Keith wrote:
"But note that the cops will continue their jobs despite that
feeling of futility. I guess I find that admirable, in a
sense, and more globally the first step towards finding
long-term answers to problems like drug dealers, postitution,
murder etc that (specifically) these cops encounter as an
everyday reality. Running away doesn't solve anything."
True, although not all cops are noble. There is an unnamed
corrupt cop who sold info to McDaniel. Still, Big Al, Wally
Wells and Boone are heroes.
"It has been a couple of years, and there were many things I
disliked about BULLET. Did you really get the sense that
these utterly damaged people were going to somehow become
functioning members of society, any society? I didn't."
I didn't buy it either. As a matter of fact, that false
ending was one of my problems with the book (which I liked
overall), that I felt we were supposed to believe Teran's
happy family scenario. As a matter of fact, that is the big
parting the book takes from its model, The Searchers, and its
other remakes (like the movie Hardcore), allowing the
frontier hero, Case, to join the family at the end, whereas
the others
(Ethan Edwards/John Wayne in Searchers, Niki/Season Hubley in
Hardcore) are left outside the door at the end, having no
place in civilized society.
Mark
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