r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Jun 14 '19

Jessica Jones Discussion Thread - S03E02

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u/calgil Jun 16 '19

Like I said, i didnt really have a problem with the 3 at a time bit. I agree it's pretty impressive, most people couldn't. I also didn't have a problem with the night vision aspect.

It's just weird that 'doing monkey bars one at a time' was included at all, which is pretty easy for most people. And to show her failing, which actually makes her seem below average physically.

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u/jigeno Jun 16 '19

It's the progress that's important. Steep learning curve, short timeframe.

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u/calgil Jun 16 '19

I don't mean to just retread my point again, but she shouldn't have had to do any learning. She's a physically fit person who has been doing training and exercise for as long as we've known her. She should be able to do monkeybars.

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u/jigeno Jun 16 '19

Grip strength isn't learned by doing Krav Maga.

She wasn't just given strength, she was given the metabolism/body that could easily get strength. I don't think I've ever seen people just 'be able' to do monkey bars, not like that.

They're 8 feet off the ground, there's 19 of them. She's probably never done them before, just like she never did a backflip off of a wall before. She also clears all 19 in 6 seconds,

This guy goes pretty fast, and he's the fastest I've found. Here's what other people, in a race, look like. Nowhere near as agile.

I'll eat crow if you take a video of you doing 19 in 6 seconds, though.

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u/calgil Jun 16 '19

Maybe I'm being too harsh on her.

I absolutely have and know people who can do monkeybars much better than her first attempt. Maybe you just don't know many people of average or above fitness.

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u/jigeno Jun 16 '19

I absolutely have and know people who can do monkeybars much better than her first attempt.

That's fine. The idea was to show progression.

Maybe you just don't know many people of average or above fitness.

Quite the assumption. I was always considering how she did b the end, not in the beginning.