Monday, January 25, 2010

What if: Background Check and Superman

It’s time to use a little imagination.

Today’s world is faced with many issues that concerns trust, crimes, and emotions. We are constantly assailed with issues with what to believe: the established fact or that which we think as fact. It is, therefore, inevitable for us to formulate strategists to ensure ourselves of our best interest. Background check on the people we deal with seems to be the best way to determine whether the agreements we enter won’t lead us into treachery; are they really who they claim they are?—and then a thought—are they more than who they claim they are?

This is real life, and comic books and fairy stories are all magical and psychedelic which we, at times, wish were true. But for one moment just stop and think: with all the advantage given to us by the internet—investigating one’s identity or true intension done via background check services—would it be possible for us to figure out the secret lying behind the “S”?


This may seem funny but just think about it—Superman’s secret identity: will chances in figuring out be bigger on who is the man with an “S” on his chest? Some may find it stupid just to talk about it but what if…? If the fictions we know were true, is there a possibility that there may be a more advanced research team doing background check? Or do these online services enough to help us figure the whole mystery? Television may bring Clark Kent to the present we all know but the way his identity is kept, even the people that don’t suspect something “special” in his case, are all as what the original scripts dictates.

Among the mysteries which revolves in stories that many try to check out are those that are considered dark. They are creatures that cause nightmares: blood sucking vampires and large hairy werewolves, and ever since Twilight came to the bookstores, especially on the big screens, interests in these folklore creatures became more heightened. They are not scary anymore like what we once believe in; they are more of a fantasy. The crazy thing is instant people search are done to check if they are more real than ever before. It is fascinating, though, that after these fanatic daydreaming and wishful thinking there are people who do claim they are vampires. They have been guests at Tyra and even got featured in Discovery.

Imagination can go crazy at times, but with occurrences where they do become real—although not in a way we really want them to be—what are the chances we might uncover a Superman-like guy being real? Just imagine……