Rick Grimes as a Hero in Modern Society

Rick Grimes is a character from a comic book series and TV show series called The Walking Dead. Basically these series are about a post apocalyptic world where zombies have taken over and the humans that are still alive have to learn how survive in a world where they could turn into zombies or die completely at any moment. On top of trying to survive with zombies around them, they also have to survive with the threat that other humans are trying to kill you and that water, food, etc. can sometimes be very hard to come by.

The reason that I think Rick Grimes fits as a hero in our modern society is because he is a natural leader, even after waking up several months after the zombie apocalypse has started in the hospital. In every single episode and comic of the series you get to see Rick struggle with his own humanity as well as the humanity of everyone in his crew of his friends/family, but he always seems to be able to pull himself and his crew back together and ultimately do what needs to be done in the end. He's an ordinary man in a world that is falling apart and he is one of the only ones in the group with the ability to make it seem like everyone can survive in this impossible world. 

Rick is a hero from our culture that fits our society's values because first of all he lives in a society that our society believes is what the near future is going to look like with the zombie apocalypse being the ultimate destroyer of today's society. Also he represents how I think a lot of people would act if they were put into a situation like this. Like in the first few seasons of The Walking Dead, he starts off being afraid to kill and lose the people that he cares about. He starts off living and reveling in his past and never moving forward, but as the seasons go on he starts to adjust to his surroundings and he ends up becoming the leader of his pack. He represents the values that most people nowadays have. Like he believes that his family comes first in all situations even if he has to kill some one to keep them safe. This represents us because most people would do anything for their families even if it means that they might have to kill someone for it. This is the ultimate reason why Rick Grimes can be seen as a a hero in modern society.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

I preferred the movie over the comic, even though there was a lot of plot holes in the film. One of the reasons behind this choice is the fact that I don't really like comics and I find comics hard to follow and don't understand them most of the time. I also liked how Superman was portrayed as more of dark character in the film and that he was seen as a kind of bad character that is doing more bad than good, whereas in the comic he was seen as the godly character that was sent from space to save the world and he defeats the Batman. Another reason I liked the film over the comic is because the cinematography was amazing in the film even though the script wasn't the best. Some of the shots in the film were just amazing and seemed to have a lot of thought put into it. Like the shots during the flash back scene to his childhood were the best with all of the shallow looks at the gun and the pearls as the gun shoots and the pearls break.

As we all know the movie was a set up for the upcoming Justice League movie that is coming out within the next couple years. So there was cameos for characters that will be in the movie. One of the characters that had a scene in the movie was Wonder Woman and I absolutely loved getting to see her in the film. She was BAD ASS and I thought she definitely held her role even with the other two big characters in the film. I even think that she caught my eye more than Batman and Superman because when she came in it was a crucial part in the plot and I think that she brought more to it as well as maybe even doing more in that specific scene than Batman and Superman combined.

Now even though I liked the film better than the comic, there was still a lot wrong with the film that I think made the film worse. If these things had of been fixed than I think the film would have been amazing. The script was just terrible and there was a lot of useless and confusing stuff in the film that made it hard to follow, but not as hard to follow as the comic. Like all of the flash backs and dreams that happen throughout the film seem to make no sense and have no connection to the plot at all and I feel like if they were removed it would make the  movie better and wouldn't change the overall theme of the story. I also feel like Batman and Superman fight for no reason making the whole Batman v. Superman thing kind of useless.