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Elaine's changing eye color

ATMachineATMachine
edited October 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
So... not that I'm complaining or anything, but why have Elaine's eyes changed color from blue to green?

Her eyes were blue in the VGA version of MI1:
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And blue again in CMI:
cmicostume19.png

Now they're green:
elaineeeyes1.png

So why the change?

Perhaps Elaine's TMI look was partly based on Steve Purcell's MI movie Elaine design (with green eyes)?
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Comments

  • MermaidMermaid
    edited October 2009
    Better match with her poxy skin. :D

    Then again, her hair changed from brown to red as well.
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited October 2009
    I know her eyecolour. It's the color of the ocean after a storm. :p
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited October 2009
    I've been wondering about her changing eye color as well. Didn't they do their research at Telltale?

    Her hair was always red. At least in the VGA version of SMI. Just like Guybrush was always blond, except in the EGA version.

    EDIT: By the way, where did you get that pretty screenshot of TMI Elaine, ATMachine?
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    I would guess by playing the game or google image search
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited October 2009
    What colour were they in EMI?
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    monkey-island-special-edition-04a5afcf7a1dc9.jpg

    They're green in MI:SE also.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    What colour were they in EMI?

    As far as I can tell, they were brown.
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I would guess by playing the game or google image search
    I meant the close-up of Elaine from Tales he showed us. I don't remember a scene like that in the games, so it must have appeared somewhere else.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    That image was everywhere before the first episode came out.... as well as the Guybrush picture with the cutlass and rootbeer with the orange sky behind him before they changed the scene to a stormy rainy night scene.
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    That image was everywhere before the first episode came out....
    It "was" - guess I missed it then.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited October 2009
    I'd imagine that it was a color coordination thing -- doing what looked good. It's a continuity goof, I suppose (though as pointed out, her eye color has changed before), but hopefully a forgivable one.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited October 2009
    Jake wrote: »
    I'd imagine that it was a color coordination thing -- doing what looked good. It's a continuity goof, I suppose (though as pointed out, her eye color has changed before), but hopefully a forgivable one.

    It's ok... but Guybrush really should have noticed. Typical man!
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited October 2009
    Jake wrote: »
    I'd imagine that it was a color coordination thing -- doing what looked good. It's a continuity goof, I suppose (though as pointed out, her eye color has changed before), but hopefully a forgivable one.
    I forgive you, too. Happened before, no big, just made me wonder.
    guitarsareboring wrote: »
    It's ok... but Guybrush really should have noticed. Typical man!
    Like he noticed her different voice in EMI? :p
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    I like her green eyes better.... When I painted her I gave her green eyes too.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited October 2009
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    Like he noticed her different voice in EMI? :p

    Haha good point!
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited October 2009
    Looks like she's had just about every eye colour there is to have!

    I like the green eyes / red hair combo. Telltale did a great job with their main character designs.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    Its possible she had them changed with a minor voodoo curse.... you can explain anything with voodoo.
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited October 2009
    Or coloured contact lenses were invented earlier than originally thought... :p
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    I like the green eyes / red hair combo. Telltale did a great job with their main character designs.

    Yeah I like TTG concept artist he knows his stuff..... whats his name Ryan or something? I think he posted here a few times....
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    Its possible she had them changed with a minor voodoo curse.... you can explain anything with voodoo.

    If I ever find myself in court I know what I'M saying...
  • ATMachineATMachine
    edited October 2009
    Beekay: The TMI Elaine image was from a promotional pic Telltale released before Episode 1 (not an in-game screenshot, but it uses Elaine's in-game model).

    Also, thanks for supplying the image from MISE, Pale Man. I guess green eyes are just what looks "best" with red hair?

    PS: in regards to EMI, I forgot - her eyes are various colors in-game (she has more than one character model, since she has a couple different outfits) but on the box art at least her eyes are green. I guess this might not be Telltale's fault after all!
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    ATMachine wrote: »
    I guess green eyes are just what looks "best" with red hair?

    just ask the comic book industry.
  • MatakuMataku
    edited October 2009
    ATMachine wrote: »
    And blue again in CMI:
    cmicostume19.png
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    hijacking. just wanted to do this. :p

    hiujack.jpg

    ahh, the dark tone, my shameful mistress...

    >_>
    <_<
    ...
  • thatdude98thatdude98
    edited October 2009
    wow. MI3 remake, anyone?
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited October 2009
    Pillow-shading makes puppies cry.

    To stay on topic... I blame Gubrush. Since he had blue eyes, someone decided to give Elaine green ones.
  • Apolli0nApolli0n
    edited October 2009
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    Or coloured contact lenses were invented earlier than originally thought... :p

    And as for the hair, she probably ran out of Red Dye nr.2
  • ATMachineATMachine
    edited October 2009
    I don't really mind the change, mind you (and in fact, I'd argue green eyes are officially canon now for Elaine, given the "eyes as green as summer grog" line in Spinner Cay). I'm more... bemused than anything else.

    Of course this isn't to go anywhere near Steve Purcell's two concept roughs for the MI2 cover painting, which show Elaine with BLACK hair! Her appearance has been variable for quite a while now.
  • Armand1880Armand1880
    edited October 2009
    ATMachine wrote: »
    Of course this isn't to go anywhere near Steve Purcell's two concept roughs for the MI2 cover painting, which show Elaine with BLACK hair! Her appearance has been variable for quite a while now.

    Whoa now...where are these concepts?
  • onlyamonkeyonlyamonkey
    edited October 2009
    Good job! TTG is finally exposed as the bastardized devils they really are! They thought they had it lol...but oh oh oh nooo...they forgot a simple thing..you're going down TTG. Down the drain. To the sewers and rats and rotten corpses where you belong.
  • onlyamonkeyonlyamonkey
    edited October 2009
    Mataku wrote: »
    ahh, the dark tone, my shameful mistress...

    >_>
    <_<
    ...

    mwaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaahahahaaaaa
  • DuateDuate
    edited October 2009
    where can i see these MI2 cover concepts
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited October 2009
    I think they gave her green eyes because it's a scientific fact that green eyes and red hair go together really well.

    It feels kinda like we've had loads of different women called Elaine throughout the series. They only feel loosely connected (even with regards to things other than appearance and accent).
  • ATMachineATMachine
    edited October 2009
    The MI2 cover concepts are shown in the book Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts, by Rob Smith, Chronicle Books, 2008.
  • DuateDuate
    edited October 2009
    upload scans!
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited October 2009
    I swear her eyes are purple in the first one. Guybrush's too.

    Edit: Also, it's really hard to tell but in Escape her eyes look brown.
  • MaxFanMaxFan
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    Its possible she had them changed with a minor voodoo curse.... you can explain anything with voodoo.

    Except microwaves and non-dairy creamer.
    (gah, I've changed my avatar so now even fewer people will get the reference)
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited October 2009
    Look at her eye next to Guybrush here. Clearly purple.
    efmi.png
  • Smashman2004Smashman2004
    edited October 2009
    Yes because a carving of a person is ALWAYS accurate.
    I've got it installed.
    I'll go and check some time.

    Infact they are black/brown here.
    screen07.jpg
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    I still really like that background designs in that game.
  • ryanincryaninc
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I still really like that background designs in that game.

    Yeah, I dunno why Escape always gets such a bad rap. Sure, it wasn't the best game it the series, but I liked it a lot. Oh well, to each his own. :cool:
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