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Look! It's a bird... It's a plane... No! It's our very flawed Superman! (and that's what makes him the hero)
( Posted: Monday , June 30, 2008 at 18:23 )
Vijay
Good one - interesting to note your comment on Spiderman, especially.
Cheers!
( Posted: Monday , June 30, 2008 at 15:05 )
Sunny
We tend to have a tendency that we need something whom we can blame for our bad times and on a similar note we need someone to magically come when we are in trouble and rescue us. While for the former GOD fills the bill , for the latter there are a lot of worthy contenders. As my friend has stated BATMAN,IRONMAN,SPIDERMAN and off course SUPERMAN. SUPERMAN somehow captures the imagination of all people of all ages. He catapultzs every individial to a new high, just the sight of a person appearing in a red cape rescuing is one of the ulmate dream of most kids.He stands up for what he believes, stands by his friends and those who cares but all along never takes advantage of his superiority. In our crazy times when humans are fighting their own brothern, problems are rampant and our world is devoid of any insipirational figure , these fictional pigmentation of our imagination takes a new importance as they instill hope in us that someone will come flying from the sky and rescue us. Everything can be restored back to good old times. I must admit , was a huge fan of the series as a kid but with time and social obligations the innocence of the character has been erraded. The Charm needs to be reinvigorated and time is just right now with 70th B'day looming around or it will become a memmory in our life. Kids can again find the same fictional characters to be their heros instead to being glued to video games or PORN. So that we can say it is a bird, no it's a plane ooh no he is SUPERMAN.
( Posted: Monday , June 30, 2008 at 12:47 )
Pierre Fitter
Hi Amritha, nice off-beat post!
I think the best description of Superman was in the movie Kill Bill 2, when David Carradine (Bill) delivers his soliloquy to Uma Thurman (Beatrice Kiddo).
It's absolutely brilliant. And if the movie wasn't so violently off-putting, I think Bill's analysis of Superman would've stood right up there with the best of Jung and Freud!
Bill: An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero, and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When he wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic that Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses, the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.
( Posted: Monday , June 30, 2008 at 11:57 )
Pierre Fitter
Hi Amritha, nice off-beat post!
I think the best description of Superman was in the movie Kill Bill 2, when David Carradine (Bill) delivers his soliloquy to Uma Thurman (Beatrice Kiddo).
It's absolutely brilliant. And if the movie wasn't so violently off-putting, I think Bill's analysis of Superman would've stood right up there with the best of Jung and Freud!
Bill: An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero, and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When he wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic that Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses, the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.
( Posted: Monday , June 30, 2008 at 11:57 )
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