The Real Bad Guy In The Big O

There's an interesting thing in the show: Who is the Bad Guy ? Roger tells himself in Act 19 "Who is my real ennemy" and when we watch closely the show, there's no REAL bad guy in The Big O !

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Originally posted by Roger_Smith There's an interesting thing in the show: Who is the Bad Guy ? Roger tells himself in Act 19 "Who is my real ennemy" and when we watch closely the show, there's no REAL bad guy in The Big O !

That's actually quite true to a degree. The bad guy is definetly Alex Rosewater but as for who is Roger Smith's enemy when he made that comment in Eyewitness is more secretive and not really defined.

Roger's really enemy could be himself because he believes he doesn't know who he is and hates himself for running away from the truth. Or it could be the actual truth of what Paradigm City actually is or it could be the truth of what Angel contains. I'm not really sure either but the bad guy in Big O is indeed Alex Rosewater.
Peace.

Good point. Roger Smith, despite his distaste for Alex Rosewater, does work for him and the Paradigm Corporation. Why? Because those are his clients and who he takes cases from. Kind of puts Roger in an interesting situation. Although he doesnt necessarily advocate Alex and Paradigm's agenda and policies, he certainly doesnt want to bite the hand that feeds him or cut off his means to a living. Alex and Roger Id say have a rivalry more than anything. They both have desires to "fix" Paradigm, they just have different methods to attaining their goals.

I think the true villain of The Big O is human nature itself. Whereas there isnt really a good guy-bad guy relationship throughout the show, the lack of power humans have and exert over their daily lives is definitely evident in Paradigm. They fall victim to themselves and get caught up in the "normal" occurrence of memory loss. Unable to break the bonds that hold them to their "roles", the Paradigm citizens and society of the city are forced to fight themselves while they submit to the canned roles they play throughout their lives.

If you think about it, in a sense the bad guy is angel...

None of the characters is the "bad guy" of the show. The real villian is something harder to define. Apathy, blind acceptance, the status quo -- call it what you will; I'm sure there is some more eloquent term that eludes me at the moment -- the real struggle in Paradigm city is to understand Paradigm city itself.

Most, if not all of the main characters in the show seem to agree that something is very wrong with Paradigm. Roger, Angel, Schwarzvald, and Alex are all trying to change the city, to make it the way it "should" be. Alex and Schwarzvald (pardon my spelling) are evil in the sense that they don't seem to care about the human cost in acheiveing their goals. Schwarzvald has preconceived ideas about what the truth he's looking for is going to be, and is shocked when it does not agree with them. It's debateable how much of "the truth" he understands even afterwards because of the bias he approached it with from the beginning.

Angel is searching for answers for personal reasons, which makes her a bit selfish, but she is still looking, which is better than blind acceptance. Roger in my opinion comes closest to doing what one should be doing in Paradigm. He admits he does not understand everything, but he tries to understand it. He is skeptical, but open to the possibilities of truth on multiple levels. In short, he does the best he can to understand the world around him and do what seems to be right.

Vermillion

Simply put, the true enemy in Big O is the fear within the heart of every human being; the fear that Roger felt when he descended underground; Alex's fear of helplessness, etc.

However, as we learn from Schwarzwald, this fear is necessary, for the instant we stop fearing, we hit a standstill as sentient beings. Roger overcomes his fear and learns to accept his fate; Alex ignores his fear and becomes lost in delusions of grandeur.