Monday, March 18, 2013

Bruce?

After a night of thought and a March Madness themed bracket today during second hour, I have come to the conclusion that of all the fictional characters which I adore, the most awesome is Bruce Wayne. There were lots and lots of factors which affected this decision. First off, the Bruce Wayne I am speaking of is the one of the most recent Batman trilogy. I had to limit almost all of my potential characters to one facet of their existence since Iron Man, Spider Man, and Batman all have intensely detailed histories with comics, etc. I reduced all of them to their most recent film versions (included all 4 Spider Man movies). Moving on though, the primary reasons why I chose Bruce Wayne in the early rounds was because he is ripped, is rich, has an awesome suit, and is purely good. When he faced off against Tony Stark, it was an epic battle. Both are rich,  both have awesome technology, both are incredibly smart, and both get the girl. The thing that set Bruce Wayne apart from Stark, however, was that Tony Stark's power comes completely from machine; whereas, Bruce Wayne's is natural and he worked very hard to earn his strength. Also, Tony Stark creates problems which he overcomes, but Wayne saves the world from evil. None of the enemies Gotham faces are because he slipped up or anything like that. Stark almost caught Wayne because of his role in The Avengers but it wasn't meant to be as Wayne to his awesomeness to the next round. There he met another formidable opponent, James Bond (Sean Connery). While Connery's portrayal of Bond is entertaining I felt like Bond got very little reward based on the risks he had to take and the suffering he endured. Although, a great matchup at face value, Bruce Wayne advanced smoothly to the finals. In the finals Bruce Wayne was pitted against Harvey Spector of my favorite TV series: Suits. Ultimately, Wayne was the greater. In the category of wealth Wayne gets the edge. However, in overall smoothness, Harvey took the cake. What it really came down to was the happiness factor. As it stood, Bruce Wayne was a wealthy man, riding into the French sunset with the ever so sexy Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) on his arm. Although Harvey has some beautiful women in his life, none even come close to Catwoman. And Harvey's life is swirling around into a giant, ferocious mess while Wayne's is evening out nicely. Because of all of these factors, the champion of fictional characters was crowned, Bruce Wayne, Batman, The Dark Knight!

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