Sunday, October 21, 2007

The roles have reversed. Humans, with their flaws, are the ones who dream up of diabolical plans to conquer the earth, their home planet. The non-humans are the ones who end up saving the rest of the humans from their own species. But since we’re going along with the idea that Dr. Impossible is the hero and the Champions are the villains, then Dr. Impossible is, in a sense, trying to save the world from the non-humans who have gained a vast amount of power, brainwashing people’s perception of what is good and what is evil. So the point is… the so-called “villains” are the underdogs... so... I'm just repeating Tony's original point. haha

Going off of Heather's argument, We never hear of villains who’re minorities. Is it because they don’t have the resources, but if they’re smart, then they should be able to come up with the things they need, like Dr. Impossible did. Or does stereotypes come into play about genders and races, and that society place so much belief into those stereotypes that it's unbelievable for an Asian guy with glasses to be a cool hero? Or does the stereotype of the Asian guy being nerdy make it unbelievable so that stories won't sell, so it's all just an economic thing? gah? o_O

--tran

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