Man I an so sick of all thes touchy, feely super heroes.
Does the working title really need a lot of verification? I am, personally, just really sick of the current trend of the Hollywood types, giving all the super heroes these emotions and feelings. First look at Spider-man. In the comics I grew up with, he was a big nerd who was in love with a woman, yes I understand that, blah,blah,blah. however, in the old comics, Spidey still held the whole Ben Parker fiasco in a higher spot than his need for human companionship. Now, I will admit that the movies are pretty good but, could they not dispense with a tad bit of all that,"I'm inlove with M.J. crap? while I am on the subject. What about Superman? I was never the biggest fan of the guy, I could never understand why he didn't just throw Lex Luthor into the Sun and be done with it. I gotta say though, Superman Returns made me feel a bit better about the guy, except for all the lovey dovey shlock that was put into it. Now the whole Smallville series has got me wanting to burn Kansas to cinders, take that DOrothy and your stupid little dog too, even though Dorothy at least killed her enemy, making her more of a man than our current Kal-el. Sure we all understand that these super humans still have feelings and emotions but where does it stop? Do you not have to come to a point where your needs are totally outweighed by the needs of humanity? Look at Spock in Star Trek 2, he was calm cool and ready to die to save all those idiots on the Enterprise wasn't he? No moaning about death, no crying about his girlfriend, just a self sacrificing"pull the plug Jim", and, boom, on to the sequel. Hollywood even tried to turn Batman into a big baby for a while. Back in the day, he was a guy with a job to do and he did it. They tried to turn him into a goody goody, sad man, I am glad that it didn't stick too much. We always understood that these guys and gals with super powers were human and had feelings but they didn't have to cry like mary's because of it. When a comet the ssize of Texas is heading for the planet, that is not a good time to figure out the deep seated problems you have with your love life. When that happens it is time to fly up and kick some comet ass. If you are dating someone who doesn't get it, just send them a dear John letter and go beat the hell out of the threat to humanity if you care so much. If your significant other can't understand that, well, there is plenty of burn off area in the thermonuclear heart of the Sun for them as well. I don't think I am the only one who sees this developing problem in Sci-fi these days. Even Darth Vader, who I thought was so cool in the original Star Wars, became, in the prequels, a whiny bitch of a guy that had all those misunderstood "feelings". There is only one way to put it and it comes from one of our greatest heroes of all time. I refer of course to Shortround, who said it best. " No time for love Doctor Jones! Now stop all the cry babying and do your job!
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Yes, I’m tired of it too! One of the things that bugged me about Superman Returns was that he was voyeur, a peeping tom, a stalker. What was up with all that? You know that any dude (super or not) that spends his time spying on his ex-girlfriend (and her new guy) and sneaking into her sons bedroom has got serious issues. Sure, the kid turned out to be his son, but he didn’t have visitation rights as far as I could tell. Even so, my parents were never separated and they were just the next room over, yet my dad never climbed into my bedroom window at night, in fact he NEVER came into my bedroom at all, even through the door. My mom came into my bedroom at 3 or 4 in the morning sometimes but that was just to try to get me to eat hamburgers and blueberries. Sure, that’s bizarre and even a bit disturbing, but it wasn’t sleazy. Plus, my mother was not a super hero. Plus, she never, ever, ever climbed in or floated in through my window to offer me hamburgers and blueberries.
Back to the whininess though. This crybaby, whiny attitude is everywhere now. Remember when there were at least SOME musical groups in the public eye that weren’t crying all the time? Look at kids today, whiny, irritating, pathetic turds. They are trained from birth to be totally worthless. The government, the media, the entire entertainment industry and yes, even parents home in on all the self serving characteristics of children and use them to get what they need.
For the government, it needs mindless drones to use as cannon, grenade, or car bomb fodder. Just think how many crybabies join the military after getting dumped.
The media and the rest of the entertainment industry want money, and they will pander to whatever base inadequacy they see in the public to make it seem normal, so they can get money. In fact, it isn’t just normal to peep, it’s super! What self-respecting pervert wouldn’t pay 9 dollars for that type of validation?
As for the majority of parents, they are selfish, whiny rotten beasts too. I’m old enough now that I’ve seen some of these new mommies and daddies grow up, and I’ve seen how they were raised by their parents who were just about my age or a little older. It’s amazing to see how each generation degrades, it is so rapid, yet people generally choose not to see it.
And the saying, “Life imitates art” holds true even when that art is just marketing fluff burned onto a nickel DVD and put in a shiny box. If you buy into it, you are paying for the service, not the product, the product is you.
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