Men & Cowboys & Aliens, oh my!
Image via WikipediaI thought some more about this last night. One thing that occurred to me is that two of the actors are what you might call iconic-- Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig (although he's a newbie at the screen icon game, compared to Ford). The characters that they are best known for are different kinds of "manly men." Indiana Jones, for example, is an adventurer, a problem-solver, and is sort of goofy when it comes to women. He's like Han Solo with a stronger character. Looking at James Bond, you can see more of an ideal man -- he defines the term "cool," he's another problem-solver (usually with extreme prejudice), and unlike the Ford characters, he has some weird kind of magnetism when he interacts with women. Bond has a lot in common with Jake Lonergan (sp?), while Ford's role in Cowboys & Aliens is not much like Indiana Jones or Han Solo, and when you think of it from that point of view, the differences are interesting. There is a lot of stuff about the father-son relationship here, all centering around him. I may go after that.
Image via WikipediaI thought some more about this last night. One thing that occurred to me is that two of the actors are what you might call iconic-- Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig (although he's a newbie at the screen icon game, compared to Ford). The characters that they are best known for are different kinds of "manly men." Indiana Jones, for example, is an adventurer, a problem-solver, and is sort of goofy when it comes to women. He's like Han Solo with a stronger character. Looking at James Bond, you can see more of an ideal man -- he defines the term "cool," he's another problem-solver (usually with extreme prejudice), and unlike the Ford characters, he has some weird kind of magnetism when he interacts with women. Bond has a lot in common with Jake Lonergan (sp?), while Ford's role in Cowboys & Aliens is not much like Indiana Jones or Han Solo, and when you think of it from that point of view, the differences are interesting. There is a lot of stuff about the father-son relationship here, all centering around him. I may go after that. 
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