When I was a child, I used to love to read comic books. Superman, Batman, Spiderman... it really didn't
matter all that much who it was. But I suppose I got older and comic books weren't that interesting anymore.
Now having super powers would be awesome. Flying, heat vision, super strength, shooting webs from my hands. I day-dreamed many an hour pondering the possibilities. But that wasn't the reason I liked super-heros. I liked them because of their character. Usually the villain of the story was trying to "corrupt" the hero.
Villains have super powers also. So why did I like the hero, but not the villain? Simple... character.
Superman and Batman could always be depended on to do "the right thing". You couldn't tempt them.
You couldn't sway them. You couldn't bribe them. Even when faced with certain death... they never gave in.
I haven't read a comic book in probably 30 years or more. But recently I saw a couple of "super-hero" movies.
My how times have changed. I also picked up a recent comic book while at a friends house, and glanced
through it. Now I realize all of this fiction, and I don't place too much stock in super-hero's these days.
It's a good thing. Super heros have fallen by the wayside. Over the last generation they've gotten selfish,
self-centered, and some are easily corruptible. (yet somehow they remain "heros").
Some of these fictional characters grew up with family issues. But they heros of today never overcame those issues. In fact some of them have issues of their own. The super heros of today will lie if need be.
They will take a bribe under certain circumstances. They will find a loop hole in the law almost everytime.
Some of the "super hero"s of today's society have their own perversions. Of course there are gay and lesbian ones now. There is even one who is willing to have sex with "pretty much anything, human or not".
Be careful what you let your kids read, and what movies you let them watch. I've noticed as we have let
the sexual preferences of these heros become more "known". We have also let their moral deficiencies also
become more known. (hmmm... what a coincidence).
While their super powers may not rub off on your children.... their character certainly will.
Now maybe your only "super power" is being a mom or a dad. Maybe it's just being a friend or a co-worker.
Maybe it's being a brother or a sister. But chances are... someone is looking up to you. Someone is
looking at your character even if you don't know it.
What kind of hero are you? What example are you setting?
I can't even read a comic book today or watch a super hero movie anymore. Oh the special effects
and computer animations are fun enough to watch. I don't even mind watching a good fight between
"good and evil". But it seems the lines between good and evil and getting more and more blurred,
I can't even tell the good guys from the bad guys anymore.
All character is gone.
matter all that much who it was. But I suppose I got older and comic books weren't that interesting anymore.
Now having super powers would be awesome. Flying, heat vision, super strength, shooting webs from my hands. I day-dreamed many an hour pondering the possibilities. But that wasn't the reason I liked super-heros. I liked them because of their character. Usually the villain of the story was trying to "corrupt" the hero.
Villains have super powers also. So why did I like the hero, but not the villain? Simple... character.
Superman and Batman could always be depended on to do "the right thing". You couldn't tempt them.
You couldn't sway them. You couldn't bribe them. Even when faced with certain death... they never gave in.
I haven't read a comic book in probably 30 years or more. But recently I saw a couple of "super-hero" movies.
My how times have changed. I also picked up a recent comic book while at a friends house, and glanced
through it. Now I realize all of this fiction, and I don't place too much stock in super-hero's these days.
It's a good thing. Super heros have fallen by the wayside. Over the last generation they've gotten selfish,
self-centered, and some are easily corruptible. (yet somehow they remain "heros").
Some of these fictional characters grew up with family issues. But they heros of today never overcame those issues. In fact some of them have issues of their own. The super heros of today will lie if need be.
They will take a bribe under certain circumstances. They will find a loop hole in the law almost everytime.
Some of the "super hero"s of today's society have their own perversions. Of course there are gay and lesbian ones now. There is even one who is willing to have sex with "pretty much anything, human or not".
Be careful what you let your kids read, and what movies you let them watch. I've noticed as we have let
the sexual preferences of these heros become more "known". We have also let their moral deficiencies also
become more known. (hmmm... what a coincidence).
While their super powers may not rub off on your children.... their character certainly will.
Now maybe your only "super power" is being a mom or a dad. Maybe it's just being a friend or a co-worker.
Maybe it's being a brother or a sister. But chances are... someone is looking up to you. Someone is
looking at your character even if you don't know it.
What kind of hero are you? What example are you setting?
I can't even read a comic book today or watch a super hero movie anymore. Oh the special effects
and computer animations are fun enough to watch. I don't even mind watching a good fight between
"good and evil". But it seems the lines between good and evil and getting more and more blurred,
I can't even tell the good guys from the bad guys anymore.
All character is gone.