Hello blogging world! How are you today? I hope you're doing fine. You know how I know I'm awesome? Because I just addressed the "blogging world." Go me.
So I've decided that the only times I get writer's block is when I have to write a certain thing on a certain day. So I'm going to scratch that and just start writing daily updates. This way I'll write whatever happened to me on whatever day. I've also noticed that I haven't gotten any comments since the summer. Now, I don't know whether to attribute that to my writing getting worse, or that all my followers are out of school and now have nothing to procrastinate. I'd like to think that it's the later, so we'll go with that.
So the main thing on my mind right now is Heroes. I know I brought this show and Lost up earlier, but I would like to go into more detail about it. Now, one thing I've noticed since I've become an English major is that now anything I watch/read/hear I analyze. Which was interesting at first, but now it's getting annoying. So if you're thinking about becoming an English major, be prepared not to watch anything without thinking about it later.
So let's start out with Lost. For the longest time I haven't watched TV. To me, it seemed that all the shows were either mysteries or reality shows. Both of these got tiring to me, so I gave up on TV. I think it also helped that I would rather be doing something else, like writing, and would mainly just listen to music instead. Until one day when my friend Rico Suave introduced me to Lost.
I had seen the show a few times back in the first season, but at that time I wasn't interested in the idea and never really followed it. Then one day Rico invited me over and I watched one episode with him. That's all it took.
It took me quite a long time, but I finally watched all the season's of Lost and was able to finish the last season completely caught up. For the longest time I figured that this was the only redeeming show on, but was I wrong.
Again, I went over the Rico's one night and he showed me Heroes. Now, at first I wasn't expecting much. To me it looked like a TV version of X-Men, which to a large extent it is. However, I watched it and I am now hooked.
I just finished the first season and I am really enjoying the series. In fact, I think it ranks higher than Lost right now. As far as the writing I think they're on the same level, but there's something about superheroes that gets me every time. Here's a warning: you are about to find out how much of a dork I really am.
Ever since I was little I've always wanted to have a superpower. Now, I think every 10 year old day dreams about flying or super strength or things like that. But I never grew out of that stage. To this day I still wish I was telekinetic (spell check is back!) . This is why all of the super hero movies that have come out recently have become some of my favorite movies. But this got me thinking.
I don't think I'm the only one who hasn't grown out of this stage. I think that deep down everyone wants to be a super hero. That's why they're so popular, and they always have been. Think about how long comics have been around. The reason why they went from books to video is because of how our culture has changed.
At the dawn of superheroes
the technology that was available to us was very limited as compared to today. The only way to convey the power of the characters was through drawing it and letting the imagination of the reader do the rest. But then something happened, and the special effects of movies increased and things became more realistic. This allowed comic book heroes to come to life.
I think it had to start with movies because, with my limited knowledge of how these things work, it was cheaper to have a bad movie than a bad TV show. Since the whole Marvel line became famous, they were able to leap superheroes to the small screen.
Now let's get back to Heroes. It is basically the same premise as X-Men; there has been a genetic breakthrough and evolution of the human race resulting in people having superpowers. Now, I am all for this idea, but to me it only works with some of the powers. For instance, how does one have the ability to fly? I get that there was a mutation, but what mutated so that one can propel his or herself to fly? It doesn't make sense. The same is true for telekinesis, pyrokinesis, manipulation of time, etc.
The powers that I do think would be possible would be the ability to be super smart, or remember everything. We only use 10% of our brains; imagine what we could do with the other 90%. We could remember everything. Also, healing could happen. There could be a gene that generates cell growth allowing one to be ridiculously immune. Telepathy is another thing that I could see being a possibility, but to me it might seem that in order for it to work, someone else's brain would have to be as powerful to to communicate back.
Other than the idea of if it's true that we can get these powers, I really like the show. I even like how they had Stan Lee on one of the episodes in the first season. It shows that they know that the premise is pretty much the same as X-Men, and I wonder if Stan Lee helped with the show at all. But the main thing I liked was the characters.
I like how not everyone enjoys their powers, and how alienated it makes them feel, because I imagine that this is how it would really work. And of course you have the power hungry people, like Sylar, who only crave more and more power. Now, at first I didn't really like this villain because the only motivation he had was to get more power. Then, however, we meet his mother.
Like most villains, they seem to lack validation from someone in their lives. Like Syndrome in The Incredibles needed validation from his hero Mr. Incredible, Sylar needs validation from his mother. Validation is key to everyone's life, and is something we all need. In No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, the characters are in hell, and the only way to get out is when they find the validation they need. Everyone needs validation.
Another thing we found out about Sylar when he visited his mother is that he really doesn't want to kill everyone. (For those who do not follow Heroes, there is a giant bomb that goes off and kills everyone in New York.) When Sylar finds out that he might be the one who kills everyone, he worries. Yes he has brutally murdered many people, but it was to get their powers. The millions of other people are innocent to him because they have nothing that he wants and aren't worth killing. Of course, he doesn't find the validation that he wants and decides everyone is going down with him.
Now in the above I'm not saying that it's ok for him to kill someone if he wants something from them; that doesn't make him any less evil. I am saying that by seeing this side of him I think we can see that there is potential for him to repent. And of course, I have only seen the first season and I think that he does repent or something later. I don't know.
Well, I think I have sufficiently written about Heroes now... and I think I realized why I haven't been getting many comments. Because, really, who wants to read this much? It's a little obsessive. I will say that I didn't write it just to write, but I am trying to analyze things better so that when I have to analyze something in class it will be easier for me. It must be working, I got a 27/30 on my in class essay from two days ago. And that's better than what I normally make, so I guess I'm doing something right.
But anyway, I think I have written enough for one day. If you managed to read this far, just post a comment letting me know. If there aren't any comments, I'll understand. I don't think I would read this much either.
-Beast
go super power fantasies! - turning piss to gas, time travel - all fill people with hope and happiness(sp)
ReplyDeletegood insight into the characters too, i'm ahead of you, i can tell by the comments haha :)
stop sounding whiny and needed validation for writing the blog. You write because you want to do it not because you need people to read it.
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