Comments on: Secret Identity http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/ ...a universal platform for global junk... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ramnath R Iyer http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Ramnath R Iyer Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:56:28 +0000 http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/#comment-14 I would like to add - I've noticed that some of these movies actually try to let the good guy fight the bad guy 'as himself' rather than as the superhero. Remember 'Mr. India' in which Anil Kapoor declines to become invisible for the last fight? And in Spiderman, Peter Parker's mark always seems to come off in the end, which appears to be a symbolic way of saying the same thing. I would like to add -

I’ve noticed that some of these movies actually try to let the good guy fight the bad guy ‘as himself’ rather than as the superhero.

Remember ‘Mr. India’ in which Anil Kapoor declines to become invisible for the last fight? And in Spiderman, Peter Parker’s mark always seems to come off in the end, which appears to be a symbolic way of saying the same thing.

]]> By: Ramnath R Iyer http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Ramnath R Iyer Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:50:16 +0000 http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/#comment-13 Some of those disguises were foolproof. Look at Clark Kent's for instance...glasses...ingenious.... :-P Some of those disguises were foolproof. Look at Clark Kent’s for instance…glasses…ingenious.… :-P

]]> By: Varun http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Varun Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:44:44 +0000 http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/#comment-12 Agreed. But then all of it is metaphorical, right? I think I need the superhero to be better and more mysterious than me. If I could do everything he does then he will not be a superhero to me any more, just a role model. As a kid I always used to wonder about how and why the superheroes were never recognized when in disguise... after all it is not as if they totally change. Anyways... Agreed. But then all of it is metaphorical, right? I think I need the superhero to be better and more mysterious than me. If I could do everything he does then he will not be a superhero to me any more, just a role model.

As a kid I always used to wonder about how and why the superheroes were never recognized when in disguise… after all it is not as if they totally change. Anyways…

]]> By: Ramnath R Iyer http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Ramnath R Iyer Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:40:10 +0000 http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/#comment-11 That's true of course. But it is somewhat dissatisfying that these heroes often try to convey a 'moral' through their actions - good versus evil etc. - which doesn't apply to the real world, because people can't (and shouldn't) turn into caped crusaders. That’s true of course. But it is somewhat dissatisfying that these heroes often try to convey a ‘moral’ through their actions — good versus evil etc. — which doesn’t apply to the real world, because people can’t (and shouldn’t) turn into caped crusaders.

]]> By: Varun http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Varun Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:30:40 +0000 http://www.silentyak.com/2008/01/17/secret-identity/#comment-10 Batman is a vigilante - all of his heroic actions are unlawful. Even though the police implicitly supports him if caught he can be prosecuted. Ditto for spiderman and most of the other "masked" superheroes. Batman is a vigilante — all of his heroic actions are unlawful. Even though the police implicitly supports him if caught he can be prosecuted. Ditto for spiderman and most of the other “masked” superheroes.

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