The part where he gets a "look of passion", and suddenly Eragon gets a tickling feeling in his legs? I half expected Chris Hansen to step out and give one of his one liners. Perhaps: "You're not working anymore magic, today, buddy. Why don't you sit down at that table over there."
And then there's the fact that he stared at Eragon seizing on the ground, without helping.
I loved that bit. (And when Yondu died and they held that big funeral for him with the Cat Stevens song, I started crying and texted my Dad to remind him how much I love him! It was a double whammy because Dad and I listened to Cat Stevens together all the time when I was growing up).
Awww.
Like the movie says, what's wrong with ordinary? Ordinary is real. Ordinary is relatable. Ordinary makes doing the extraordinary a thousand times more impressive. This whole idealised self thing really needs to go.
Yeah. I mean, we're all weird in our own ways. The problem is, the word "ordinary" is associated with not being a tech wiz, or a savant, or something like that. Ironically, those movies that say messages like that are actually reinforcing social boundaries.
First of all, the whole "you ARE special", can either mean "You ARE special and it's not your fault that circumstances are constricting your greatness", or "Only people with cool talents are worth it". Our ideas of individualism let us pay attention to a few idealised people, while ignoring the fact that any other person in that spotlight would be just as interesting.
Second of all, that message usually is like "Be yourself... as long as it doesn't make anyone uncomfortable." "Extraordinariness" is only celebrated as long as it is exploitable. In media like this, the differences are always cool powers or something. (Like having being a mutant in the X-men, or being divergent in, well, Divergent.) On the other hand, differences from the norm are rarely celebrated in real life or in these types of media. (Little to no LGBTQ people, minorities, disabled people, or older than average people to be found.)
Lastly, yes. If someone does not have special abilities, it makes them completing their quest that much cooler. In fact, if someone has a special object or special flying powers, it just makes it more annoying. We want to see characters that use clever or out of the box solutions to solve problems, not just blast their way out of it.
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I always found him creepy too.
The part where he gets a "look of passion", and suddenly Eragon gets a tickling feeling in his legs? I half expected Chris Hansen to step out and give one of his one liners. Perhaps: "You're not working anymore magic, today, buddy. Why don't you sit down at that table over there."
And then there's the fact that he stared at Eragon seizing on the ground, without helping.
I loved that bit. (And when Yondu died and they held that big funeral for him with the Cat Stevens song, I started crying and texted my Dad to remind him how much I love him! It was a double whammy because Dad and I listened to Cat Stevens together all the time when I was growing up).
Awww.
Like the movie says, what's wrong with ordinary? Ordinary is real. Ordinary is relatable. Ordinary makes doing the extraordinary a thousand times more impressive. This whole idealised self thing really needs to go.
Yeah. I mean, we're all weird in our own ways. The problem is, the word "ordinary" is associated with not being a tech wiz, or a savant, or something like that. Ironically, those movies that say messages like that are actually reinforcing social boundaries.
First of all, the whole "you ARE special", can either mean "You ARE special and it's not your fault that circumstances are constricting your greatness", or "Only people with cool talents are worth it". Our ideas of individualism let us pay attention to a few idealised people, while ignoring the fact that any other person in that spotlight would be just as interesting.
Second of all, that message usually is like "Be yourself... as long as it doesn't make anyone uncomfortable." "Extraordinariness" is only celebrated as long as it is exploitable. In media like this, the differences are always cool powers or something. (Like having being a mutant in the X-men, or being divergent in, well, Divergent.) On the other hand, differences from the norm are rarely celebrated in real life or in these types of media. (Little to no LGBTQ people, minorities, disabled people, or older than average people to be found.)
Lastly, yes. If someone does not have special abilities, it makes them completing their quest that much cooler. In fact, if someone has a special object or special flying powers, it just makes it more annoying. We want to see characters that use clever or out of the box solutions to solve problems, not just blast their way out of it.