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5/10
tattoos 101
zimbo_the_donkey_boy22 June 2013
They believe that a lot of us are tuning in to the Prison Break series itself to see the tattoo -- which should give you some idea of how accurately they have us viewers pegged. But then they also imagine that "if he had the blueprints of the prison, the only way he could bring them in is on his body". Yeah, sure, that makes as fine sense as a hundred other details of the series'. But this review is for this short, not a review of the series' logic. And this short DOES give you some insight into where the TV series developers were coming from and how closely tied in to reality they were.

Are these peoples' ideas of art to be blueprints? No, not at all. As you'll see, what all these guys & gals see as art is tattoos. They're supposedly cramming as much data as possible onto the character's bod. So why is this simply an all-black tattoo instead of with lots of different colored inks, as I've seen on plenty of nude models? I'm afraid we do not get an answer to that.

But I sure did learn a lot more about tattoos than I knew before. And more about how tattoo artists look at things than I ever knew either. And more explanation of the designs that they're hiding the maps in than the series provides + various details of design changes.
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8/10
It looks so real... you could go to a rave, and, like... not get beaten up
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews10 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This consists of interviews with the cast and crew, all of whom have something compelling to add within their area of expertise(and there is a very clear love of what they're working on), drawings of the tattoos, clips from the subject, behind-the-scenes footage, and incomplete effects shots.

It's 16 and a half minutes long. This is found on the season 1 dvd of Prison Break. It spoils a lot of the title, and so will this review, so that I can go into more detail.

They talk about how the sleeves are a big part of the appeal of the show. That the body is the only thing you bring into your cell, so that had to be part of the means of escape. What it was like coming off Red Dragon. Working out the code. Using demons and angels to show the duality of Michael, a man doing the wrong thing for the right reason. Tracing the devil onto paper, which was originally Jesus, but the network, understandably, didn't like the image of Schofield taking a hammer to Christ. Haywire. The pain meaning that realistically, it would have taken four years, not mere months, to get all that the lead got. How long it takes to apply before filming. Getting an appreciation for how strenuous it must be to be on Star Trek, and have prosthetics on your head.

I recommend this to any fan of the property. 8/10
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