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22 hours ago, drotto said:

A few things, and I do not want to reveal to much about myself, but I do have a high level of education in biology.  Thus my inability to write.

 

Thus far the variants have not fully alluded the vaccines, and the mutations while numerous are actually very similar and are somewhat limited in the changes being seen.  Meaning, it appears there are only a few viable or beneficial mutations for this virus. Remember, we hear about the mutations that have taken some hold, there are likely 1000's of mutations that have failed. That spike protein needs to be a faily specific shape or it becomes ineffective. It can only change so much. This is good news for us.  It means that the current vaccines will likely remain somewhat effective despite the mutations. We are still going to develope multivariate booster for better efficacy, and that is prudent. The other thing is even when there have been infections with vaccinated people, the vaccine decreased the severity in most regardless of the variant. So even if not preventative, the vaccine remain protective. 

 

The 12 to 15 year olds are going to be approved within a week.

 

We never had  common cold virus for several reasons.  The first of which is it is a general term referring to many viruses causing similar symptoms.   Second, the expense and need to develope a vaccine for a non lethal disease is not there, so the drug companies have no incentive to do it. There is no money to be made.

Finally, from an immunological standpoint, the most closely related virus to Covid-19 is SARS from about 18 years ago. They have seen a few things from an immunological standpoint on SARS which hopefully will apply to Covid.  The biggest is that they have monitored the immune status of know positives and found that natural immunity is still good 18 years later. The next interesting fact is SARS immunity seems to impart some immunity to Covid.

Since you have an education in biology, what is your opinion on the concept of disease & viruses being related to abnormal vibrations that our bodies adapt to, thereby creating mutations within our cells? Consider how computer viruses work by altering electrical vibrations. I believe the body is an advanced machine & the radiation that we bombard ourselves & others with through the use of modern tech is causing all of these problems. Sure, it can be argued that the entire universe is producing different forms of radiation, but our planet is protected from most through different layers of atmospheric pressure, acting as a force field. We're diminishing those protective layers in what most label as global warming. To protect ourselves from this greater radiation, we're taking vaccines to alter the radiation of our cells, but that's not a solution in my opinion. We fight cancer (a form of abnormally radiating cells) with chemo (a form of radiation treatment), killing healthy cells in the process. Fighting fire with fire doesn't put out flames, it only increases them. If this pandemic is hypothetically being caused by abnormal levels of electrical current (our body functions on infrasound vibrations), wouldn't cutting back be the logical solution, rather than increasing it's strength with 5g networks on a global scale? What if these new networks can increase the mutability of cells? Should we just keep relying on new vaccines to protect us rather than avoiding the poison that's causing it?

3 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

 

I didn't realize they were bringing the Snyder verse to a close. Retaliation for Snyder saying he didn't need to fight Netflix on Army of the Dead's final cut?

1 hour ago, Bosco685 said:

WB is tossing anything right now to distract from the current reputation risk concerns.

 

No doubt. Not to mention that movies with low production costs & high returns are what studios really need, considering the market.

36 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

You do what you feel you need to do. Meanwhile, DC and Marvel have taken fun shots at one another. So this is not a new topic.

It just didn't go on throughout the show that it needs to be addressed OR ELSE. Know what I mean? 

No doubt, I was just poking back a little.

1 minute ago, Bosco685 said:

You forgot a little film.

I didn't read the article, I wrote that from memory. The Legends kidnapping that girl doesn't count as stupid & impulsive because my quote wasn't exact? I guess they were too busy trying to avenge Sara's kidnapping to care about hers.

12 hours ago, I like pie said:

Episode 2 is Friday and 31 minutes.  I would assume that's the norm going forward but that's about 10 minutes more than CW or Rebel episodes. 

That's nearly 50% longer, which is great news. I didn't know the next episode was Friday either, so thank you for the update.

5 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

But it also comes across disingenuous when you mistreat former recent minority and female actors and then make an announcement the studio going to make sure they do right by future actors and creators.

It's not like in 2021 we haven't seen a series of Variety and THR articles crafted by WB Studios to trash Ray Fisher and warn off other actors from coming forward with the investigation. Right? So when it gets away with that behavior and makes it look like it is a just a Ray Fisher issue but then it finally comes out Gal Gadot even had to escalate her treatment to force the studio's hand, things are really bad.

I agree & they won't get away with it anymore, because people aren't afraid to stand up for themselves or others against the studios at this point. Still, if only aboriginals should be in charge of America because of the abuses they endured by invading forces, many would likely move away. I'm definitely not defending them, I'm saying that their actions may create new prejudices. If we say women have been marginalized, so they should be given positions of influence to marginalized men in return, have we really made any progress?

2 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

Time to cancel RDJ and the Tony Stark character. 

I remember the comment Stark made saying, " we're the Avengers, not the pre-vengers". He was criticizing the methods of his own team for their actions though, not someone else's. I'd say Spartacus proved the stupidity of not thinking his actions through & being impulsive. The Legends had no problem kidnapping an innocent girl that had been abducted multiple times as a child in their next scene though. She even developed her own methods of protection, nearly taking out the Legends & their waverider as a result. I guess everyone overlooked that fact.

8 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

 

I'm pretty sure they've treated many of their employees badly, not just ones with darker skin, which is evident from people speaking out as a result of Ray Fisher standing up to them. They deserve an apology, but it's more likely to be a financial one, as I doubt the studio wants to make it a public one. The question is, will people with lighter skin be marginalized & excluded with these new measures? It's not really a step in the right direction to just reverse roles.

2 hours ago, @therealsilvermane said:

I believe in the new ventilation systems the movie theaters have installed. Social distancing and mask wearing is still  theater policy at all of them. I'm fully vaccinated as well as a lot of friends/family. There have been no significant COVID19 outbreaks from folks going to see Kong Godzilla, which gave the industry a shot of life support. When I go see Black Widow in July with my mask on, I will feel perfectly safe.

2 hours ago, @therealsilvermane said:

We're five months into vaccines being available to the public. This week, the vaccine will be available to everyone including teenagers nationwide. By July the percent of Americans fully vaccinated should significantly rise. For the people who refuse to wear masks or get their vaccine by then, they can choke on the virus for all I care.

Unfortunately, being vaccinated doesn't prevent you from picking up bacteria & spreading it to other. These new ventilation systems will likely help spread bacteria through the air at more rapid rates. Unless theaters implement a policy of not eating or selling snacks, rotating seats between screenings, etc..., those standards aren't enough. Most people aren't conscious enough about sanitation, which is the major reason that this pandemic has decimated the worlds economy. We shouldn't wish others harm due to their lack of knowledge or experience, we should educate them, so they can better themselves & others they come in contact with. That's what will curb this pandemic & prevent future outbreaks.

I really enjoyed this episode. I'm not sure if this will be considered three in one, but I'd be more than happy if they had a similar runtime.

3 hours ago, @therealsilvermane said:

The CDC has said that the reason mutations are forming is because people aren't getting vaccinated. When the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) is allowed to exist and spread over time, that's when it starts to mutate. If you stop its spread by wearing a mask and getting the vaccine, then it doesn't have time to mutate. Also, the CDC has stated that the many vaccines have proven effective against the mutations of the original 2019 coronavirus.

The common cold is really just a name for symptoms caused by many different virus types. The most common virus type that causes cold symptoms is the rhinovirus. Coronaviruses were only first discovered and observed in the 60's.

I think that the virus evolves depending on where it lives, so if it couldn't spread, it obviously wouldn't evolve the way it has. If Americans where born in the countries of their ancestors, their accents & speech would be different. As the virus spreads through different people & countries, it picks up new genetic markers from the environment & people it infected. Still, vaccines are not a one size fits all, as everyone's immune system is different, which is why some who get vaccinated can still catch Covid-19. OC43, HKU1, 229E & NL63 are considered common cold coronaviruses, but most viruses don't have vaccines because it's not considered cost effective to produce. Masks can also pick up lots of bacteria & cause respiratory problems as well, so I suggest having multiple washable ones to use in different settings. A lot of the masks they're selling are creating a host of problems on their own. I would advocate washing your hands over hand sanitizers as well. There are mummies that have been discovered with cancer, so when something is observed & written into record has no reference to when it came into existence, it's just our point of realizing it.

19 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

Quesada especially would antagonize a blowup over 'Marvel vs DC' and I believe it was him that posted the full-page ad when DC moved. Some creators feel like such stunts are funny and bring publicity. To me, it only detracts from your brand. The Legends scene was so quick with those comments it didn't even register that deeply for me. But then reporting sites wants to stir the pot and started posting how 'DC did Marvel dirty'. Which is always meant to bring up heated debates.

What lawsuit are you referring to? I'm out of the loop on this.

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/7831958/montreal-comic-creator-suing-marvel-iron-man/

21 minutes ago, @therealsilvermane said:

Well if the very large segment of our population that still think the pandemic is a hoax would do their friggin part and get the vaccine and wear a mask we’d have been done with this pandemic last month. 

People definitely need to take more precautions. Unfortunately, vaccines aren't likely to make it go away due to it's rapid mutation. The common cold is a coronavirus as well & we've never had a successful treatment for that either.

19 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

I mean no offense, but I think you are being sensitive over this. Many times, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow (especially the former) mentions Marvel characters in a positive way. Including Cisco this season giving She-Hulk a mention.

When DC moved from New York to California Marvel ran a full-page ad mocking the move. When the Fantastic Four movie bombed Marvel inserted a scene in a comic book where the cast of the movie has a building fall on them. When Robert Downey Jr. got cast as Tony Stark he did an interview with Huffington Post and noted "F*@& DC Comics" during the interview.

The back and forth has gone on across both DC and Marvel. Acting like DC did this and it is beneath the 'high standards' of Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios may need to do a little history research.

That may be the case, as I have noted many positive mentions of Marvel & Star Wars in The Flash but I'm not sure about The Legends. I don't think it's beneath either company to insult one another either, but I would call Marvel out if they insulted Wonder Woman over the last film losing money, even though DC green lit a third film. I guess the combination of that mention & then reading about the lawsuit irritated me. It's crazy that someone will try suing because a characters costume looks similar. It would be like DC saying we have a copyright on superheroes & villains, so nobody can create any characters without our permission.

13 hours ago, Oddball said:

That Stan Lee quote in Marvel’s new trailer reveals a disturbing MCU truth
“For the purposes of its Phase Four hype-up video, Marvel Studios edited and condensed Lee’s original speech to the point that any trace of its anti-bigotry messaging has been scrubbed clean. It is now a more generic message that beckons (paying) audiences back to movie theaters.

It is also morbid how Marvel Studios uses Lee’s voice when Disney had little involvement to care for Lee, who was besieged by profit-seeking controllers in his final days.”

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/marvel-phase-4-trailer-stan-lee-voice-over-quote

 

Agreed & I'm not sold on going back to theaters to keep studios profiting at the risk of our health. This will just keep up the spread & mutation of the pandemic. They need to literally stop all travel to keep new variants from spreading, but money is more important than life in our current economy. That's modern progress for you.

8 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

The full of a comment to Spartacus (friggin Spartacus ) when he talked about avenging Earth was Sara saying "It sucks to be an avenger!"

If that was a cheap shot, see Avengers (2012) with all that team goes through. Including Tony Stark attempting to sacrifice himself to save Earth.

Sara's exact words were "being an Avenger is stupid, the goal is to prevent death, I'm a preventor, you want to join the preventors Sparty?" She's insulting Spartacus & the Avengers in that scene. When Ava called Mick a genius at the beginning of the show, it's because he saw what was right in front of him, the writing on Ava's hand. Now they're taking their audience as fools because they think we can't see what's right in front of us. How can they claim to be preventors when they go back in time to clean up messes & erase people's memories to keep their actions hidden? I would say that they're just as much Avengers as the Marvel team. Just because they work in the shadows to control timelines to their advantage & keep their tech hidden to prevent others from manipulating the timeline to their own advantage, doesn't change that fact. The fact that The Avengers brought back half of all life within the MCU in one film is more of a testament to their work on saving life than anything The Legends have done (DC's entire multiverse was destroyed while saving one universe). Now we have Ben and Raymond Lai trying to sue Marvel again, over the fact that some characters wear suites that are similar to ones that they used for their characters nearly 20 years ago. I guess they're filing the lawsuit in Quebec to make it more complicated for Disney. It just seems like everyone wants to step all over Marvel because of their success. DC could have used different wording in that scene, it was done purposely to sow a seed of negativity towards Marvel. Don't doubt the effectiveness of subliminal messages, otherwise companies wouldn't pay a fortune to advertise in their shows & movies.

14 hours ago, Jordysnordy said:

Season premiere was awesome 

This show never lets you down.

I enjoyed it, but they took a cheap shot at The Avengers. I imagine Marvel hitting back for that & it building into more hostility between the two franchises & their fans.

20 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

 

There's an incarnation known as Parasurama (axe wielding Rama) in the Vedas, that I've always associated with this show. He is the sixth Avatar of Vishnu that killed 21 generations of Kshatriyas (warriors or military) for killing His father.

59 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Part of me is disappointed that this will be a Disney+ series as this could have been an underlying storyline connecting a whole series of TV shows and films culminating into a theatrical release.  

It may still well happen.  However, I am hoping that the TV series leads to something bigger. 

I think that's the plan, as Secret Invasion could likely be leading up to Secret Wars.

1 minute ago, @therealsilvermane said:

I really don't. Kree vs Skrull with Earth in the middle was kinda the battle at the end of Captain Marvel. To do that yet again in a multi-episode TV show might be kinda...boring? I think that battle in CM is the extent of the classic Kree Skrull War that we're going to see. I really think the MCU Secret War will be Nick Fury, Talos, and maybe a few other Skrulls seeking out a new invading alien race on Earth or maybe even an entity. I could be wrong. We'll see.

I do think it's where we meet Dorrek aka Hulkling of the Young Avengers. Also, in the recent Empyre event series, the Skrull, Kree, and heroes of Earth all team up to fend off an attack on Earth by the Cotati, a plant-like alien race who resurrected the Swordsman in an Avengers storyline from the 70's, so maybe there's something there. We'll see.

It would just be building on what happened in Captain Marvel & I don't think one small incursion was the end of that story. It also happened decades ago in the MCU timeline. It would be like arguing that WB is finished using Darkseid after Snyder's Justice League, because it's too repetitive. They're bringing characters back in streaming series for a reason.

On 4/23/2021 at 1:05 PM, Bosco685 said:

That's a fresh way of making new revenue off legacy films.

WB started using ads in Black Lightning, when they showed characters drinking Mountain Dew. They will want all the supplemental income they can get, especially with all of their new movies streaming on HBO Max. If they can pay for production costs with ad placements, they won't be losing money & can justify larger budget films. I can't imagine Wonder Woman drinking a Coke, but maybe some extra or vending machine in the background to subliminalize the audience with.

5 hours ago, the blob said:

Especially as there is one living flag smasher and 3 super soldiers (not including cap) to collect DNA from to build more. Of course, at the end of the day bullets kill them. Why weren't they wearing kevlar body armor?

That's a good question. Seems like the serum boosts their ego to some extent, but they ultimately wanted to be martyrs, so maybe dying to encourage others to rise up in their place was a motive.

2 hours ago, @therealsilvermane said:

Okay, let's assume it's a small band of rogue Skrulls invading Earth and going against the wishes of Talos and Skrull ally Nick Fury. What's the point of that? Is it a band of teenage Skrulls just looking to cause mischief? The usual reason for an alien invasion according to the Handbook of Alien Invasions is to conquer Earth. It would be almost like Skrull suicide to cross Talos, Captain Marvel, and Fury who was aboard a Skrull spaceship in Spiderman FFH manned by an army of Skrulls. I just think it's an offbrand alien race who don't care about Captain Marvel (or never heard of her), Talos, or Fury.

There are so many aliens to choose from if Marvel wants to expand its universe. Why have Skrulls fighting each other? This is a chance to introduce Dire Wraiths (by another name, though, as the Wraiths name is owned by Hasbro), the Badoon, the Brood, the Cotati, or anybody else. Back in the days of Marvel's horror sci-fi Atlas comics, almost every issue featured a secret alien invasion from a new alien race like every month.

I think Secret Invasion will ultimately be about the Kree vs Skrull war that earth gets stuck in the middle of. Just like Thanos, Zemo or the Flag Smashers, everyone has their justifications for thinking what they do is right.

22 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Fans Suspect Major Character Is a Skrull

 

There is always that possibility, but Skrulls wouldn't need access to top secret government tech, as their tech is far more advanced.

10 minutes ago, the blob said:

maybe they gave a hint at her being a skrull when she was wearing the guy's face outside the building. i thought that was just the shield tech we have seen before, but I suspect a skrull could pull off the switcheroo to make it look like that. on the other hand, were she a skrull she'd only have limited access to carter's memories, so all those interactions where she knew a lot of details could be a problem. and don't skrulls have good tech already, why does she need to steal it?

anyway... it was all entertaining, but I didn't find the bloodthirsty-ness of the flagsmashers to be so believable. we get very little development on what these folks are facing. and the flagsmashers all seem to be europeans for the most part, why are they so ticked off again? Wouldn't refugees from third world countries be the ones getting kicked out and sent back? She sounds like a brit or something.

also, walker and barnes are trained killing machines. particularly barnes. are the flagsmashers all supposed to be trained fighters who took the serum, why do they have all these ninja skills? walker should have easily beaten karli to a pulp one on one. even with the serum she is a little lady vs. walker. 

 

Skrulls use tech that copies electromagnetic fields to replicate DNA & memories of others into their own body, so they would have access to everything up to the point when their emf was copied. I believe there is a point where Kari mentions that they were soldiers that were abandoned by their government earlier in the series, so the Flag-Smashers did have training. Ultimately, I think the governments are the real antagonist of this series, which Falcon points out in the finale. His speech about governments needing to do better & protect their people, or another person will take up the cause & we don't want to see Kari 2.0 come around.

3 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

There is a rumor already the same writer working on Cap 4 is working on a Chris Evans moonbase project.

 

I didn't see any mention of a moon based project, but had noted that Captain America may be returning in a potential role or cameo. I had considered that it may be a small part at the end of F&WS, but that didn't happen. We may even see RDJ again, as John Watts did tell Alfred Molina, “In this universe, no one really dies”. They just need to make their presentations affordable enough to sustain the projects their developing, so we won't see the same level of actors or CGI unless there are price cuts to those costs as well. I think people will adjust, as reduced payments are better than nothing & most actors live expensive lifestyles.

1 hour ago, the blob said:

do we think carter took the serum? she seemed to be pretty cool about getting shot in the gut last episode. 

I think it's more about her state of mind than any powers. She's resilient enough to focus on her goal than simply the moment at hand. Soldiers do this all the time, otherwise they would constantly be in a state of anxiety.