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KwarK
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Gahlo
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On October 19 2013 05:01 KwarK wrote: Just started watching this. Is Felicity's character a running joke by the writers about how far they can stretch us viewers before we call bullshit? I feel I've been eased into it and then had them slowly up the level. At first it's "can you do data recovery on this laptop" which is a reasonable thing to ask the IT department to do. Then it's "can you trace these funds and bank wires" which is not unless she adds accountant and hacker to her skillset. Then it's "can you do that while also breaking into military black ops encryption". Then it suddenly became some kind of science thing where she had to identify a secret patented polymer and the only bit that even involved touching a computer was finding out who had the patent on it. Just now I saw "can you use your spectrometer to find out which tap this water came out of?". How does she even have a spectrometer in the IT department? Who authorised the budget where the IT department for Queen Industries requested money for a spectrometer and why would they have needed to have one lying around before now? And how does she have that skillset? This has to be some kind of meta joke, right? Like they were writing the next episode where they needed to have an expert from Queen Industries and they went "why not just have it be the same girl" "well because it's not IT" "yeah, but that's the joke, we'll have it be always her even though it's basically never gonna involve IT". Either that or she's screwing someone on the production team to make them keep hiring her back even though she's basically an extra/plot device. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Felicity_Smoak_(New_Earth)#Powers_and_AbilitiesEdit + Show Spoiler + Abilities Business Management: Felicity Smoak is an expert in many areas pertaining to business management. Honestly, I'd be surprised if Queen DIDN'T have a spectrometer sitting around somewhere. | ||
KwarK
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JimSocks
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Forgottenfrog
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Gahlo
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On October 19 2013 05:10 KwarK wrote: But not a guy who uses the spectrometer so instead he goes to the IT department? Minimizing people in the know? idk, I'm not a superhero. | ||
KwarK
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Complete
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PS: how the fuck is oliver going to get out of this one? I'm sure he's been semi-trapped like this in a scene before, I guess it just looks more hopeless when it's at a stand still | ||
Daray
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Either that or she's screwing someone on the production team to make them keep hiring her back even though she's basically an extra/plot device. Umm, what? I'm thinking you haven't watched all of the episodes. | ||
Daray
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
On October 19 2013 05:50 Complete wrote: you're being a bit dramatic. PS: how the fuck is oliver going to get out of this one? I'm sure he's been semi-trapped like this in a scene before, I guess it just looks more hopeless when it's at a stand still The super Hero chick that helped Oliver's Sisters boyfriend is going to intervene | ||
Complete
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On October 19 2013 06:09 SigmaoctanusIV wrote: The super Hero chick that helped Oliver's Sisters boyfriend is going to intervene that would be incredibly random, although not a bad thought. i did find it a bit awkward that dozens of armed men just kinda hung out around Laurel all day waiting for him to come... . Although I'm not exactly sure where she works at right now. | ||
KwarK
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On October 19 2013 05:57 Daray wrote: Umm, what? I'm thinking you haven't watched all of the episodes. Yeah, I posted when I got to the bit with "can you do spectroanalysis". | ||
mcmartini
Australia1972 Posts
On October 19 2013 06:17 KwarK wrote: Yeah, I posted when I got to the bit with "can you do spectroanalysis". If you check some trivia on her wiki she was meant to be in one to but her chemistry with Stephen amel (Oliver) and the fans liking her caused the writers to write her into the show and then make her a regular season 2. | ||
KwarK
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Nacl(Draq)
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On October 19 2013 07:13 KwarK wrote: Okay, she just looked at a bunch of pictures of jewels and dated them based upon their appearance. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of rocks to the point that she can tell them apart and knows all of them? I can't be the only one having this issue. Whats the issue? Did they not teach you guys this during 3rd grade? I mean I know the US public school system is centuries ahead of the UK but come on. (This is all said jokingly.) | ||
UniversalSnip
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On October 19 2013 05:01 KwarK wrote: Just started watching this. Is Felicity's character a running joke by the writers about how far they can stretch us viewers before we call bullshit? I feel I've been eased into it and then had them slowly up the level. At first it's "can you do data recovery on this laptop" which is a reasonable thing to ask the IT department to do. Then it's "can you trace these funds and bank wires" which is not unless she adds accountant and hacker to her skillset. Then it's "can you do that while also breaking into military black ops encryption". Then it suddenly became some kind of science thing where she had to identify a secret patented polymer and the only bit that even involved touching a computer was finding out who had the patent on it. Just now I saw "can you use your spectrometer to find out which tap this water came out of?". How does she even have a spectrometer in the IT department? Who authorised the budget where the IT department for Queen Industries requested money for a spectrometer and why would they have needed to have one lying around before now? And how does she have that skillset? This has to be some kind of meta joke, right? Like they were writing the next episode where they needed to have an expert from Queen Industries and they went "why not just have it be the same girl" "well because it's not IT" "yeah, but that's the joke, we'll have it be always her even though it's basically never gonna involve IT". Either that or she's screwing someone on the production team to make them keep hiring her back even though she's basically an extra/plot device. to the average retard the IT guy at your company and a hacker are basically the same thing, the only reason your IT guy isn't working for the cia hacking traffic lights in afghanistan from his desk is because he isn't good enough. It's just a matter of skill. I have no explanation for the science stuff though... lol. | ||
Numy
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petered
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On October 19 2013 07:13 KwarK wrote: Okay, she just looked at a bunch of pictures of jewels and dated them based upon their appearance. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of rocks to the point that she can tell them apart and knows all of them? I can't be the only one having this issue. You are watching a show where a guy using a bow and arrows can kill hundreds of guys with guns. Pretty sure you are going to have to suspend some amount of disbelief to enjoy any of it. | ||
DEN1ED
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