# Those masks in super hero movies make me feel sweaty, hot, and claustrophobic! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333 "2016-06-14T09:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/1 "2016-06-14T09:35:09Z")
• Blank Panther • Deadpool • Iron Man • Kilo Ren • The list goes on… Hey, remember wearing those Halloween masks as a kid–the ones made out of cheap plastic with the mouth, nose, and eye holes? Those those were open at the sides, but I could barely stand to have one on for two minutes. So when I see masks like that in movies, my thoughts are twofold: • How would the hero or villain in the fictional world stand to have that mask on all the time, fight in it, etc.? I guess in theory Iron Man’s has internal cooling, but most of those masks just look like…masks. Hot, tight, wet from face sweat, and like a friggin’ torture device (unlike nice things that are hot, tight, and wet). • Holy fuck that must be torture for the actor to have on! That Black Panther mask in particular, never did a gimp suit look so uncomfortable. Anyone else get a similar feeling from those things?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/2 "2016-06-14T10:03:46Z")
I don’t think the actors wear those suits all that much outside of close ups. It’s mostly just CGI like in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5578DqGa5sI) Iron Man behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/3 "2016-06-14T10:14:55Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > I don’t think the actors wear those suits all that much outside of close ups. It’s mostly just CGI like in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5578DqGa5sI) Iron Man behind the scenes. Ha, right. But even like the Kylo Ren mask? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/4 "2016-06-14T10:29:48Z")
Yeah, the Kylo Ren mask is probably not that comfortable though he only wears it in a few scenes. None of them were that physically demanding. IRL Spiderman’s mask would be pretty disgusting at the end of the day. Have you ever wore a facemask in sub-zero temperatures? Those things quickly get soaked in your breath and snot. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/5 "2016-06-14T13:06:05Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Yeah, the Kylo Ren mask is probably not that comfortable though he only wears it in a few scenes. Adam Savage and his annoying sidekick [seem to think](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCaNa2L-heE) it’s pretty comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/6 "2016-06-14T13:26:39Z")
I remember Michael Keaton complaining that the Batman cowl they made for the movie was one solid piece that went over your head and shoulders. He literally couldn’t turn his head side-to-side. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/7 "2016-06-14T13:33:52Z")
Read some interview material with people on set for Civil War - evidently the Black Panther costume was definitely the worst. They filmed the airport stuff in Georgia in the summer and everybody felt very, very sorry for him. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/8 "2016-06-14T15:30:24Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I remember Michael Keaton complaining that the Batman cowl they made for the movie was one solid piece that went over your head and shoulders. He literally couldn’t turn his head side-to-side. This is especially evident in the factory scene where Batman is lifting Jack Napier off the floor. Bob the Goon holds a pistol on Commissioner Gordon and shouts “Let him go!” You see Keaton trying to turn his head, unable to do it, and trying to settle for looking out of the corner of his eye (but the cowl is in the way!) :smack: In the Fantastic Four movies, the Thing outfit that Michael Chiklis wore came equipped with cool-air tubes. Between takes, all someone had to do with lift a flap and plug him in. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/9 "2016-06-14T15:33:29Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I remember Michael Keaton complaining that the Batman cowl they made for the movie was one solid piece that went over your head and shoulders. He literally couldn’t turn his head side-to-side. Every superhero needs a vulnerability. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-masks-in-super-hero-movies-make-me-feel-sweaty-hot-and-claustrophobic/757333/10 "2016-06-14T18:05:20Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Those things quickly get soaked in your breath and snot. True. In a real-world application, Mexican wrestlers’ masks usually have both nose and mouth openings. And ski-mask or balaclavas are mostly worn full-face only for short periods of action and often do have the openings too.