Heroes to Villains

So now that we have discussed a little bit about heroes and some more about villains. Lets talk about the HUGE blockbuster coming out this weekend. I must confess, my media dependency has taken control over me, and i have pre-ordered my ticket so I can watch this movie on the "ultra screen". I am driving an hour and going to sit in line JUST for this movie! What is this movie you might ask?

The Watchmen, based off of a comic book the movie dives in the superheros and villains. I ha vent read the comic at all and have no background on the movie whatsoever, yet I am excited. This is another new genre that is coming to the screens that we do not see much of. If you have seen some of the commercials it is about the superheros being casted out - hated- by the normal human race. One of the lines from the movie is, The world will look up and shout "Save us!" And I'll whisper "No." This is a superhero flick where the superheros are faced with the decision to stay the hero or fall into what society wants and become a villain. The world is about to end and its all who will save the world, if the world casted out those who can save it?

There are movies like this where the hero has to decide but in these, there is someone to stop them, what is going to happen, when all the heroes have gone bad, and there is nobody to save them. This hasn't been done to my recollection, a near example was a animated flick recently let out called The Incredibles, even in this movie, the superheroes, still remained "good natured" when they were cast out.

Most people do not enjoy sad ending movies, nor movies where the villain wins, I mean, Did the majority enjoy it when Hitler was on top? With the expansion of Valkyrie and now this, I am starting to see this trend change. I may be completely wrong about this movie, what i know about it is complete hype and a little background Ive looked into. Is the Desensitization theory that we're learning about in media class really starting to work. Do we enjoy seeing others fail, become corrupt, the signs are pointing to a yes. This is vastly different from the generation that didn't like to see a toilet on TV, Have we passed that teetering scale of good vs bad, Hero and Villain, Which do we like to see happen more. The next couple of months may decide these things.

Needless to say, if you haven't noticed it yet, I am Excited for The Watchmen. I will update next week and discuss the heroes and villains in the flick. Maybe they never fall into the villain side ...

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