Glassesbatch vs. my dad

[swissmarg]

Benedict Cumberbatch in those glasses at TIFF (here are a few photos, scroll down) reminds me a lot of my dad:



In fact I think those are the exact same frames. :p Anyone else getting a 1950s vibe? Also, is BC's hairline receding?

Exhibits A and B:



I'm voting yes. Although his father still has a fairly strong hairline, assuming he doesn't wear hairpieces.

Comments

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

If you ever meet Benedict, you can tell him that your dad used to wear glasses exactly like he does! :DDDDD

I cannot look at those pics of him with those glasses and not think of this one person on my dash on Tumblr who sells glasses for a living - she keeps complaining that these don't fit Benedict's head at all (see how the earpiece is too high?). :) (Or maybe she just complained once and the post gets reblogged a lot...) Anyway. :)

[swissmarg]

They do look kind of oddly high now that you mention it. He might have tilted them on purpose to give him better magnification for looking at the phone in that one shot, or so as not to create a glare from camera flashes. Or, if they're new or he's not used to wearing them, they might have been chafing the back of his ear and he moved them to give him some relief. Or, you know, he borrowed them from my dad and they don't actually fit him properly. ;)

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

I think I'll go with the fourth theory: your dad lending Benedict his glasses.

*faints*

[http://users.livejournal.com/meredith_/]

Seriously laughing at the guy on the right (http://wpmedia.arts.nationalpost.com/2014/09/film_tiff_the_imitation_game_20140909_34080645.jpg?w=940&h=688).

His hairline is not receding. Benedict just has a huge forehead.

[swissmarg]

I just added two pics of Benedict for comparison. He does have a rather large forehead but I think some hair loss is also happening. Not that I find that unattractive. The more skin he shows the better. ;) And I love all those wrinkles around his eyes that you can see in a couple of the TIFF pics. But then I'm old. :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/meredith_/]

Ah yeah, I suppose I know what you mean, I always thought he had a widow's peak but then there's also little curves on the sides which is usually indicative of that. I DON'T FIND IT UNATTRACTIVE EITHER.

[tryslora]

I believe that balding/recession issues come from the mother's side, so the person to look at would be his maternal grandfather. Er. Because you wanted a biological explanation. I actually used to know all the genetic factors that went into balding patterns, but I cannot remember them... but I do have a vague memory of the maternal line defining whether a boy has hair loss or not.

IMO looking at the picture, either his hairline is receding, or he's combing it in a different way that just emphasizes the pattern of his hair...

[swissmarg]

If it runs in the mother's genes then wouldn't we want to look at his maternal uncles? (I.e. other male descendants of his maternal grandmother.) No matter, he will be attractive whatever look nature has in store for him. :)

And yeah, it could also be a styling issue. In the younger picture, he's got that spot on the side covered with a wave of hair.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

The black frames are not the choice I would have made for him, but I wonder if he bought them partially to stay in keeping with the image of Turing? But then my frames are purple and have rhinestones (I'm also old.)

His hairline is moving back at a gentle pace for a 38 yr old. :) My husband, 44 and also a curly head, likes to grab his hair and pull back to critique his own hairline. So vain. :)

I love how in these shots Adonis Cumbergod's lovely ginger curls are given free rein and haven't been dyed weird shades --do you reckon this is his natural color or is it possible to know? One of my favorite moments in August Osage County is when his character needs to comb his hair and is handed a pitiful plastic comb that is woefully inadequate to the task. :)

The Tiff commentator's snide comment about David Cronenberg made me howl with laughter. :D

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

PS in that young pic you added he looks so much like his mom it is shocking. :D

I am one of those who was 100% in favor of Wanda and Tim playing Sherlock's parents. :)

[swissmarg]

The commenter had some good ones in there:

"Benedict Cumberbatch speaks at the press conference for The Imitation Game — not that anyone can pay attention to what he’s saying when he’s looking at you with those big green eyes."

and

"He knows how you feel about him, and although he’s flattered, he really does think you two are better off as just friends. And somehow, he manages to tell you without making you feel foolish or immature, and you come away feeling better about yourself."

being my favs.

I can't really tell if his hair's been colored at all in the TIFF pics. His kind of reddish tint depends a lot on the lighting. But at least it's not that awful platinum.

[swissmarg]

Also, you mentioned BC's age... the pictures of my father are from when he was approx. the same age (early to mid 30s). 40 years later, his hair line was precisely the same. And he never went gray either. So maybe that's as far as Benedict's hair is going to go.

[jcporter1.livejournal.com]

Hairline- Hard to say. He is growing into his mature middle age face. His face is longer and broader, so his hairline may be the same but his forehead is bigger.

[swissmarg]

He's definitely one of those people who just gets finer with age. Mm-hmm!

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

I don't know who is cuter, Benedict or your dad :):) The glasses pictures are superb--thanks for sharing.

[swissmarg]

Haha, that's my dad trying to do his serious professor look. :D

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

I have long thought that his hairline is slowly receding, so we're in agreement. My husband has the typical male pattern baldness and I think he's the handsomest man I know, so Cumbergorgeous has nothing to fear, imo.

They really are your dad's glasses! And, by a weird confidence, almost exactly like my distance glasses. But I got mine first! Well, not before your dad.

[swissmarg]

Neat! You could all be in the cool glasses club together. O-O

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

The glasses are similar, but for some reason I am getting a Mark Gatiss vibe off of your dad's photos more than a Benedict similarity. I'm honestly not sure why - the ears, perhaps? Still, there's a familial resemblance going on there that seems quite appropriate.

[swissmarg]

Interesting! Maybe it's the kind of casual, rumpled suit as well. I find Mark Gatiss more playful and less formal than Benedict.

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so funny!

Add me to the list of people who think he didn't get glasses that fit him right (BC I mean, not your dad). It's the sides, like he's wearing them oddly b/c when they're where they're supposed to be, they hurt. I imagine someone as busy as him hasn't had time to go back to the store for an adjustment.

My glasses actually did that -- I had to drive back in just to get them to bend the earpieces more comfortably. Then something else felt odd and I had to go back AGAIN. Glasses aren't an exact science.

Not sure about the hair. I want to say it's just the style he favors now, that slicked-back stuff. But he is on the downhill slope to 40...(joining me, LOL!).

[swissmarg]

Yeah, I think you're probably right about the earpiece chafing him. Says a lot that the poor man is so busy he can't take time to get them adjusted!

[lorelei-lee1968.livejournal.com]

Bei den Bildern mit der Brille von BC dachte ich sofort an Buddy Holly... *gg* soviel zu den 50s vibes.

Und die Haare... das sind vermutlich jetzt so die typischen "Geheimratsecken". An den Stellen dünnt das Haar bei Männern meist doch etwas aus.

[swissmarg]

I do think BC was going for a retro vibe with them. It works well, both for his personality and for the movie he was promoting.
I never heard Geheimratsecken before! Now I looked it up and it's apparently also called Ministerwinkel. I guess it's supposed to look distinguished? I don't even know if there's a special word for that specific pattern of hair loss (or hair thinning) in English. German is particular!

[lorelei-lee1968.livejournal.com]

Even as I was typing the word, I guessed that you probably never heard it.

Our server at the office is down... the internet works... e-mail works... but the rest? Nada.
So I'm sitting here, twirling my thumbs and try not to think to hard about all the ironing at home *le sigh*

[swissmarg]

You could think about Deflowered... ;):D

[lorelei-lee1968.livejournal.com]

I do... but hush... don't let them know *giggle*