I would like to add to that that the Batman is popular because he's (a) the anti-hero, and (b) in essence, he's NORMAL. He's not a Superman. He has no special powers. He is an everyman who just trained and tuned and THINKS instead of just pounds his way through the Bad Guys. he is the triumph of Humanity and Human Ingenuity against forces more powerful than himself.
He's the kind of Hero we can get behind, because we know with enough money and time and effort (Did you see the thing where the scientist said 10-12 years of the right training and anyone can do the physical?), a "normal" person can do that. No amount of time/money/effort can make a Superman, a Wonder Woman, a SpiderMan, or a Green Lantern.
And maybe that's why I liked Iron Man so much - aside from the redemption of Tony Stark plotline - under it all, he's man made, he's weak. He's one of us who had a Bad Day and didn't succumb. Like Batman, he had One Bad Day, but he took a different inspiration from it.
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Date: 2008-07-19 02:52 pm (UTC)I would like to add to that that the Batman is popular because he's (a) the anti-hero, and (b) in essence, he's NORMAL. He's not a Superman. He has no special powers. He is an everyman who just trained and tuned and THINKS instead of just pounds his way through the Bad Guys. he is the triumph of Humanity and Human Ingenuity against forces more powerful than himself.
He's the kind of Hero we can get behind, because we know with enough money and time and effort (Did you see the thing where the scientist said 10-12 years of the right training and anyone can do the physical?), a "normal" person can do that. No amount of time/money/effort can make a Superman, a Wonder Woman, a SpiderMan, or a Green Lantern.
And maybe that's why I liked Iron Man so much - aside from the redemption of Tony Stark plotline - under it all, he's man made, he's weak. He's one of us who had a Bad Day and didn't succumb. Like Batman, he had One Bad Day, but he took a different inspiration from it.