We see that his chest is perfectly unharmed and he still has hair, but if he has no mouth, eyes, ears, or a nose, what would he look like? I did really like the fact that they never show his face so we have to just use our imaginations, but what do you think he'd look like? A skull?
I have El Sonoma del Torra de Fiero Syndrome. Be happy you don't. Trust me.
I pictured his face as caved-in (where his eyes, nose, etc would be) and featureless except for a hole. I was kind of hoping that they should show his face, but now that I've finished it I think that not ever seeing it was a nice touch.
shareI don't think special effects were up to the task in 1971. Today it would be child's play: I think his face looks a bit like any random zombie on The Walking Dead.
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Here it is, pretty disturbing:
http://s24.postimg.org/lypx3fi51/johnny.jpg
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Interesting take on Joe. Thanks for sharing it.
shareimpressive work, tnx. who's the artist?
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There are some film clips taken post-WWI of faces of messed up soldiers. Don't watch them before you eat. I understand that after that war, lots of men had to wear masks for the rest of their lives to be able to go out in public without shocking people.
You are absolutely right.
Ever seen Boardwalk Empire? There was a character who was a WWI vet, who had half his face blown off. He had a mask designed to fit over the half that was destroyed. It was obviously a mask. That was based on fact. That's what was done. Ever seen the movie Patton? Remember the soldier in the infirmary tent Patton visited and decorated with a medal? It was the famous scene with Patton slapping the soldier for having battle fatigue. The soldier in the next bed has his face blown off. They only show it for a few seconds but you can't make out much. There's dark cloth over his face with a circular piece of metal about the size of the lid of a pickle jar over where his mouth would be. The metal has many rows of tiny holes and it's raised a little in the center. I guess that's where the air goes in for breathing. Pretty horrible isn't it?
As for what would be under the mask or the cloth over the face, it couldn't be left exposed to open air. The parts of his head inside the damaged area would have to be protected. Surgeons may use bone taken from another part of the patient's body to graft over the front of the skull, and then would cover it with grafted skin. It's possible they might not use the bone graft but will only use the skin graft. The bone graft would be better though, to protect the brain. Sad.
I guess today they could do a face transplant. It wouldn't do anything to restore eyesight, hearing, smelling, eating, etc. All it would do is make the appearance a lot more normal for cosmetic benefit.
So sad. 😥
Here's a photo of a WW1 soldier in a foxhole, who had been driven insane by the sheer horror of war:
You have to cut and paste the link.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=shell+shocked+soldier+1916&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=662&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix8fHF5ZzQAhXkzIMKHdVGCFgQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=F2ZVYm2yDH8iyM%3A
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Image search "WWI injuries"(No quotes).
It is disturbing.