captain_aggravated comments on What is a "cliché" in movies that people like to reference, that doesn't actually happen in movies?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

You know...that kind of mask, the plastic shell that sits close to the face you called a hockey mask...I've never seen a hockey player wear one of those, a hockey mask looks like this:

And, possibly because of a brief scene in Christmas Vacation where Clark Griswold wears a hockey mask in order to chainsaw the root ball off the tree, I grew up thinking it was simply chainsaw PPE.

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[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The Jason Voorhees one is the old goaltender style hockey mask from many years ago, before helmets were required. No one wore them, then there were lots of injuries from goalies so they started to wear what Jason wore. Then eventually the tech evolved, players started wearing something more similar to an army helmet, then that evolved too, to what you posted. The goalie helmet is still different than the player helmet though, but doesn’t look much like the Jason mask.

It’s obviously a lot more complicated than that but you get the idea. I’m not a hockey history expert, just a casual fan, so I may have something slightly off but it’s relatively accurate at least.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oh I'll fully believe it originated in the sport of hockey, it's just, the media I've been exposed to during my one brief human existence has caused me to associate it more with chainsaw maniacs than the sport of hockey. Even if that isn't actually a thing either.

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[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is Jacques Plante, who in 1959 was the first NHL goaltender to create and use a practical mask. The design changed a little bit but you can see where it comes from.