GIANTEVILHEAD'S BLOG
Book's past and Superman
Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:50 AM
Some people seem to think that Book was an Operative, that he blindly followed the Alliance, and committed many evil acts but always believing that it was for a good cause until he learned the truth like the Operative in the movie and lost his faith in the Alliance. I do not agree with that theory.I think that Book was not that different than he is now. I think that Book was someone very important and he was very power. I think that he did many evil things and he knew they were evil but he still did it because it was the right thing to do. Just because something is the right thing to do does not mean it is pleasant. There are many situations where you are forced to choose the lesser of two evils. I don’t think that Book became a shepherd to atone for things he did that were wrong, I think Book became a shepherd to atone for things he did that were right.
I just saw the trailer for Superman Returns and it got me thinking about two things that have never really been addressed, Superman’s potential and Krypton’s legacy.
Kryptonians are far more advanced than humans. They’re like a million years more advanced than humans in terms of both technology and biology. The fact that Superman was raised by humans is almost analogous to a human being raised by monkeys. Humans are holding Superman back. Humans are preventing him from reaching the full potential of his heritage. I really hope that the movie deals with that.
Superman is all that is left of Krypton. He alone holds the legacy of his entire race. All the history, knowledge, experience, and wisdom of Krypton rest with him. Those are things that can benefit earth enormously but instead of imparting upon humanity all the wisdom of Krypton, Superman has adopted the values and ideals of the human race, values and ideals that are less refined and less evolved than those of the Kryptonians. He has done very little to propagate the legacy of Krypton to advance the evolution of the human race.
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