12-11-16

Written Analysis 4

                        Formula in popular culture is when story lines and plots are reused so much that they become predictable.  When you look at any movie or TV show that involves a hero you can say it is predictable because the good guys always defeat the bad guys. They never really kill the bad guys though because you want to leave it open that they could return and if you kill all the bad guys who would the good guys have left to fight?

            In the Marvel comic book Universe almost every hero and villain has died and returned. If someone dies you can bet they will be back to fight another day. Death in the comic book world isn’t really death because the characters are iconic and people want to see their storylines continue. So no matter the story of the character the formula is always the same and predictable. It follows the same pattern and journey. Bad guy comes to take over the world, kidnap someone, or just make the heroes day bad and the hero comes together either alone or with friends to save the day.

            Even if someone dies during the time it takes for them to come back sometimes another character will step up to become them for a short time. In the case of Captain America he was killed by Crossbones, who works for the villain Red Skull. This was all in the aftermath of the Civil War when Captains army was fighting Iron Man’s army. When Cap was killed his best friend Bucky eventually became him. He did this because the world needed a Captain America and Bucky knew Captain the best. He was trained by Captain American and knew him better than anyone so the honor of being Cap would mean more to Bucky than anyone else. Eventually they find a way and Captain America is reborn. It is nice to have these stories even if predictable because each time you wonder, how will they defeat the bad guy this time?