Season's Greetings and a Tribute to Horn Guy

Happy holidays, folks. I've been enjoying the fantastic snowfall in the city of Portland for the past week, and I'm all geared up for the holiday season. At the moment I'm listening to Japanese Christmas music non-stop and playing GTA2 at the same time. Nothing says Christmas cheer like listening to a J-Pop cover of Last Christmas by Wam! or hearing some of my favorite anime casts singing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town while I light up gang members with a machine gun or blow up cars with a flame thrower. Sleigh bells ringing alongside blaring sirens and gunfire is something special, or at least rather hilarious. Anyway, you all deserve a present this year, so time for a very special post.

May I present to you all an ode to one of the most memorable characters from the most memorable film I've seen: Horn Guy from The Barbarians.

The Barbarians is a film starring the aptly named Barbarian Brothers, Dave and Peter Paul. It's an Italian directed film of generic sword and sorcery fare, but with two overmuscled, overmulleted comedy-action heroes (Who made the fantastic Double Trouble and Twin Sitters) in their film debut. It has some fantastic scenes in it, including bizarre barking by one of the brothers, but really, the best part of the movie is one character named Horn Guy.

Horn Guy's role as a villain is very minor. He's no different than Bearded Horseman #5 or Generic Armored Baddie #46. What makes him special is his facial expressions, which I shall show you. The following photos were painstakingly compiled by my cousin Ben to be put on display in this very blog. Enjoy.
Starting off with a standard Horn Guy face

I wonder what he's glaring at so intensely.

A scream of rage, and god damn is his mouth huge.

Horn Man seems quite happy to see the destruction he's caused.

He also seems to be stricken in awe by what's happening and posseses some kind of overbite.

Horn Man does not seem amused. Look at that chin.

In this image, however, he seems greatly amused

Every villain needs an insane, maniacal laugh.

He seems very intense in this shot. I wonder what he's thinking.

Horn Guy can fit a whole grapefruit in his craw.

He seems quite pleased in this one. Notice the creepy wrinkles.

Winter Wonderland of Sorts

So we had some snowfall here, and I managed to spend plenty of time out in it. I attempted making several miniature snowmen, but the snow was a bit too dry, so I didn't manage it. I did, however, notice it was perfect for snowballs, so I made and threw some. Special note: Cars are fantastic for snow warfare, as they provide cover and a good supply of ammunition.

In any case, I had a lot of fun today, and I saw WALL-E, which is a great movie. Go see it. Now.