[UA] Lara Croft and Inhumanity

[Chad Underkoffler]

--- ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:49:49 -0500
> From: Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [UA] Lara Croft and Inhumanity
> Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> 
> >The character Lara Croft is perfect, in the movie.
> >She can do no wrong, what-so-ever.
> 
> Yeah, I hate "heroes" like that myself.  Wesley in "The
> Princess Bride" is an exception, and it's hard to figure
> out why.

Well, I have some ideas:
1. He's fighting for True Love. [1]
2. He gets the stuffing knocked out of him, repeatedly.
3. After the Machine and Miracle Max, he can barely move.

It's all his attitude. He doesn't *revel* in his superiority--
he just uses it.

[1] Westley & Inigo are perfectly matched, Wizard-class
swordsmen. True Love is why Westley beats Inigo at the top of
the Cliffs of Insanity. On the other hand, if Westley were
standing between Inigo and Count Rugen and Buttercup were safe,
I believe Inigo would win, as his Revenge would trump Westley's
skill.  Now, if there was a situation where Buttercup was in
danger and Westley was blocking Rugen, I have NO CLUE who would
succeed.



=====
Chad Underkoffler [chadu at yahoo.com]
http://www.geocities.com/chadu/index.html
"I was walking through the woods, thinking about Christ.
If He was a carpenter, I wondered what He charged for
bookshelves?" -- Woody Allen, LOVE & DEATH

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