11-02-2015, 04:26 PM
Is anyone else getting a little tired of characters who are always morally compromised in some fashion? I'm guessing it's a "big thing" right now in TV and film, especially after the success of BREAKING BAD and GAME OF THRONES, but it really makes me miss the glory days of the 1980's, when popular entertainment knew who the good guys and bad guys were.
Now, of course, things are different. Now we have a Superman willing to snap a villain's neck, when there was once a time when even the idea of Superman killing anyone was considered creatively reckless and stupid. SUICIDE SQUAD is an upcoming comic book movie starring a gang of villains as the "heroes." GRIMM is no better, featuring a protagonist ready to bend the law to his own ends, and a cast who can become bloodthirsty monsters if all the right buttons are pushed. Juliette's fate hasn't helped matters, either. When the only person we feel we can completely trust is Bud, you KNOW you're watching a bleak show.
Is all the idolization surrounding "badasses" and anti-heroes having a negative cumulative effect? Should the age of "lawful good" characters make some kind of comeback?
Now, of course, things are different. Now we have a Superman willing to snap a villain's neck, when there was once a time when even the idea of Superman killing anyone was considered creatively reckless and stupid. SUICIDE SQUAD is an upcoming comic book movie starring a gang of villains as the "heroes." GRIMM is no better, featuring a protagonist ready to bend the law to his own ends, and a cast who can become bloodthirsty monsters if all the right buttons are pushed. Juliette's fate hasn't helped matters, either. When the only person we feel we can completely trust is Bud, you KNOW you're watching a bleak show.
Is all the idolization surrounding "badasses" and anti-heroes having a negative cumulative effect? Should the age of "lawful good" characters make some kind of comeback?