![]() We never need worry who’ll live, because we certainly know who’ll never die right from the off. Only strangers, marked by no individual characteristics, suffer, or the faceless ranks of the protagonist armies. In fact, a rule of thumb is that even any secondary character given a speaking role of just a few words will survive without harm too. There’s never any doubt that the Authority will win. All the traditions of modern popcorn entertainment, so nefariously encoded in Robert McKee’s “Story”, all the expectations of three plot reversals and fates more terrible than the expected terrible fates, are out of the window here. ![]() Given that the antagonists don’t threaten, and the heroes can’t be beaten, “The Authority” is wonderfully free of jeopardy. Colin Smith, a far wiser commentator than myself, observed that there’s quite a bit of nostalgia at play here, of the kind it’s rather easy to ignore when you get caught up in the hype surrounding the run: ![]() ![]() ![]() In fairness, The Authority does read as more of an expression of Ellis’ philosophical observations on the nature of superheroes than a genuinely revolutionary text. Was I the only one thinking of Gene Hunt everytime I read the word "superbastards"? "You are surrounded by armed superbastards!" ![]()
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