tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post3308523716283801278..comments2023-09-15T13:34:10.017+01:00Comments on Cognitive Blindspot: StereotypesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-89282376723845620152008-01-21T19:29:00.000+00:002008-01-21T19:29:00.000+00:00I hated Lost in Translation.I hated Lost in Translation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-10616642102520762162008-01-21T12:35:00.000+00:002008-01-21T12:35:00.000+00:00I think that an alter-ego is more thank keeping se...I think that an alter-ego is more thank keeping secrets; he doesn't have a secret identity as such, it's just that people in general don't know that he has powers.<BR/><BR/>Superman and Spider-man (note the hyphen!) are two very different cases as well: the assumption of the general public in the world of Superman is that he is ONLY Superman, that he has no other identity (largely because he doesn't wear a mask), whereas in Spider-man's New York everyone assumes that he has some kind of secret identity because of the fact that he does wear a mask.<BR/><BR/>One of the interesting things in Heroes is that by and large the characters are not superheroes in the alter-ego/secret identity sense, because the general public does not know they exist.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-57511877293586722792008-01-21T11:43:00.000+00:002008-01-21T11:43:00.000+00:00He does really have an alter-ego though, doesn't h...He does really have an alter-ego though, doesn't he? I mean, he has a normal life, and then also super abilities that he keeps secret, presumably. So the only difference between him and superman or spiderman is just that his alter-ego isn't clearly defined by wearing a latex suit and having a daft name.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-69877111242493761962008-01-21T09:02:00.000+00:002008-01-21T09:02:00.000+00:00I broadly agree with what you're saying; now that ...I broadly agree with what you're saying; now that I think about it there are very few Japanese films that I have seen which were not "genre" films in some way.<BR/><BR/>Two that spring to mind were Studio Ghibli films ("Only Yesterday" and "Whisper Of The Heart") and these were more or less set in the real world and just featured ordinary (animated) characters. I was struck at the time actually that these were animated films about ordinary people - no songs, no talking animals or toys or anything.<BR/><BR/>One thing I want to correct you on is that Hiro Nakamura does not have a geeky alter-ego: he is that person. The whole thing of Heroes is that they don't have alter-egos (although, of course, they might keep some parts of their lives secret from others).NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com