Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Another factoid to bolster the probability that Skye and Papa Atreides are Inhumans...
Skye's mother was alive during WWII and lived a youthful life until Doctor Mengele's Inspiration sliced her apart in 1989.
Even without using the Terrigen Mist, the Kree modifications, combined with centuries of selective breeding, have given all Inhumans certain advantages. Their average lifespan is 150 years and an Inhuman in good physical condition possesses strength, reaction time, speed, and endurance greater than the finest of human athletes. Now, it seems like they may have nerfed that a bit for the show (Skye certainly isn't a top end athlete even though she's in good shape), but it all still tracks with what we've seen of Skye.
Everyone has been going crazy over Skye's apparent ability to become a formidable agent in such a short amount of time (that sniper shot she took was very good and a novice shooter like her would have very likely missed), but it wasn't the writers making her a Mary Sue. It was in character for someone with special abilities that she had no clue about.
Suddenly, my faith in Season One's writing is renewed. Huh...
Skye's mother was alive during WWII and lived a youthful life until Doctor Mengele's Inspiration sliced her apart in 1989.
Even without using the Terrigen Mist, the Kree modifications, combined with centuries of selective breeding, have given all Inhumans certain advantages. Their average lifespan is 150 years and an Inhuman in good physical condition possesses strength, reaction time, speed, and endurance greater than the finest of human athletes. Now, it seems like they may have nerfed that a bit for the show (Skye certainly isn't a top end athlete even though she's in good shape), but it all still tracks with what we've seen of Skye.
Everyone has been going crazy over Skye's apparent ability to become a formidable agent in such a short amount of time (that sniper shot she took was very good and a novice shooter like her would have very likely missed), but it wasn't the writers making her a Mary Sue. It was in character for someone with special abilities that she had no clue about.
Suddenly, my faith in Season One's writing is renewed. Huh...
You know who would make a great couple? Ward and Rayna. Crazy would be visibly coming from that household like one of those promotional spotlights circling at night.
They could start a family business together, maybe call it Amy's Baking Company, haha.
They could start a family business together, maybe call it Amy's Baking Company, haha.
TheDodgeMan
Well-Known Member
And Coulson could be Chef Ramsey.
Riceball
Master Member
The Osprey is a great bird, the theory was sound, the engineering tech just wasn't quite there yet initially.
You also missed an aspect of recent defense acquisitions, the military goes to industry and says that they want something, let's say a jet fighter with a certain set of specs and capabilities. Contractor says sure, and they & the military agree to a price of X per plane. Then as production starts the military comes in and say that in addition to everything we wanted the plane to do at the beginning, we now want it to a little more, of course the contractor agrees and the price goes up accordingly. Months later the military comes in and tells the contractor, we now want to add this new gizmo to the plane, and the price goes up again. And this goes on and on until the price has skyrocketed way over budget and delays the plane years past its original deadline. This is basically the story of the F-35 and the LCS.
Father
Sr Member
I see what you're saying and maybe it's one of those things that is inherent to the world of fiction. They either don't understand how it all works and portray it as they imagine or they do and realize that going into that much detail is TMI and probably boring for the average audience.
In comics, at least how I've always viewed it, the contractor comes to the government and says "hey look at these Hammer drones I made... want to buy them?" and the government slaps their flag on it and calls it theirs.
In reality, the government says "We want drones with these specs" and Hammer, Stark, etc. all present their versions to the government in order to compete for the production contract.
Riceball
Master Member
Yup, more often than not that's the way it happens in real life. Rarely, if ever, does industry come up with something on their own and successfully sell it to the military, at least not in the US. One of the few times that I recall a military contractor coming up with their own independent product to try to sell to not only the US military but militaries across the world was Northrop and the F-20 Tigershark which was built and billed as an update to the venerable F-5 Tiger which. However, since the US didn't end want it nobody else wanted it, even (at the time) current operators of the F-5 because they thought if the US didn't use it then it wasn't good enough for them even though it was a perfectly good plane and an ideal replacement for the F-5.
Goonie
Sr Member
Actually, since it's ABC, isn't it going to be "25 Days of Christmas"?
infymys
Sr Member
If this last episode doesn't convince you that they're leading up to the Inhumans and the mysterious city is Attilan, then I don't know what will. It would seem that Skye and apparently now, Raina, are part of those "worthy" to become more than what they are. Which would mean that they have yet to be exposed to the Terrigen Mists or whatever the MCU decides to call it.
infymys
Sr Member
In Fitz' words: "I can work FOR you, but I can't work WITH you."
