On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:57:20 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> I want stories as a /escape/ from reality. :-P
>>
>> Some people like stories that are more like reality.  I like when good/
>> evil is not clear cut.
> 
> I've noticed that a huge number of films have an evil guy who is evil
> JUST TO BE EVIL. The real world doesn't work like that. Nobody does evil
> things just because they want to be as evil as possible. They do it for
> a *reason*. Even Hitler had reasons for doing what he did. I mean,
> really poor reasons, but reasons none the less.

Well, we judge them as really poor reasons, certainly.  He obviously 
didn't.

But <lafontaine> in a world where people just want to be entertained, 
'evil' character's motiviations are less important</lafontaine> 

>>>> Empire Strikes Back ends
>>>> with the rebels getting their asses handed to them.  Not exactly a
>>>> cheerful ending, but most consider it the best of the 6 films.
>>>
>>> Um... it ends with the rebels describing the AWESOME PLAN they've
>>> hatched to epically overthrow the Empire. Which worked, by the way.
>>> Sounds like a pretty up-beat ending to me...
>>
>> Seems like you saw a different film than I did.  The rebels lost Hoth,
>> Luke lost his hand, Cloud City was in the hands of the Empire, Han Solo
>> was encased in Carbonite and needed to be rescued, and the rebels were
>> scattered across the galaxy.
>>
>> Yeah, a *lot* to be happy about there.
> 
> Sheesh, and people call *me* a pessimist...

There's a difference when talking about a work of fiction and real 
life. ;)

Jim

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