tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post3115214024059050228..comments2024-03-29T07:52:08.269-04:00Comments on PT Dilloway: Two Cent Tuesday: Anti-Anti-Heroes PT Dillowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-19792503326514271392013-10-18T17:51:05.697-04:002013-10-18T17:51:05.697-04:00I evoke Mr. West because of the tone, although you...I evoke Mr. West because of the tone, although your straight-arrow approach to superheroes is another common attribute.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-49452881520680346822013-10-15T22:37:58.240-04:002013-10-15T22:37:58.240-04:00Superman was a goody-two-shoes also. Squeaky clean...Superman was a goody-two-shoes also. Squeaky clean, no dark secrets, always did the right thing. Kinda boring. I liked Batman with all his broodiness and conflicts of conscience. There are sweethearts out there who need a hero like that.<br /><br />No me. I do like the sense of justice; but sometimes justice is blind to the facts of right and wrong, legal and moral. <br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-63793521959975524272013-10-15T20:28:20.435-04:002013-10-15T20:28:20.435-04:00I think the point for me is that heroes have to fo...I think the point for me is that heroes have to follow the rules. We have leaders, district attorneys, cops, and other real-life 'justice' types who break the rules or bend them or turn out to have moral flaws -- Eliot Spitzer, for example, or the DA in Wisconsin who was propositioning sexual crime victims -- and those people let us down because the people who enforce the law need to follow the law.<br /><br />So superheroes who kill are breaking the most basic of all of our laws. I'm anti-death penalty (something that changed when I was about thirty; as a young guy I was for it), but even in states that have the death penalty we have rules of evidence and the right to a lawyer and a trial by jury. That all seems to go out the window if you let some guy in a mask drop a criminal off the roof because he caught him in the act.<br /><br />I haven't read "Chance" yet but I'm really really enjoying "Hazards of Love." And I don't mind that Emma is squeaky clean; everyone else in the books is so morally compromised that she stands out for it.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-39588199537417508672013-10-15T12:50:41.612-04:002013-10-15T12:50:41.612-04:00Some of what you're talking about is why I hav...Some of what you're talking about is why I have an issue with the Nolan Batman movies. He took a character that was based around ideas of justice and protecting the innocent and made him into a reach dude with a case of the revenges. The fact that Batman wasn't after revenge is what made him interesting.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-87704100435684421072013-10-15T12:36:03.495-04:002013-10-15T12:36:03.495-04:00So much thought goes into the creation of these ch...So much thought goes into the creation of these characters. I could never function in this genre but I can't help admiring those who do. stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-65454336406860230002013-10-15T09:33:48.295-04:002013-10-15T09:33:48.295-04:00So what your saying is "Peace sells but who&#...So what your saying is "Peace sells but who's buying." <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208969934278199592noreply@blogger.com