|
Post by Dullahan on Apr 27, 2012 15:18:39 GMT -5
Which begs a major question.
How does a healing factor fight CANCER?
Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells that has gone out of control. If a healing factor increases cellular mitosis or some such thing..... wouldn't that just make the problem WORSE?
Course, it's not like Weapon X is above lying to it's test subjects. And at this point, he can't die anyway so I guess it works out.
|
|
|
Post by UrbanBlue on Apr 27, 2012 15:24:48 GMT -5
To get into specific reasons why I don't like Deadpool's popularity, the main one is that he's a casual murderer. When institutionalized he had no problem getting into lethal fights (including stabbing a man with his own femur).
I mean, the Punisher is a casual killer too, but he's treated a wee bit more realisticly, as someone messed up and dark. Deadpool is portrayed as a loose, jokey lunatic killer who people are supposed to root for?
|
|
|
Post by WildKnight on Apr 27, 2012 15:27:22 GMT -5
Which begs a major question. How does a healing factor fight CANCER? Comic. Book. Science.
|
|
|
Post by Dullahan on Apr 27, 2012 15:32:34 GMT -5
Which begs a major question. How does a healing factor fight CANCER? Comic. Book. Science. But even by comic standards that doesn't make any sense. The science usually tries to follow some form of logic.
|
|
|
Post by UrbanBlue on Apr 27, 2012 15:34:53 GMT -5
But even by comic standards that doesn't make any sense. The science usually tries to follow some form of logic. Deadpool probably isn't known for bothering to use logic.
|
|
|
Post by Goats on Apr 27, 2012 15:35:48 GMT -5
I thought his healing factor IS the cancer
|
|
|
Post by Dullahan on Apr 27, 2012 15:36:54 GMT -5
I thought his healing factor IS the cancer ........ Wha.....?
|
|
|
Post by WildKnight on Apr 27, 2012 16:31:44 GMT -5
But even by comic standards that doesn't make any sense. The science usually tries to follow some form of logic. N... o. No it doesn't LOL
|
|
|
Post by UrbanBlue on Apr 27, 2012 16:45:21 GMT -5
But even by comic standards that doesn't make any sense. The science usually tries to follow some form of logic. To clarify comic book science, just stop and think about every superhuman's powers. How many of them really have well thought out logical science behind them? -Cyclops (Come on, extra-dimensional energy and a neck that doesn't break despite the massive force coming out his eyes?) -The Human Torch (Covering himself in plasma and yet can turn in off in parts of himself in order to carry people) -The Hulk (Where is all that extra mass coming from?) -Telepaths -Heat Vision -Telekinesis -Elemental Powers -Super speed Now, science isn't my strongest subject, so I may be wrong about some of these, but I think I make a point.
|
|
|
Post by WildKnight on Apr 27, 2012 16:47:02 GMT -5
Now, science isn't my strongest subject, so I may be wrong about some of these, but I think I make a point. In addition; The Thing Literally, every single thing about that character LOL
|
|
|
Post by UrbanBlue on Apr 27, 2012 16:52:19 GMT -5
Plus isn't a healing factor implausible because of the amount of energy it would require?
|
|
|
Post by Dullahan on Apr 27, 2012 17:08:07 GMT -5
Note to self, if your not smart enough to explain your point the first time, don't bother bringing it up in the first place.
Here's the thing...I can accept those things. Yes, they violate every law of biology and physics, but they have their own internal logic. Within the confines of a comic book world, I'll accept it, because it has some internal consistency.
Based off any sense of science in our world, none of this stuff works. But because this is a comic book world, we accept it as part of the genre (let's face it, it'd be a pretty dull genre otherwise).
BUT, that doesn't mean you can just throw basic logic to the wind. There is NO logic that says this healing factor thing should work. No explanation as to why they thought this would work, or what the healing factor is supposed to do. I get the reason he doesn't die now, but what was Weapon X thinking when they did this? Now, if they didn't care whether they cured him or not, and was just looking for a test subject, fine. But apparently, they wanted to actually cure him. What made them jump on this idea, given that, by all forms of logic, there's no reason for it to work?
That's my problem with it. It's not just the scientific issues, it's the massive amount of purely logical problems it causes, and plot holes it brings up.
|
|
|
Post by Dullahan on Apr 27, 2012 17:11:59 GMT -5
Plus isn't a healing factor implausible because of the amount of energy it would require? Well, yes and no. To a certain extent, it could work. But your right, you have to draw all the energy to power the cellular mitosis neccesary to fix the damage done to you. But let's face it, the average comic book author knows next to nothing about biology, otherwise they would have to think about a ton of other factors. And I can live with that. A realistic comic book would be very dull indeed.
|
|
|
Post by UrbanBlue on Apr 27, 2012 17:14:11 GMT -5
A realistic comic book would be very dull indeed. Agreed.
|
|
|
Post by WildKnight on Apr 27, 2012 17:24:33 GMT -5
But that's the thing. Healing factors don't "blah blah blah cellular mitosis blah blah blah"
Healing factors are a factor. That heals you. Period. They've ALWAYS fought off anything and everything that makes you less healthy, relatively speaking. Way back in the 80's, Wolverine was saying stuff like "it ain't like I'm gonna get cancer!"
The internal logic is sound, IMO.
|
|