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Naked Invisible Man

posted 20 years ago by Jef2187
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The Invisible Man can only be completely invisible when he's not wearing clothes. Therefore he is naked when he is invisible and he is invisible for much of the movie, especially when he is evading the police. If he's naked then this begs the question, why doesnt he get sick? He's running around in the dead of winter and we know this because it snows in the end of the movie. Would'nt he catch cold, hypothermia or pnemonia? He's running around naked for heavens sake. In the beginning of the movie he is wearing a heavy coat and at the end he seems invulnerable to the weather.

[–] jesse-acosta 20 years ago

You can't catch a cold from merely being outside without clothes on. But he was merely naked and on the run from the police for what seemed to be 2 days in the movie. He was also maddened by the elixer, which Im sure made him not care about his own health. If you notice, he's too hooked on the notion that he is a mastermind and every body should grovel at his invisible feet because of his genius, so I doubt he's worrying about pnemonia. But if you do notice, when he does have a chance, he puts pants on and scares the hell out of the townsfolk. Also with the conversation with the ass who is trying to hook up with Griffon's woman, he says he handled the cold on the roof of the car to get to him and did everything just so he could kill him.

-Jesse
"Contemplate this on the tree of woe"
-Thulsa Doom, Conan The Barbarian

[–] bok602 20 years ago

The book builds more on the pitfalls of running about naked, but the film does make him mention needing a fire and a "warm rug" several times.

[–] Max_Schmeling 19 years ago

Actually, he must not have been completely naked as the footprints in the snow at the end of the movie are not of bare feet, but the outlines of shoes.

I know he's supposed to be naked, but I can't see how the film-makers overlooked this.

[–] mascisman 18 years ago

I've always thought this was one of the biggest (if not the single biggest) movie goof ever.

[–] OgreVI 18 years ago

That has always bothered me. I love the movie, but I can't watch that scene.

Death is...whimsical today.

[–] zerobeat 14 years ago

The potion that makes you invisible also changes the shape of your feet to look like shoes. Duh, obviously. Everybody knows that.

[–] pv61 14 years ago

Also, after robbing the bank, he doesn't cast a shadow. he is invisible but is he also transparent? Should he produce a shadow? To his friend he tells that he can not go out during rain because people could see it dripping from his shoulders...

[–] panemique 11 years ago

Of course he doesn't cast a shadow. He's invisible, which means the light goes right through him.

[–] King-Grim 19 years ago

It could be that the potion that made him invisible also made him more tolerant to harsh conditions.

[–] videokillerprods 18 years ago

Also when he becomes visible again at the end, he "re-visibilizes" with pajamas on...

[–] valerie_lp 16 years ago

No--they put him in pajamas. We see the empty set of pajamas talking to Gloria Stuart. Don't we? I have to re-watch...

[–] LarrupinLou 16 years ago

Also when he becomes visible again at the end, he "re-visibilizes" with pajamas on...

They were placed on him after he was shot.

No blah, blah, blah!

[–] chrismcreynolds 18 years ago

I mean, give me a break! You are the only one thinking here. We can suspend reality and believe he is invisible but it is too much to imagine that he can survive without clothes on like every other mammal on the (in real life) planet?

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[–] MountainMan 18 years ago

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! FOR *%*&%^&^$&'S SAKE, WE ARE WATCHING A FICTIONAL MOVIE ABOUT AN ***INVISIBLE MAN*** and everyone is concerned that he might catch a cold??????? JEEZ
Mountain Man

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[–] moviebuff109 18 years ago

If you read the book you will see he gets a cold and sneezes alot. It often gives away his position.

[–] jeremy78r 18 years ago

Funny thing is that scientists have recently said that invisibility for humans will be possible within a decade. I'm not making this up! Check it out:

http://www.physorg.com/news97945163.html

"Scientists predict that invisibility will be possible for objects of any shape and size within the next decade."

[–] rebeccadean935 17 years ago

I think the thing with the pajamas was to stop it alarming people at the time....a naked man was v. shocking then....

[–] doomicide 17 years ago

You people are dumb as hell, he has his pajamas on the whole time at the end. Watch it again.

[–] pepperdog61 10 years ago

Funny thing is that scientists have recently said that invisibility for humans will be possible within a decade. I'm not making this up! Check it out:

http://www.physorg.com/news97945163.html

"Scientists predict that invisibility will be possible for objects of any shape and size within the next decade."

well your post is from 2007 so those scientists better hurry! only 3 years left!