When I watch movies, 99% of the time I usually end up siding with the "bad guy." It's so funny how it always works out that the savior or hero is, at least in my mind, kind of an asshole most of the time. Of course this isn't always the case, but it's become so casually routine that I basically don't expect any good or bad anymore. The Batman stories and the villains involved actually made me question my morals as a very young girl, so much in fact that I've dubbed this chronic mental state as the Mr. Freeze Syndrome. He's the perfect image of a loving, devoted human being who is suddenly set on the wrong course through actions out of his power. All he ever wanted to do was save his wife. It just so happens that in order to accomplish this, he has to steal diamonds to feed the machine keeping her alive. Tough break, right? There isn't really an easy way out of this dilemma. Walking up to the authorities and calmly explaining the situation probably wouldn't get you anywhere when you need a down payment for the entire stock of Tiffany's on a weekly basis, so he breaks the law, over and over and over. There is a point when you have to really analyze a situation and say "all right man, looks like your wife isn't coming back," which is hard but then again, that's life. The only difference between villains and the rest of us is that they refuse to accept that life will simply go on. They don't give up, and sometimes it's not the best idea to keep pushing luck like that, so they get themselves into trouble. Isn't there a part in you that gets a little bummed when the bad guy is defeated (generally speaking, this is usually a more p.c. word for "murdered", which is another word for "justice")? Even Elmer Fudd started crying every time he thought he'd succeeded in the demise of Bugs Bunny. Heroes are not pure beings, should they be throwing stones? In the end everyone is just learning about who they are and how to do the right thing in order to get by. If this means helping the world because there is hope, or caring less because people suck, it's all a matter of perspective. Good thing there's usually enough balance to back the other up.
Wednesday
Sympathy For the Devil
When I watch movies, 99% of the time I usually end up siding with the "bad guy." It's so funny how it always works out that the savior or hero is, at least in my mind, kind of an asshole most of the time. Of course this isn't always the case, but it's become so casually routine that I basically don't expect any good or bad anymore. The Batman stories and the villains involved actually made me question my morals as a very young girl, so much in fact that I've dubbed this chronic mental state as the Mr. Freeze Syndrome. He's the perfect image of a loving, devoted human being who is suddenly set on the wrong course through actions out of his power. All he ever wanted to do was save his wife. It just so happens that in order to accomplish this, he has to steal diamonds to feed the machine keeping her alive. Tough break, right? There isn't really an easy way out of this dilemma. Walking up to the authorities and calmly explaining the situation probably wouldn't get you anywhere when you need a down payment for the entire stock of Tiffany's on a weekly basis, so he breaks the law, over and over and over. There is a point when you have to really analyze a situation and say "all right man, looks like your wife isn't coming back," which is hard but then again, that's life. The only difference between villains and the rest of us is that they refuse to accept that life will simply go on. They don't give up, and sometimes it's not the best idea to keep pushing luck like that, so they get themselves into trouble. Isn't there a part in you that gets a little bummed when the bad guy is defeated (generally speaking, this is usually a more p.c. word for "murdered", which is another word for "justice")? Even Elmer Fudd started crying every time he thought he'd succeeded in the demise of Bugs Bunny. Heroes are not pure beings, should they be throwing stones? In the end everyone is just learning about who they are and how to do the right thing in order to get by. If this means helping the world because there is hope, or caring less because people suck, it's all a matter of perspective. Good thing there's usually enough balance to back the other up.
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