Where does T'Challas sister learn science from

Where does T'Challas sister learn science from Mar 9, 2018 16:24:41 GMT

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Post by Lord Death Man on Mar 9, 2018 16:24:41 GMT

Mar 9, 2018 15:53:41 GMT charzhino said:

Mar 9, 2018 15:45:54 GMT Lord Death Man said:

Stark, Richards and Xavier were all leads in their respective film.

In my edit I also mention Dr Hank McCoy in First Class, when he is first introduced he is said to have graduated from Harvad at 15, after which the CIA picked him up for their research work. Hank is basically Shuri, inventing and developing scientific gizmos to aid the heros. Niether are lead characters.

You wanted Coogler to put in a magazine cover montage where we see Shuri on the cover of Forbes and Fortune? Don’t be obtuse. It would have burned valuable time needed for core aspects of the main narrative.

I guess you chose to ignore my opening sentence where I said, " a line or 2". Thats all was needed. Maybe when Shuri is messing around, T'Challa could have said, "maybe I should send you back to Wakanda university where you can keep out of trouble" in a jokey light hearted tone. Thats all it would have taken, not some 10 minute flashback.

They have sequels, stingers and other MCU movies to go into the detailed background of the main character’s sister. Are you upset that we don’t know where Pepper Pots went to business school too? C’mon, man.

Yes of course the sequels. Maybe instead of forceibly inserting scenes with no context to set up future films (like Thors bathpool scene in Ultron) they should focus on developing the story fully for current films.

Pepper Potts isn't a genuis.

Pepper Pots manages to run a multination corporation with not much more in the way of credentials than a secretary or personal assistant. You're okay with her being CEO of S.E. because she fits your narrow mold of someone who would be capable of doing that job.

Paying lip service to genius with an impressive list of western credentials is not how Coogler decided to demonstrate Shuri's intelligence. He instead chose to "show" it because showing things is better than saying them in a visual medium like film. Again, the movie is primarily about T'Challa. For all of Hank's stated credentials, he still didn't strike me as a genius-level intellect (with the notable exception of the Grammer portrayal).

Shuri is essentially the quartermaster in Black Panther. In a Bond movie we don't ask where Q went to school or how he became the head of the OO program's design group (whether or not Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese or Ben Wishaw play the character). Q doesn't even get the "throw away" line that you seem desperate to hang your hat on because the Bond movies are not about Q.

I don't think it was as hard, as it seems to be for you, for the majority of audiences to extrapolate that a technologically-advanced society could produce a SINGLE member of its royal family with a genius-level intellect.

Face it, Shuri, being a black, young, female prodigy doesn't fit your preconceived notions of what a genius is or should be. So you had to hyper-scrutinize and question it in a long, drawn out and pointless debate meant to do nothing but discredit the film. I'm sure you also enjoy spending time studying phrenology, telegony and other "lost" scientific arts that might also help prove your point. That's okay, so long as I don't have to break bread with you - knock yourself out.