Things I Don't Get

[forsyth]

Okay, so, The Incredibles. Really good movie. So, Syndrome, the villain. He's obviously a villain, what with the killing supers to perfect each generation of his bot he was gonna send to attack the city. Right, got that.

So, his secondary motivation, though, was to sell off his inventions after he used them, and then "when everyone is special, no one is."

That's quite frankly one of the stupidest lines I've ever heard. Okay, yeah, when everyone can fly, being able to fly isn't unique, but it's still special. And damn useful. That's not really a villain motivation. For all that it'd overthrow the current status-quo, something most heroes don't do. Or maybe I'm just weird and reading too much into it.

Comments

[scltspider.livejournal.com]

I saw it as a way to fade out the last of the supers with an entire generation of technologically enhanced individuals, easily escalating the petty villains, as well as the police, to a point where people with "natural" superpowers couldn't make a difference. With no wisdom to temper the awesome power in the hands of the common individual, you might also see society itself tear apart at the seams.

A bit over dramatic? Yes, but it fits into the mindset of a supervillain.

And finally, in the end, who would have the upper hand? Syndrome, who most likely would build in a backdoor override that would allow him to halt anyone who would stand against him and he would be able to take absolute control with no real superheroes to stop him.


At least, that's how I would do it.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

See, maybe I'm just weird, or a supervillain at heart, but I think having the age of superheroes fade away to an age of everyone having the tech to be a superhero would be a good thing. Maybe that's my fundamental disagreement there.