Four Words of Ill Omen

[athelind]

In the classic Star Trek episode, "City on the Edge of Forever", Jim Kirk tells Edith Keeler of a poet yet to be born, who espouses the three words, "Let Me Help", over any others-including "I Love You

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[eggshellhammer]

They definitely aren't the Good Guys. Bad Guys is more debatable.

[eggshellhammer]

what the fuck am I talking about, I haven't even seen the cartoon in question

[paka]

You know about http://www.amazon.com/Your-Own-Good-Child-Rearing-Violence/dp/0374522693 right?

And I think this is one of the prime conflicts of drama in superhero comics or games. The hero could make everything better for everyone, and all that needs to be done here, is a little bit of domestic spying, or a few murders, or... I mean, once you get beyond the "meta" reasons which include ironically "we have to protect innocent children from reading dozens of four-color murders," that's the big reason superheros don't kill, right?

And I actually think part of the point of The Authority is that they're not good guys per se. Part of why the comic isn't that the characters have superpowers but also more free will, so it's vitally important that they be viewed more as people than as pure-and-simple heros.

[athelind]

I did not know about that book. Looks like I'm not the only one who Gets It.

[kymri]

The Authority is an excellent bit of graphical storytelling (I have the two huge slipcover hardback volumes that are among my most favored possessions).

That said, I think it's inarguable that the Authority are 'The Good Guys' ... but only insofar as they're in the way of The (increasingly) Big Bad(s).

Frankly, they're a bunch of dicks. But what can you expect when you look at the writing credit for the series?

[athelind]

I'm sure The Authority is eminently readable; I enjoy and respect Mr. Ellis' work, and consider Transmetropolitan to be one of the finest science fiction in the comics medium, as well as one of my all-time favorite SF works in any medium.

I'm just not interested in superheroes who act like ... well, like Warren Ellis characters.