> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: heros > > I didn't see the cop as a dark character, or the cheerleader really > either.
I don't know... the cop _himself_ isn't a dark character, but his circumstances are: getting accused of brutal, twisted killings and still confused about his abilities. The cheerleader is "lighter" but her angst and connection with Skyler surrounds her with darkness as well. Even the stripper isn't "dark" (although her powers are) but her life is dark - mobsters coming after her and all. The nurse has all these family issues and suicides and such and the painter... well, the painter is just plain effed-up. So while the characters themselves may not be dark they're certainly throwing on the melodrama. Only Hiro is essentially a completely boring, normal person finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. Now that's not "Bad" really, but it can get trying. Look at the best examples of "dark" super hero stories (like "Doom Patrol" or "Shade the Changing Man" or what have you) - there are generally moments of contrast: elements of pure absurdity that makes the nasty bits sink in even further. Right now Hiro (and to a much lesser extent the cheerleader) is carrying that load essentially alone. I'd just hate to see them rely on him as a comic sidekick because everybody else is too damn serious. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216872 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
