----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:43 PM Subject: Re: Smallville
> Rob wrote: > >I think this is a prtotypical "Hero's Journey" and the mentor has to die to > >push the story along. > > > > But in a lot of ways, Lex has been Clark's mentor. He gives Clark lots of > good advice, and helps him out with his romantic interests (like loaning him > a limo, setting up fireworks for his party, etc.). Instead of a mentor > dying, the writers/producers could go with a mentor betraying his mentor-ee > (what is the appropriate word here?). > > Just a thought. > I see the "mentor" as being the one who sets the moral compass, as opposed to someone who acts as a good friend. xponent Rocketed To Earth Maru rob
