Post by stargazer1682 on May 27, 2019 2:55:46 GMT
I like the exploration and commentary the Chief and his crew makes about trappings of human society that we take for granted - like, we use paper money with faces of people on them. "Great, one of those."
It's good they'er exploring the obvious possibilities for "Coulson" right out of the gate, considering the possibility of and LMD; and then they cut to the quick on establishing that it's Coulson's DNA, but exposed to a wide array of unusual radiation.
I'm glad they're not dragging out the story with Fitz too much, so far (
The pacing so far has been good, though time will tell just how effective it will be overall. They could have dragged out the ship Fitz was working on for weeks; trying to fly under the radar, but they get right to the point, not taking too much time to develop the plot, but not to too little either.
Fitz pulling a "Superman II" on the Controller of the ship was a little obvious; especially once it was clear the Controller wasn't going to back down.
I kind of figured the P-E-Gs the Crew were looking for was something like diamonds, but I rather liked the fact that it was more specific than that; and that the diamonds held little value to them as anything but shinny stones they couldn't care less about, to the complete confusion of their human hostage. Diamonds really are intrinsically worthless; they're incredibly common, but their distribution is controlled to drive up the price and the resale value is pathetic compared to what people pay for them "new". They're better used for thing like cutting or other practical applications.
But I digress....
Their technology to link two separate physical locations is great; and the way they play with the orientation of one side, while have the other side remains fixed, yet there's no vortex or event horizon, it's as if, in that narrow space, the two places are immediately adjacent to each other. Not enough scifi shows play with the concept of dimensions like that, but I find it trippy yet fun.
So my theory about Coulson is that these...whatever they are... are somehow able to use the bodies or at least the DNA of the recently deceased for them to inhabit as they travel to other worlds, some of which may not otherwise be hospitable to them, while they plunder that world's resources. It would be a sure fire way to go relatively inconspicuous if you at least looked like the indigenous species; and if you think about it, in a very morbid, matter of fact way, we just sort of leave many of our dead just sort of laying around where anyone or anything could find them and do virtually anything with them. Other shows have explored this, Doctor Who and the Gelth; and Star Trek Voyager had an episode with a similar premise to my theory, where an alien race essentially "procreated" by utilizing a deceased body that would become augmented by that alien's DNA and biology; memories were generally erased and replaced with knowledge of that race's language and fostered by their knew family. It'd be a foreign idea to us, in many ways obscene, as they briefly explored in the Doctor Who episode; and like the Doctor compared it, it's similar to any one of us consenting to being an organ donor; albeit with less express consent and in this case the purpose would be less than altruistic.
I am curious, whatever the answer is, since they have established that it's Coulson's DNA, if the story will eventually lead to a restoration in mind and body of Phil Coulson. I know it's a little hackneyed and predictable to bring a character back to life; especially when said character has been given that treatment before (and in a much more contrived way), but they're going about the journey in an interesting way; and the outcome isn't necessary a definitive given, even if probably better than even odds. So long as it's well told and executed, I can generally forgive something for being "predictable" or cliched; so long as they don't lean into the predictability and phone it in, like some other shows would do.
It's good they'er exploring the obvious possibilities for "Coulson" right out of the gate, considering the possibility of and LMD; and then they cut to the quick on establishing that it's Coulson's DNA, but exposed to a wide array of unusual radiation.
I'm glad they're not dragging out the story with Fitz too much, so far (
and I write that having already seen the next episode
)The pacing so far has been good, though time will tell just how effective it will be overall. They could have dragged out the ship Fitz was working on for weeks; trying to fly under the radar, but they get right to the point, not taking too much time to develop the plot, but not to too little either.
Fitz pulling a "Superman II" on the Controller of the ship was a little obvious; especially once it was clear the Controller wasn't going to back down.
I kind of figured the P-E-Gs the Crew were looking for was something like diamonds, but I rather liked the fact that it was more specific than that; and that the diamonds held little value to them as anything but shinny stones they couldn't care less about, to the complete confusion of their human hostage. Diamonds really are intrinsically worthless; they're incredibly common, but their distribution is controlled to drive up the price and the resale value is pathetic compared to what people pay for them "new". They're better used for thing like cutting or other practical applications.
But I digress....
Their technology to link two separate physical locations is great; and the way they play with the orientation of one side, while have the other side remains fixed, yet there's no vortex or event horizon, it's as if, in that narrow space, the two places are immediately adjacent to each other. Not enough scifi shows play with the concept of dimensions like that, but I find it trippy yet fun.
So my theory about Coulson is that these...whatever they are... are somehow able to use the bodies or at least the DNA of the recently deceased for them to inhabit as they travel to other worlds, some of which may not otherwise be hospitable to them, while they plunder that world's resources. It would be a sure fire way to go relatively inconspicuous if you at least looked like the indigenous species; and if you think about it, in a very morbid, matter of fact way, we just sort of leave many of our dead just sort of laying around where anyone or anything could find them and do virtually anything with them. Other shows have explored this, Doctor Who and the Gelth; and Star Trek Voyager had an episode with a similar premise to my theory, where an alien race essentially "procreated" by utilizing a deceased body that would become augmented by that alien's DNA and biology; memories were generally erased and replaced with knowledge of that race's language and fostered by their knew family. It'd be a foreign idea to us, in many ways obscene, as they briefly explored in the Doctor Who episode; and like the Doctor compared it, it's similar to any one of us consenting to being an organ donor; albeit with less express consent and in this case the purpose would be less than altruistic.
I am curious, whatever the answer is, since they have established that it's Coulson's DNA, if the story will eventually lead to a restoration in mind and body of Phil Coulson. I know it's a little hackneyed and predictable to bring a character back to life; especially when said character has been given that treatment before (and in a much more contrived way), but they're going about the journey in an interesting way; and the outcome isn't necessary a definitive given, even if probably better than even odds. So long as it's well told and executed, I can generally forgive something for being "predictable" or cliched; so long as they don't lean into the predictability and phone it in, like some other shows would do.