Hobie,

Most of your remarks I found interesting and not necessarily disagreeable. I think the student is analytically limited by a background that is not very deep in things pertaining to Film-TV-Radio.

What you call name-dropping may be an awareness that one element "here" is like another element "there." Or it may be name-dropping. Dunno.

Your last paragraph about being "creeped out" by a possible Cameron/NWO connection, indicates to me that you are maybe a little too emotionally invested in the television shows you watch, or DarkAngel in particular.

Your knowledge of Film-TV-Radio seems pretty impressive.
Do you work in the industry?

I take issue with some of your remarks below, and will interact with the text you've provided.

: Interesting. Student's perspective is limited by his/her age
: and phase of development, apparently wanting expressly
: _not_ to be

Is it evidence of "advanced" development that one would wish to emulate or "be" a stock character in a not very new or necessarily interesting genre? Or any character derived from the experience or imagination of another, for that matter?

Personally, I think the whole "role modeling" thing is pretty much morally bankrupt. The more advanced we are in our thinking and experience, the less likely we will want to "be" any imaginary character or "real" person other than our selves.

Really, I'm in agreement with Patriotlad's statements in his "Waiting for Frodo" post. To make a one-size-fits-all generalization: Every right thinking person will want to be for himself the hero he'd like to hold in high esteem.

:either "Batters" / Jennifer Lopez or
: "Bleats" / Val Kilmer at this stage of his/her
: unfolding life. That's fine and fitting, but skews his/her
: angle-of-view accordingly.

Can you elaborate on that angle-of-view skewing you mentioned? I don't think you're totally wrong, but I'd be interested in your developing the idea you've introduced.

By the way, I thought the naming of the characters and likening the naming unto a child naming fish was pretty funny.

Monke