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Post by Darth_Comrade on Dec 15, 2007 18:54:50 GMT -5
A villain is a villain, they're bent on villainy and they will always aim to do harm in the long run.
And I prefer this context of dark and light throughout.
Shades of grey will always complicate a story, and that's alright if you want to have a longer episode, but if you want to keep complicating the show like that then you've thrown the light hearted fun out the window.
Ultimately, everyone has to have either good or bad intentions, and its always better to keep it clear for the audiences to understand.
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Post by mrmatt on Dec 15, 2007 23:02:49 GMT -5
Interesting comment comming from you Darth. Shades of Grey is what helped put Star Wars above and beyond other sci-fi. Yes you have the light and Dark sides (prefer Dark side btw) but the bounty hunters, Black Sun, the Hutts, half the stuff the alliance was doing when it was still the rebellion, all very shades of grey. Even your current avitar Solo, very much a Grey character when we first meet him. Makes things more unique.
Back on topic, I noticed the increase in Team Go love as well. Can't agree with it personally but it is an interesting phenominon.
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Post by mego on Dec 17, 2007 10:34:38 GMT -5
Most shows including KP sometimes, will punish villain characters simply for being villains, even if they don't do anything wrong in that particular episode. Most of them deserve it for previous sins they haven't yet paid for. Especially Mathter. He rang up quite a tab of unpaid for crimes.
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Post by Darth_Comrade on Dec 17, 2007 12:40:24 GMT -5
Interesting comment comming from you Darth. Shades of Grey is what helped put Star Wars above and beyond other sci-fi. Yes you have the light and Dark sides (prefer Dark side btw) but the bounty hunters, Black Sun, the Hutts, half the stuff the alliance was doing when it was still the rebellion, all very shades of grey. Even your current avitar Solo, very much a Grey character when we first meet him. Makes things more unique. Back on topic, I noticed the increase in Team Go love as well. Can't agree with it personally but it is an interesting phenominon. I knew someone would throw this at me, sometime! ;D No, I agree, grayness does make stories very interesting and adds an extra edge to the perspective of the audiences and has all sorts of positive impacts on how the story is told. But, ultimately everyone has to make the decision on which side they will stand. Even Han Solo had to choose light or dark in the end. Otherwise, the story and the characters involved will suffer, because there's no point to them.
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Post by mrmatt on Dec 17, 2007 21:44:35 GMT -5
Granted, most everyone does make the dicision to go one way or they other at some point. What I think makes a truly great Grey character however is their willingness to go one way or another or both for their own ends as opposed to some greater goal. Solo and his initial helping of the alliance is a good example of this. He was getting paid quite a bit.
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