We need a hero!

I need a hero! A hero like Park Sihoo-ssi’s Baek Siyoon in “Local Hero”!

Episode 4 of OCN drama “Local Hero” (“Neighborhood Hero”) ended on a high note with the emergence of a new neighborhood hero, a lean, mean fighting machine. Park Sihoo-ssi’s Baek Siyoon single-handedly took on a gang of hooligans wielding knives. A hard, ferocious battle ensued and he won.

Since then this Bonnie Tyler song “Holding out for a hero” has been drumming in my head. In her powerful, husky voice, she was belting it out:

“I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ’til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight!”

These few lines of song’s lyrics aptly described the last part of the drama’s episode 4. 

We need a hero fighting for our neighborhood justice in real life!

I don’t know about you but “Local Hero” is contagious, or rather Baek Siyoon is. His multifaceted character which has been developing over the four episodes broadcasted to-date grew slowly on me as the plot unfolded.

From the super secret agent, the barman, the reluctant hero and to finally standing out for the interests of the bullied neighbors. Baek Siyoon started off with the motive of seeking revenge for his junior agent, Jin Woo, who died on a mission to Macau, but we also saw his human side. His fact finding as he tended his Neighborhood Bar, watching his customers and taking down notes, opened his eyes to issues and concerns in his new neighborhood.

Park Sihoo-ssis fact finding while tending his bar uncovered his neighborhood issues

He was a lean, mean fighting machine as a secret agent, but deep inside him, there was a soft, caring and most human side that opened up as he witnessed first hand the plights of his neighborhood.

Many of you will probably agree that with all the injustice our community and maybe we ourselves face in the real world where we live and work, every neighborhood will need a hero.

Every neighborhood needs a hero like Park Sihoo-ssi’s Baek Siyoon to look after its community

We don’t need one of the superhuman kind, but of the human kind. We need someone who is down-to-earth, an every day ordinary man who will answer our calls for help. Someone who can help us solve our issues, however big or small, in his own expedient ways. Someone who will listen, give us advice and be there to support us through. Nothing fancy, just getting the work done and making the community a better and more harmonious place to live in.

Yes, everyone needs a hero! We are holding out for a hero! Our hero, one so like Park Sihoo-ssi!

我们需要一位英雄！

OCN电视剧“小区英雄”（“邻里英雄”）的第4集里，我们见证了一位新的小区英雄的诞生，一个精险战斗机。施厚君饰演的白时允单枪匹马与挥舞刀子的流氓打斗。一场凶猛的战斗，他赢了。

从那时开始，邦妮·泰勒 Bonnie Tyler 的歌曲“Holding out for a hero等待着一位英雄”一直在我的脑海里旋转。她那强劲，沙哑的声音，高歌着：

“我需要一位英雄，
我正等待一位英雄，坚持等一整晚，
他需要坚强，
他也需要快，
他需要刚打斗战完！”

这首歌的几行歌词恰当地描述了剧中第4集的最后一幕。

We need a hero who is an ordinary man on the street who can help solve our issues

不知道妳们有何想发，但我觉得“小区英雄”很有感染性，或更确切地是白时允的吸引力。到目前广播的1-4集，剧情缓慢的发展着，白时允多方面的性格也随着深化。

从超级秘密特工，酒吧老板，不情愿的英雄，到最后脱颖而出帮助维护被欺负邻里邻居的利益。白时允开始只想为他在澳门使命身亡的后辈振宇寻求报复，但我们也看到了他人性化的一面。看管着他的酒吧的当时，他也进行实情调查，观察他的客户，写下笔记报告，从中睁开了眼睛，关注到了新邻居们所面对的问题。

Park Sihoo as Baek Siyoon, a lean, mean fighting machine but with a human side

他是一位精险战斗的秘密特工，但亲眼见证邻里邻居的困境，内心深处被打动还存着一丝的柔软，体贴，人性化的一面。

我相信很多人都会同意，在现实世界里，我们的社会，或我们自己也面对着好多不公平的待遇。每个社会社区都需要一位英雄。

We need a hero in real life to fight for the injustice in the community!

A crusader for the community fighting for neighborhood justice. We need a hero in real life!

我们需要一位英雄，不是超人的那类，而是一位现实人间，普通街上可以遇到，平凡一位人士，在需要帮忙时，出手相救的英雄。有个人可以协助解决无论大或小的问题，用他自己的方式权宜之计。有个人肯聆听，给建议，并在那里支持我们渡过难关。没有什么大不了的，做些需要做的工作事情，使社区社会变成更美好，更和谐的生活场所。

是的，每个人都需要一位英雄在身边！我们都在等待着我们的邻里英雄！像施厚君一般的英雄！

Credits – Many thanks! Music video of Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding out for a Hero” on Youtube; Photos – OCN