Poor robots, it’s a complete outcast in the trio.

This is true. Meant to mention that!

He sure does!

One time, I was having a conversation with one of my tenth grade students and he said "you're like a big book and movie guy, aren't you?" And it felt like a moment in a comic book movie or prequel when a character says the hero's comic name. (My students don't know about my KZfaq channel; they'd bully me)

I agree- and I'm interested you mentioned objectivism. I've thought about making a video covering Ayn Rand from a number of angles but haven't decided what would be right. Any suggestions? I've considered exploring how Objectivist/Marxist ideologies overlap in some ways, comparing Ayn Rand to Margaret Atwood, performing an objectivist reading of Batman v Superman, or exploring why Rand's characters are generally so unlikeable and her novels so inaccessible.

​@thebookmovieguy I like your idea about exploring the weirdly unlikable nature of Ayn Rand's characters. My question, in turn to expand upon that, is why are movies that are accused of being objectivist in nature or commonly interpreted that way (like Ratatouille or Incredibles), have likeable/relatable characters instead? Do their themes have a vital distinction with Ayn Rand's ideology that people miss? Or is Ayn Rand just projecting her own assholery seperate of her philosophy? Idk 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♀️

@@AlexSciChannel This is a great question. My shortest answer would probably be because if those movies are looked at through an objectivist lens, the only accurate objectivist analysis is still, like objectivism-Lite. My personal take is that objectivism resonates with a lot of people because a pretty shallow understanding of it, especially in terms of philosophy and not politics or economics, is easy to get on board with. I think that to some degree, everyone agrees that the pursuit of individual happiness and being recognized for your talents or skills is important, and I think that "The Incredibles" especially manages to tap into objectivism effectively because it does so almost on accident by exalting people who are just heroic by nature. It works in "The Incredibles" and such, though, because the characters have other things going on and the themes presented by the story are still pretty human and accessible. There's a great deal of altruism still present in Bob and Helen despite Bob's ego and yearning for the limelight, and the story works precisely because Bob learns to grow past that ego and understand heroism for what it actually is- altruism, or at least an adoption of the Spider-Man maxim that "with great power comes great responsibility." Ayn Rand's characters of course take ego and confuse it for heroism and adhere more to "with great power comes great power." Not sure if that made sense or not, but I'm curious to see what you think!

@@thebookmovieguy I agree. I always found that Bob isn't inherently beholdent to the objectivist viewpoint because he is a selfless person. It's in his nature. Sure he's imperfect and sure he misses living in the glory days, but when the chips are down, he's still the kind of guy to help a crying old lady with her insurance, making him at risk of being reprimanded or even fired. And it was during the time heroes were illegal.

Thank you so much!

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I see the similarity, but I think an anti hero has a moral code they follow which at times puts them at odds with the rules or status quo. Someone like Killmonger is still an outright villain who's moral code is indirect contrast to the heroes, not just outside of it. This is what keeps every villain with a three dimensional motivation from being an antihero. At least in my eyes. Thank you for the view and comment 😎

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