Comments on: Heroes http://punctualityrules.com/2009/06/19/heroes/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: J http://punctualityrules.com/2009/06/19/heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-2455 J Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:36:06 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=522#comment-2455 I loved Quantum Leap, but haven't watched the rest of these. My favorite Hero show would be Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Great show about a hero, and the costs of being the only one of her kind. Her moral core was always a strength to the show, too. .-= J´s last blog ..<a href="http://jellyjules.com/?p=2299" rel="nofollow">Friday Dog Blogging</a> =-. I loved Quantum Leap, but haven’t watched the rest of these. My favorite Hero show would be Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Great show about a hero, and the costs of being the only one of her kind. Her moral core was always a strength to the show, too.
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]]> By: bethany actually http://punctualityrules.com/2009/06/19/heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 bethany actually Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:59:40 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=522#comment-2446 Most of those shows you named were also faves of mine. "Chuck" is also my current fave, as I think you know, since you follow me on twitter. :-) I was actually just talking with my mom (whom I've recently converted into a "Chuck" fan) the other day about what I like so much about the show, and I came to much the same conclusion you did. One of the main reasons I like the show "Chuck" so much is that its hero---really, almost every one of the characters on the show, in his or her own way---is so good-hearted. Chuck Bartowski cares about his friends and family, often to the point where he's willing to put their good ahead of his own. I aspire to be like Chuck, and am attracted to people like him in real life, too. Captain Mal Reynolds of the TV show "Firefly" is another example: he doesn't have special powers of any kind, but he's sort of the underdog in his world, and despite wanting to just be a bad guy and live on the fringes of society, he often finds himself drawn to helping those in need, even when it inconveniences him. And when one of his crewmembers (his "family") is threatened, he becomes a fierce protecter. Mal is perhaps a bit darker than many of the heroes you referenced above, but he definitely loves his own and is prepared to do almost anything for their good. A book, movie, or TV show doesn't have to have that archetypal hero in it for me to think it's worthwhile, but I definitely enjoy the entertainment more that way. Most of those shows you named were also faves of mine. “Chuck” is also my current fave, as I think you know, since you follow me on twitter. :-) I was actually just talking with my mom (whom I’ve recently converted into a “Chuck” fan) the other day about what I like so much about the show, and I came to much the same conclusion you did. One of the main reasons I like the show “Chuck” so much is that its hero—really, almost every one of the characters on the show, in his or her own way—is so good-hearted. Chuck Bartowski cares about his friends and family, often to the point where he’s willing to put their good ahead of his own. I aspire to be like Chuck, and am attracted to people like him in real life, too.

Captain Mal Reynolds of the TV show “Firefly” is another example: he doesn’t have special powers of any kind, but he’s sort of the underdog in his world, and despite wanting to just be a bad guy and live on the fringes of society, he often finds himself drawn to helping those in need, even when it inconveniences him. And when one of his crewmembers (his “family”) is threatened, he becomes a fierce protecter. Mal is perhaps a bit darker than many of the heroes you referenced above, but he definitely loves his own and is prepared to do almost anything for their good.

A book, movie, or TV show doesn’t have to have that archetypal hero in it for me to think it’s worthwhile, but I definitely enjoy the entertainment more that way.

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