The Dark Knight

Yea i know it's a super late post to talk about the dark knight.. but i finally manage to watch the show, after wanting so long to watch it.. credits to Weng Sing for transfering the show to me. ^^

It's a really interesting story. Besides the really joker portrayal of the joker, i like how he manages to capture and bring out the evil side of human. to see how fragile all of us are.. we might say we are good people, with good intentions, pure thoughts and kind behavior, but when it gets down to surviving, do we really give a shit about what we do to other people in order to survive?

the people of Gotham wants Batman to come out and unmask himself, not because he needs to, but because they are scared.

the D.A turned evil after seeing his love being exploded..

the people on the ship wanted to blow each other off.. and suprisingly, the criminals, the convicts, were the one who made up their mind not to blow the other ship. the ship with the ordinary citizens on the other hand wanted to blow up the other ship so badly because they thought that they deserve it. they thought that the criminals deserves to die, not them. eventhough both didn't blew up each other, but it sheds light on how people can make decisions when it comes down to life and death.

it shows that truth and justice is not black and white. it shows how some people can be criminal, and at the same time hero. talking about hero, there is actually very little research in psychology regarding the psychology of heroism. How strange could this be huh? Imagine this... if psychologist know what makes or shapes someone to be more heroic, then psychologist could probably coach more heroes out onto the street. psychology have tons of research on why people don't do stuff they should, like the diffusion of responsibility in Kitty Genovese case, but not much about what would spur someone to be heroic.

Zimbardo stated that these 2 criterias made someone to be qualified as a hero:
a) an active behavior (acts upon something, not just think about it)
b) for someone else (not egocentric, but people centered)

If these 2 can be cultivated in people, probably the streets will be more safe, where people are willing to help each other out. And not just being passive when something happens. But i am willing to admit, i think when something goes wrong, i would probably stone, rather than acting hero. :x

God Bless~