tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post1196281268208998090..comments2024-03-29T04:56:23.027-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Hero Personality Profiles, Part 5: Fun LoversMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-5501617870679934072012-01-10T22:02:48.618-05:002012-01-10T22:02:48.618-05:00It's no coincidence that a lifelong skeptic li...It's no coincidence that a lifelong skeptic like myself wouldn't think of that one. I guess that would go under "underappreciated".Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-13393765577438675502012-01-10T12:44:42.824-05:002012-01-10T12:44:42.824-05:00Vince Vaughn in Swingers is an odd choice to me be...Vince Vaughn in Swingers is an odd choice to me because the story isn't really about him -- it's about his friend, the glum guy with the broken heart.<br /><br />I only point this out because I think it's easier to get away with thinner characters when they aren't the center of the movie, so I'm not sure he qualifies as a hero. He's almost comic relief, although that pushes too far the other direction.<br /><br />That said, I do think you have missed a character (unless I missed it in your list): the believer surrounded by un-believers. Mulder in The X-Files, Dreyfus in Close Encounters, and I'm sure someone else not in a story involving the paranormal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-33691812392078846722012-01-10T09:49:29.559-05:002012-01-10T09:49:29.559-05:00The Flashman novels have always been on my list to...The Flashman novels have always been on my list to read, but I've never gotten to them. I suspect I'll love them, because I've always been fans of satirical "imperialism at its worst" stories. <br /><br />It certainly seems like nothing builds sympathy more than a cheating spouse, even for such a thoroughly despicable hero as Flashman.Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-87491311816779682912012-01-09T22:48:42.928-05:002012-01-09T22:48:42.928-05:00Here's an odd mix: Harry Paget Flashman, from ...Here's an odd mix: Harry Paget Flashman, from George Macdonald Fraser's novels (one of which was made into a movie, "Flashman," starring Malcolm McDowell).<br /><br />Cynical, successful, lecherous, cheating anti-hero who doesn't deserve his victories, but who knows himself for who he is, feels for those who get killed, and shows himself vulnerable to his cheating, beautiful wife.<br /><br />Comparing him to this list shows me what a genius GMF was.Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.com