In the movie "Spider Man" (Marvel Movies, recent), Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider Man) said to his friend,
"Did you know that this is the most powerful microscope on the eastern seaboard?"
friend (rolls his eyes): "Peter, what makes you think I'd WANT to know that?"
Peter (surprised): "Who wouldn't?"
(hint: eccentric, obsessive interests)
hahaha!
Is Sam Raimi??? 4000+ comic book collection ( or I am mixing him and Bruce campbell up?)
The only Spiderman things I have are the two movies. Seeing as how he is eccentric, a nerd, and has obsessive interests with science, and he was often bullied in highschool, he could be on the Spectrum.
I'll have to watch the movies again to see.
The only Spiderman things I have are the two movies. Seeing as how he is eccentric, a nerd, and has obsessive interests with science, and he was often bullied in highschool, he could be on the Spectrum.
I'll have to watch the movies again to see.
I watched the movies again a few days ago, and I tried to compare Peter Parker to myself. He matches up rather well, except Vo doesn't scream nearly as much and high as MJ does (almost popped an ear drum).
Also, I can recount the parts where he stated facts about spiders even I didn't know, such as spiders changing colour. You'd have to have Aspergian interest to know so much about spiders and not be in the profession.
Yeah. Spiders can be cool. (Except when they bite you.) Did you know that more people fear spiders than death? (Logical, in some sense, I suppose. Since you can't avoid death but you can avoid spiders.)
Yeah, I thought that when I saw Spiderman too.
Well, I guess in some sense everybody is "on the spectrum"--isn't that the whole point of calling it a spectrum? I think the point is that it's a whole new way of looking at the mental conditions. We all have varying degrees of aspie-ness/NT-ness.
Most superheros, I think, have a certain awkwardness about them, and the alter ego represents perhaps a fantasy on the part of the author, the audience, or both--that is, these superhero stories are meant to touch a nerve for people who wish they could be different, or wish they could have another secret life in which they were accepted. You could think of the superhero as the ultimate vindication for the outcast.
Actually, it's funny you get the feeling that with Clark Kent the clumsiness is more of an affectation, or maybe it's a direct result of the superpowers themselves.
Also, I think the flaws in Clark Kent, Peter Parker, and Bruce Wayne make it easier to trust the superhero persona, by helping to provide just enough vulnerability.