Carl Jung. Joseph Campbell. Jungian Archetypes. The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
In short: EVERY FUCKING HERO STORY IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME. You could do this with ANY hero movie/book/comic/epic. It WORKS because of the way humans identify archetypes and the dramatic structure, thus becoming empathetic to the story and plight of the heroes. 10th Grade literature class, folks.
5 Responses to The Differences Between Star Wars & Harry Potter
cory
September 16th, 2008 at 15:25
yes, how dare george lucas write a story following the hero’s quest/monomyth structure which has been a stable of story tellin for over 3000 years!
and how dare jk rowling for telling a story useing a similer structure which has been used for over 3000 years.
Terry Smith
September 16th, 2008 at 16:30
There’s the next version of that, out there somewhere, that has The Matrix and Lord of the Rings on it as well. Gets a little crowded.
Wogan
September 17th, 2008 at 01:05
It’s that, or porn – the two main bestseller genres.
Pity about the Matrix, in that Neo has no father … lol
~ Wogan
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Doryen
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:44
Carl Jung. Joseph Campbell. Jungian Archetypes. The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
In short: EVERY FUCKING HERO STORY IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME. You could do this with ANY hero movie/book/comic/epic. It WORKS because of the way humans identify archetypes and the dramatic structure, thus becoming empathetic to the story and plight of the heroes. 10th Grade literature class, folks.