{"id":2735,"date":"2012-05-08T11:22:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2012-05-08T11:22:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T17:22:05","slug":"ghost-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=2735","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nGhost Rider, a character invented in the early 1970s, is, I think we can all agree, really cool-looking, but that\u2019s about where the logic of his invention ends. Why not have a leather-clad biker, with a flaming skull for a head, ride around on an enchanted motorcycle, threatening criminals? That image was good enough for the character\u2019s inventors, I suppose, as his origin is a little strange. It turns out, at least according to the 2007 film about him, he sold his soul to the Devil (played by Peter Fonda), who enlisted him as a superhero. Ghost Rider\u2019s powers include the ability to stare into a person\u2019s eyes and make them feel horrible guilt for the wrongs they have committed. He tracks down bad guys and sends them to Hell. Neat idea, I suppose, but the morals get a little mixed. Shouldn\u2019t the Devil be more concerned with causing mischief and evil in the world? If he was enlisting a living biker tattoo, shouldn\u2019t Ghost Rider be a tortured demon who has to commit evil acts, and not a noble punisher, acting in the interests of vengeance and justice? Ghost Rider is positioned as a peerless hero, and that seems strange to me. When the Devil offered to take away his powers at the film\u2019s end, Ghost Rider (played by a lugubrious Nicolas Cage) refuses for no discernible reason. But then, his film is pretty lousy, so not too much thought should, perhaps, go toward this.
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