I saw the message that others saw but, like you, it did not bother me. It just made me think a bit on it. How interesting that these assasins and trained warriors ultimately became pacifists, not true Gandhi-type one's but pacifists none the less.
(nods) Yes, that's how I saw it too. It's not that I didn't see the message, but that it didn't bother me for the reasons you state so well here. Thank you for putting my thoughts in words. I've been struggling to explain these thoughts for a while.
My other response to the love story in Hero was that that love was also not an ideal one. These two (Sky and Snow) people did love each other very much but Snow's sense of honor became very distorted. So much so that her love for Sky transformed a bit into a love of knowing that she had this ultimate weapon of which to exact her revenge on the man responsible for the death of her father and the demise of her people. He was her instrument.
Exactly. (nods in agreement again). That's what I liked about it. It was a dark love story in a way - because Snow in a way was using Sky as her champion, when he refused to play the role she set out for him - she was faced with the choice whether to accept him or destroy him. Very complicated relationship - far more so than the relationships in House, even though more screen time was spent on them.
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Date: 2005-01-10 04:58 pm (UTC)(nods) Yes, that's how I saw it too. It's not that I didn't see the message, but that it didn't bother me for the reasons you state so well here. Thank you for putting my thoughts in words. I've been struggling to explain these thoughts for a while.
My other response to the love story in Hero was that that love was also not an ideal one. These two (Sky and Snow) people did love each other very much but Snow's sense of honor became very distorted. So much so that her love for Sky transformed a bit into a love of knowing that she had this ultimate weapon of which to exact her revenge on the man responsible for the death of her father and the demise of her people. He was her instrument.
Exactly. (nods in agreement again). That's what I liked about it. It was a dark love story in a way - because Snow in a way was using Sky as her champion, when he refused to play the role she set out for him - she was faced with the choice whether to accept him or destroy him. Very complicated relationship - far more so than the relationships in House, even though more screen time was spent on them.