Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

[mamadeb]

I watched and loved this last year, so I'm watching it again now.

And, yeah - it's people dressed in ridiculous costumes pretending to have superpowers trying to be in a comic book (and have a movie, and be an action figure), so it's silly.

But it's not about the costumes or the fake powers or that sort of thing. It's about being heroic - which is really, and I think Stan Lee would agree with this phrasing - being a mench. Being a decent person - one who works with a team, who doesn't give up, one who cares about others - and acts on it. A person who does the task at hand instead showing off, but who is willing to stop to help someone else.

When one person - a police dectective calling himself The Defuser - sought out another contestent to give her strength and reassurance, that was being a hero. He's also a leader, and that's part of it, too.

It's ironic that Mr. Mitzvah was one of those who showed the least menchlechite - he's arrogant and stand-offish, and that's not a mench. He was in the bottom three according to Mr. Lee, and while I'm glad he stayed, it would have been fair for him to leave.

I like watching a show about being decent, you know?

Comments

[slytherin-heart.livejournal.com]

I actually watched it tonight for the first time, and it was alright. A higher quality than most reality TV, as you said the goal is for them to be decent people instead of backstabby competitors. I thought some of the people were sort of crazy/stupid, cos they seemed genuinely surprised to find out that Stan Lee was actually okay and not drowned, but...that's part of it, I guess.

I still prefer my trashy reality show, Big Brother, because it's, to me, a more effective character study (and that's actually how I view the show...)

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I've tried to get into Big Brother, but it hasn't grabbed me.

Mostly, I think, from the sheer horror of being forced to spend all that time in a house with strangers without BOOKS!

I'm thinking the boredom factor is high on Survivor, too.

[slytherin-heart.livejournal.com]

True, that would suck a lot. That's why they're always plotting! Nothing better to do, lol. :)