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Re: What makes a guy look "tough"
That's good... Yeah the moments before a fight are great examples. Some fighters like Mosely etc aren't big on the staredown, but they look serious and ready for business.. Almost a little overly relaxed, but you can see he's not going to give you an inch.. Some fighters stay very still and look powerfully at their opponent.. Usually the other guy will try to mirror it as well to show he's not affraid. I remember before Floyd v Hatton, their were hundreds of comments on what their body language was saying at the various press conferences.. Boxers are definetly great examples of guys who have that look without really trying to do anything.
Another weird example I thought of it as well was horror movies where they have one killer like "when a stranger calls" or "the shining".. When they have shots of the killer standing still, they are usually in powerful stances and look quite serious, but with a sly small smirk... Even if they smile, they still have very serious eyes which tell you the mean business, but the smile shows that they also don't "care" about the situation to much.
Then the even bigger exhageration of the body langauge is when they have to "chase" their victim.. The victim is always franticly darting from door to door or down halls trying to get away, but the killer just walks powerfully. You very very rarely see them running or looking phased at all. The just move seriously, purposefully, and usually not very fast. The slower that the director can have them appear to be moving and still catching the victim, the more intimidating and scary the killer looks.. I always thought that was a cool aspect of how they get that killer to appear more threatening..
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Originally Posted by Lyle
The dog usually looks better than them 
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