Comments on: The real Michael Jackson

The real Michael Jackson

Mwongozi — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:11:11 -0800

If Michael Jackson hadn't undergone any plastic surgery, today he would look like this.

By: Item

Item — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:23:24 -0800

oh my god.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:23:25 -0800

Holy cow...he looks NORMAL in the age-progression! What a shame he's such a freak...

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:28:02 -0800

I can picture the "real" old Michael Jackson (as pictured here on the right) laying down some Barry White style soul. It's a mad world.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:30:33 -0800

What surprises me is that he isn't better looking in the age progression picture - he was so cute as a lad. And how did Janet get so gorgeous? Judicious surgery?

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:30:46 -0800

LOL That picture is an excellent example of the lameness of forensic art. So MJ would have a part in his fro like it was 10 years ago if he didn't have plastic surgery? Is plastic surgery the reason why he is skinny? Because the guy in picture doesn't have the face of a skinny man. It is pretty sad when you can't even catch fish in a barrel honestly.

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:31:29 -0800

Hmm, don't agree. No vitiligo, he would be much thinner, and the lips look off, he didn't have a mouth like that during the "Off the Wall" era. Should of worked from a photo of him at 19 or so. See this classic page.

By: sageleaf

sageleaf — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:43:13 -0800

Orthodontia is not usually considered plastic surgery, to my knowledge. I also like to think he'd dress just a tad better.

By: msacheson

msacheson — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:43:46 -0800

Artist's disclaimer: Aging a suspect is an interpretive art and should be considered as only one of many possible biological outcomes. 'course, Michael's tested out many of the other possible outcomes, as seen on bobo's link.

By: Postroad

Postroad — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:04:50 -0800

Ashasbeen said of Michael Jackson: he went from being a poor, black boy to become a rich white woman.

By: robbie01

robbie01 — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:42:22 -0800

He dressed better when he was younger, according to these photos.

By: jerseygirl

jerseygirl — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:47:27 -0800

They should have based it off a slightly older picture. Aging someone nearly 40 years is leaving a lot to interpretation. His facial structure changed a lot when he hit puberty.

By: condour75

condour75 — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:48:23 -0800

Now we know what he would look like if he were a Star Wars ghost.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:41:11 -0800

His nose and lips are too big, I think. They would have gotten smaller in perportion to the rest of his head.

By: skallas

skallas — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:56:54 -0800

I guess the real question is: Does Michael Jackson really have vitiligo? I've seen vitiligo and its huge bleach white patches on the body not a gradual reduction of one's skin pigment. If I had to bet I'd say he was lying. He's obsessed with plastic surgery and changing himself and just happens to have the world's nicest form of vitiligo? Seems more than a bit suspicious. Google image search here.

By: skallas

skallas — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:03:40 -0800

Of course it could be both: "bleaching" abuse to cover spotty vitiligo. So many conspiracy theories, so few Michael Jacksons.

By: PigAlien

PigAlien — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:54:12 -0800

Damn, skallas, you beat me to it! I was just going to say that Michael could have vitiligo and be rich enough to afford bleaching treatments to cover it up. Now, I'm not saying he does have vitiligo, just that its possible. Of course, I believe someone had speculated at some point that he originally started wearing 'the glove' because he was covering up vitiligo on his hand. Perhaps it spread. I believe I might have heard somewhere that it spreads...

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:16:51 -0800

So. Is the deal that he has a new album coming out soon? Seems I only hear the latest about Michael Jackson when he's got a new album coming out. Or maybe that's just coincidental. His childhood work with The Five was exceptional. Off The Wall was fun. Thriller was amazing (thanks more to The Q than MJ). Bad was adequate. Dangerous was disappointing. At one time I was a fan of moderate interest, but I haven't paid much attention to Michael Jackson recently, because his work doesn't speak to me or interest me in any real way anymore. His personal life is personal. There are people who believe when someone becomes a celebrity, they automatically forego any resemblance of a personal life. Their lives become public domain. I used to smile and nod at that. Now I think it's a load of bullshit. Was it a physical disease or a mental aberration which caused him to do whatever he's done to himself or others? I don't know. I don't care. I don't understand why anyone cares. If there's irrefutable evidence that he's committed a crime, I have enough idealism left to believe one way or another, justice will be served. Personally, I try not to judge. Sometimes I do. I try to consciously catch myself when I do. When it comes to MJ, I look away, because one way or the other it simply does not affect me personally. He's an entertainer. And in his prime he was a damn good one. I admired his talent at one time but today, MJ offers nothing of any real substance to the audience. I'm sure there's still a diehard cult following and more power to those fans of his, but to resort to age progression techniques to say "if only he'd made the kinda choices WE would make for him.." It's pathetic. He doesn't look like LeVar Burton with a busted nose. He looks like what he looks like today. If you can't stomach it, look away. Apparently he can look at himself in the mirror and that's all that should matter to him. So we would have spent his money differently. So effing what? If you enjoy his work and enjoy the man, more power to ya. Whatever. If you don't, turn to something or someone you can enjoy. If you enjoy finding new ways to belittle Michael Jackson and the choices he's made in his life when you don't even know the guy personally, well you're just a petty smalll mind.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:51:02 -0800

Whatcha gonna do when ZachsMind runs wild on you, brother!?! ;)

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:52:38 -0800

For what it's worth, the reason I care about any of that is I think it's a telling indictment of the Hollywood Dream Machine.

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:59:05 -0800

Amen to that. I would like to add that I feel very sorry for him. He has had a crappy life despite all of his successes and there are other people elsewhere who have been shorter on money and longer on hugs. I think the man could use some more hugs. O.K. i know that's a set up for child molestation jokes, just stop. Its america, Innocent until proven guilty, and that case looks as shaky as the back porch on a college apartment.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:01:20 -0800

And his music would still be boring pop crap.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:03:38 -0800

Yeah, I know, 20 zillion people disagree with me, but then 20 zillion also eat at McDonalds every day. Shows the value of that standard.

By: skallas

skallas — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:21:30 -0800

ZM: There are people who believe when someone becomes a celebrity, they automatically forego any resemblance of a personal life. Yes, these people are called record company executives. Think before you sign that contract. The music industry promotes people as celebrities first and artists second. As someone who barely watches TV (I have a Tivo to screen out the crap) I sure as hell know a lot about the personal lives of many artists. Why is that? Am I a rabid fan who subscribes to the tabloids? No, of course not. The problem is that the industry itself feeds the lowest common denominator's boredom with amazing tales of celebritites. Look who's gay today, look who's driving a new ferrari, look at who just lost weight, here's some dirty laundry, etc. Pop music is almost never about the music, its about the scene, the 'tude, the person, the money, the lifestyle, etc. Its all in the marketing. Its not hard to envision a pop-music system that's about music and not about celebrity, its just that commercializing every aspect of the performer's life is simply more profitable.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 01:54:13 -0800

ZachsMind : He's been arrested for child molestation, thats why he's in the news these days. Havn't you been paying attention? It even made mefi, dispite the protestations fo the anti-newsfilter crowds

By: Feisty

Feisty — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:00:33 -0800

From the same artist. I guessed Michelle Pfieffer / Jamie Lee Curtis.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:00:48 -0800

here's some dirty laundry Ah, Don Henley. A prophet for our times.

By: twine42

twine42 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:13:03 -0800

Now, i want to play with this technology... but i want to do it the other way around. I want to stick in a picture of him now and see what the someone would have to start off looking like to get there. ;)

By: Leonard

Leonard — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 09:57:26 -0800

Its not hard to envision a pop-music system that's about music and not about celebrity, its just that commercializing every aspect of the performer's life is simply more profitable. Skalla: Explain this vision to me. Also, did no one tell you that starting an argument with "I don't watch TV" is like saying "I'm a knee jerk lefty who's never had to have a real job, better hope I'm a teenager!"

By: bwg

bwg — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:10:48 -0800

And in another 30 years, he'll look like this!