Feeling the Schwartz
By Izzy
Galliano unknowingly pays homage to Spaceball’s Dark Helmet, a parody of Star Wars’ Darth Vader (whose own helmet, incidentally, was surely inspired by German army helmets from World War II).
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February 1st, 2007 at 11:23 pm
I think it’s more likely - given the debt Star Wars Ep. IV owes to Kurosawa’s HIDDEN FORTRESS - that Vader’s helmet was inspired by samurai armor. With the ribbing around the bottom, Galliano’s helmet looks even more like a samurai helmet than Vader’s did.
Me, I’m wondering when Galliano found the time to do battle with the Cybermen alongside Doctor Who, as that must be where he got the tropy skull mounted on the helmet.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:37 am
Darth’s shimmery cap was modeled after samurai warrior headgear.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:53 am
He also seems to be incorporating the cyberman from BBC’s long-running UK sci-fi series “Doctor “Who” - see here;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4426416.stm
February 5th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Perhaps the Nazi’s were influenced by samurai headgear as well
February 7th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Could be. I can definitely see the resemblance between any of them.
February 19th, 2007 at 8:36 am
nazi gear was modeled on the advances in military technology in world war 1 when it was noticed by german infantry that a big spike on the helmet didnt help prevent inuries! and that a “wraparound” the back of the head did help - thus similarities between the “nazi” helmet and the current US headgear.
Darth Vader was modeled on both, Samuri and Nazi in order to maximise his “evil intent” with american audiences, and remind them of evil empires such as ww2 germany and japan.
Robert Nicholson