphere.
The fight scene is well-choreographed and amazingly long.
Also, a big bonus for me is the costume damage! Normally these costumes seem indestructible in the movies which is quite annoying.
Especially the aspect that the Catwoman eye mask gets damaged twice is really great for me, as I love mask damage which happens so rarely!
A nice aspect is that Catwoman then gets fully unmasked! Also, I always prefer if the opponent slowly yanks or rips that mask away.
A shame that the two aren’t talking a little more, especially since some comments about Catwoman’s secret identity would have been great as her mask gets damaged more and more.
I imagine a Catwoman with a cowl fighting the classic Batgirl and then these two would battle to see how can destroy the mask of the opponent first 😉
As you can see on their Youtube channel they will make another battle between these two… looking forward to it… BIG time!
