Then there's Han Solo. 'Cause he shot first.
I disagree with that. If I remember correctly, his friend got rich off of his contributions to the company. I didnt see him as a bad guy, yes he did bad things, the worst threatening to poison the kid, but he was always remorseful. None of the nerds here have ever wanted to switch the roles and be the one that is powerful, in charge, respected, and feared? Cmon. Not only that, but he made something that nobody else had done. Yes, of course, dealing drugs, especially meth, is bad. Killing people is bad. But thats why its entertainment. I was rooting for WW the entire time, I knew how it was going to end, but I was still bummed when it did. Nobody cheered in the early episodes when he made that guys car explode after he was a jerk at the car wash? When he had his ace up his sleeve and threw that bomb at Tucos office? When he blew up Gus Fring? Glorious. While meth is bad, if the people wanted it, they would have got it regardless of if it was Walters or not. I have no sympathy for drug users at all. Nobody has a gun to your head making you do it. Its a choice, and a bad one. Notice how Walt never sampled any of his product? Did Jesse?But remember, Walt's friend offered to pay for all of Walt's treatments for free with no payback. Walt refused because of some damn foolistic male pride crap. Then he turned to cooking meth to pay the bills and provide. To me, that does indeed in fact make him a bad guy. He actually had no reason to turn to crime. Granted, the medical bills being paid wouldn't take care of his family once he was gone, but still not really a reason to absolutely destroy God knows how many lives. Not just the people actually seen on the show who died because of it, but the thousands of people whose lives would have been ruined by the drugs he made. Crystal meth is some really REALLY REALLY bad stuff!!
:angryI consider that self-defense. Greedo was going to kill him.
So why do we want to be entertained by watching horrible people do horrible things? Don't get me wrong, I like watching it too, but even as a kid I remember thinking "Why are we playing army, or cops and robbers, or cowboys and Indians? All we are doing is playing 'let's kill each other'."
It must really say something about the human condition.
Then there's Han Solo. 'Cause he shot first.
How about John Wick? He was the protagonist of the movie, but he was a retired assassin who gets revenge for his dog.
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Yes, exactly..like Rooster Cogburn said ( in the Original Wayne movie) "Ya' can't serve papers on a Rat sister, ya' gotta' kill him, or let him be " ! !I like it when Elliott Ness is the protagonist and the gangsters are the bad guys. When the gangsters are the main characters and presented as sympathetic I have no interest.
Yup, Han hitting on Luke's sister definitely makes Han the Villian. Luke's an incestuous hero !:angry
Well he's also a smuggler whose professional ethics have been drawn into question on several occasions. Not to mention the fact that, in ESB, he's overtly hitting on Leia which, at the time, was still the girl Luke had a crush on.
So there.
LOL, that was the norm back in my day.Okay, how about this?
Your kid says "Mommy, we are going to go outside and play Army." (I'm just using old school examples, I have no idea what kids play today). Mom says "Okay, you kids have fun!"
or
"Mommy, we are going outside and pretend to kill people!"....What does Mommy say to that?
How about John Wick? He was the protagonist of the movie, but he was a retired assassin who gets revenge for his dog.
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