Good-looking bad people are always liked no matter how badly behaved their characters are.
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MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 months agoThat character was so well done. He’s more tragedy than contemptable depending on your sympathies, but that was kinda’ the point. It’s almost the point of ANY “good” bad character. Give them motivations that are understandable by non-psychos, just make the character make poor (poor, not stupid) or mean decisions.
… and his acting helped round out the character instead of flatten. He genuinely seemed like a good guy that got insanely jaded and went off the deep instead of just a bad guy.
errer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m not sure that applies to The Comedian, but then I’m not particularly attracted to guys, and some people find some weird looks downright hot.
… Though I still hate how right you are. Looks or power. People respect them when they should NEVER respect looks or power. Ever. Sure, many good looking people are respectable, but not because of looks. It’s NEVER looks or simply having power (or money) that makes someone respectable.
Heck, maybe the problem is people conflate “like” with “respect”, like I did above. Or maybe the problem is those words aren’t so different in practice…
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
The Comedian was my favorite character from Watchmen. Not because I think he was good, misunderstood, or any kind of role model. I just found him very compelling.
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That movie is so fucking good and Jeffrey Dean Morgan absolutely killed it as the comedian.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 months ago
He was contemptible as Neegan. Very well played.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think he was only starting to be introduced by the time I wandered away from the walking dead. Though the little I remember, he was definitely all asshole and killing it.