Re: Impressions
Paul A., on host 130.95.128.6
Wednesday, August 16, 2000, at 07:41:25
Re: Impressions posted by Faux Pas on Wednesday, August 16, 2000, at 07:21:13:
> In a way, it's similar to how I got depressed when I turned 29. Not that I was a year away > from thirty, no -- it was that I was finally as old as Superman. Superman is eternally 29.
I remember reading somewhere that the real reason Frank Miller wrote _The Dark Knight Returns_[*] was because he suddenly realised one day that if he didn't do something soon he'd be older than Batman.
> And look at all he's done with his life.
Yes, but he's got an unfair advantage - all those superpowers and stuff. There's no need to be depressed unless you're not making the most of the abilities you do have.
Paul
[*] Famous graphic novel that begins with Batman sixty years old and retired.
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