I wonder if Carrie had an unintentional influence on comic books. And quite possibly even Star Wars.
here's how
After watching Carrie yesterday i've come to realize that what made her powerful was the pain and the hate and the anger she had been put through by people. The angrier she got, the more powerful was her Telekinesis.
It made me realize that this was a common trope in many forms of literature. More specifically, I had just watched my X men First Class DVD and in the early minutes of the movie, we see Sebastian Shaw shoot Eric's mother which causes him to lash out in anger and pain and causes his power to control magnetism to manifest.
In Star Wars Jedi are goaded into losing control and giving in to their anger because, according to the Sith (or dark Jedi) giving in to your hatred and anger makes yo more powerful.
In X men comics, powers often manifest at puberty, often under stressful situations.
So, Carrie might have been an influence there. To the best of my knowledge, i don't know of any other places where this has an influence before Carrie, except for maybe batman. While his anger didn't manifest powers, it is what his primary motivation is.
if it wasn't an influence, it certainly does seem to be a now commonly used trope after Carrie.
here's how
After watching Carrie yesterday i've come to realize that what made her powerful was the pain and the hate and the anger she had been put through by people. The angrier she got, the more powerful was her Telekinesis.
It made me realize that this was a common trope in many forms of literature. More specifically, I had just watched my X men First Class DVD and in the early minutes of the movie, we see Sebastian Shaw shoot Eric's mother which causes him to lash out in anger and pain and causes his power to control magnetism to manifest.
In Star Wars Jedi are goaded into losing control and giving in to their anger because, according to the Sith (or dark Jedi) giving in to your hatred and anger makes yo more powerful.
In X men comics, powers often manifest at puberty, often under stressful situations.
So, Carrie might have been an influence there. To the best of my knowledge, i don't know of any other places where this has an influence before Carrie, except for maybe batman. While his anger didn't manifest powers, it is what his primary motivation is.
if it wasn't an influence, it certainly does seem to be a now commonly used trope after Carrie.