Hard to say how it will turn out, and I'm still not convinced we know who Skyler is.
I'm still a little confused about everything, but that is why I want to keep watching. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: heros > > 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:216926 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
