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I was reading about John Wick movies, and it occurred to me we might compare these to other heroic tales. For whatever reason, I entered the wayback machine and ended up in the man with no name films, as comparative art. What do you all think? What other "series" of films might we find that offer very similar properties of: 1. Same main character 2. Main character is gifted in some way to survive against all odds 3. Main character has a singular reason to overcome adversity, in each film 4. Main character experiences emotionally traumatic loss that drives him forward 5. Main character finds little satisfaction even in his success Bring the popcorn... ------- Trying to simplify my life... | ||
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Would John Rambo fit those criteria? "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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The James Bond movies come to mind. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Rambo... 1. check 2. special training, special forces experience 3. check 4. war 5. tragic in every way Bond? Of course! ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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I'm currently watching the Equalizer series and Robert McCall definitely fits the criteria. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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Equalizer...yes! I had never thought about Batman, but makes sense! ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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The Man From Nowhere checks those boxes too. | |||
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The Bruce Lee films follow the criteria. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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