Captain America: Civil War (2016)
#Scenario 1: At the edge of Sahara Desert, in front of a small district hospital. After a whole month of travelling on camel backs in a convoy with no untoward incidents, a Bedouin lady just collapsed much to the excitement of the entire village. Long story short, the lady had a ruptured tubal pregnancy, underwent a laparotomy and went back home smiling.
#Scenario 2: FG was draughted to help out in a small town at the edge of the country when a cholera epidemic hit the state. After attending to the needs of the ever-escalating number of victims, it was snooze time. At an unearthly hour of 3 am, the ethereal time between slumber and wakefulness, the phone rang off the hook. A desperate sounding staff nurse was frantically looking for helping hand. A parturient mother had been laboriously trying to expel her offspring since midnight but in vain. The elusive endpoint appeared so near yet so far. Hearing that a new young doctor from the town of big lights had some obstetric experience, I was summoned.
After assessing the situation, weighing between a 2-hour journey to the nearest tertiary facility and the limited resources, FG delivered the baby via obstetric forceps, panting and sweating under the collar.
Everything went well. To the sounds of a hearty cry of a healthy newborn, FG walked out feeling like a superhero with his imagining cape flying to the morning breeze to the nod of the approving hospital staff!
That was the scene in superheroes' movies back in the days. Life was simple, uncertainties in life few and hurdles were hardly hurdles. The world would be threatened by a megalomaniac mad scientist who wants to rule the world; catastrophe would ensue and superhero would save the day. Mission accomplished, everybody happy. With the increasing complexity of criminal activities, the creativity of destructive forces, crime busting is not like it is how it used to be.
Logically, in the medical field where improved medical technology should translate to more happy faces and satisfied patients. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Even, in the superhero business, it is pretty much the same. People want perfection, no collateral damage and the onus to be accountable to adverse outcomes.
This would be the basis of this 2016 eagerly awaited blockbuster. With the increasing public casualties and public property destruction, the wings of the super heroes' league are planned to be clipped. The booboo at Wakanda is the last straw. As the UN is about to pass a ruling to restrain the powers of Avengers, the superhero is required to consent for the allegiance. That is where the problem starts. Captain America refuses to sign the accord while Stark is all for it. Therein, starts the confrontation. The duel becomes more intense after the UN office in Vienna is bombed and Captain America's childhood, Bucky Barnes, is accused of being the bomber.
Even though there are too many action heroes strutting their stuff in gravity defying feats and lighting speeds, there is no confusion in the story or the case of too many meaningless displays of pyrotechnics. We have Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Falcon, Rhodes, Vision, Clint, Scarlett Witch and Black Panther while Ant Man and Spider Man make special appearances.
In the immortal words of Spidey, "With great powers come big responsibility." Life in high places is no walk in the park or a seat in a pleasure cruise. It also has its ups and downs.
#Scenario 2: FG was draughted to help out in a small town at the edge of the country when a cholera epidemic hit the state. After attending to the needs of the ever-escalating number of victims, it was snooze time. At an unearthly hour of 3 am, the ethereal time between slumber and wakefulness, the phone rang off the hook. A desperate sounding staff nurse was frantically looking for helping hand. A parturient mother had been laboriously trying to expel her offspring since midnight but in vain. The elusive endpoint appeared so near yet so far. Hearing that a new young doctor from the town of big lights had some obstetric experience, I was summoned.
After assessing the situation, weighing between a 2-hour journey to the nearest tertiary facility and the limited resources, FG delivered the baby via obstetric forceps, panting and sweating under the collar.
Everything went well. To the sounds of a hearty cry of a healthy newborn, FG walked out feeling like a superhero with his imagining cape flying to the morning breeze to the nod of the approving hospital staff!
That was the scene in superheroes' movies back in the days. Life was simple, uncertainties in life few and hurdles were hardly hurdles. The world would be threatened by a megalomaniac mad scientist who wants to rule the world; catastrophe would ensue and superhero would save the day. Mission accomplished, everybody happy. With the increasing complexity of criminal activities, the creativity of destructive forces, crime busting is not like it is how it used to be.
Logically, in the medical field where improved medical technology should translate to more happy faces and satisfied patients. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Even, in the superhero business, it is pretty much the same. People want perfection, no collateral damage and the onus to be accountable to adverse outcomes.
This would be the basis of this 2016 eagerly awaited blockbuster. With the increasing public casualties and public property destruction, the wings of the super heroes' league are planned to be clipped. The booboo at Wakanda is the last straw. As the UN is about to pass a ruling to restrain the powers of Avengers, the superhero is required to consent for the allegiance. That is where the problem starts. Captain America refuses to sign the accord while Stark is all for it. Therein, starts the confrontation. The duel becomes more intense after the UN office in Vienna is bombed and Captain America's childhood, Bucky Barnes, is accused of being the bomber.
Even though there are too many action heroes strutting their stuff in gravity defying feats and lighting speeds, there is no confusion in the story or the case of too many meaningless displays of pyrotechnics. We have Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Falcon, Rhodes, Vision, Clint, Scarlett Witch and Black Panther while Ant Man and Spider Man make special appearances.
In the immortal words of Spidey, "With great powers come big responsibility." Life in high places is no walk in the park or a seat in a pleasure cruise. It also has its ups and downs.
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