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As I said, I watched Jessica Jones this weekend.
And I read this article:
'Jessica Jones' Makes Me Question The Point Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Interesting comment to the article they've got. "But even the lack of reference to Daredevil in JJ is fairly naturalistic. There’s 8 million people in New York. How often are you really going to intersect with people a few blocks away?"
Well, see, you'd think that kinda makes sense if the two of them happen to have different schedules and whatnot, but this is a comic book universe where Jessica Jones (at least in the comics) went to school with Peter Parker. Her dad, in the comics, worked for Tony Stark. She has a relationship with another superpowered individual, Luke Cage - and they started this relationship this onscreen by having him work actually very close to her home.
So putting aside the small world phenomenon, I think it's clear that the Marvel comics universe is incestuous as fuck, and it takes special effort for superheroes in the same city to avoid running into each other. Forget "they're a few blocks away from each other", they could probably be in different boroughs and still bump into each other a dozen times a week.
I'm sure this gets very tiresome, but hey, I'm not the one writing those.
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'Jessica Jones' Makes Me Question The Point Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Interesting comment to the article they've got. "But even the lack of reference to Daredevil in JJ is fairly naturalistic. There’s 8 million people in New York. How often are you really going to intersect with people a few blocks away?"
Well, see, you'd think that kinda makes sense if the two of them happen to have different schedules and whatnot, but this is a comic book universe where Jessica Jones (at least in the comics) went to school with Peter Parker. Her dad, in the comics, worked for Tony Stark. She has a relationship with another superpowered individual, Luke Cage - and they started this relationship this onscreen by having him work actually very close to her home.
So putting aside the small world phenomenon, I think it's clear that the Marvel comics universe is incestuous as fuck, and it takes special effort for superheroes in the same city to avoid running into each other. Forget "they're a few blocks away from each other", they could probably be in different boroughs and still bump into each other a dozen times a week.
I'm sure this gets very tiresome, but hey, I'm not the one writing those.
The Thanksgiving ragamuffins of old New York
Humpback Whales Solve a Big Problem for Wind Turbines
Prosecutors say jewel heist was largest in English history
Women TV Meteorologists Love This $22.99 Dress From Amazon
The Egyptian God Family Tree
The Origins of 15 Holiday Foods and Drinks
How Turducken Went From Food Of Kings To Poultry of the Populace
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Cheap DNA Sequencing Is Here. Writing DNA Is Next
This 1960s High School Gym Class Would Ruin You
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Pharmacists in California and Oregon to Prescribe Birth Control
Using light-force to study single molecules
A funeral director wants to bring death back home.
The knighthood of Star Wars is neither Galactic nor an Order.
Nestle confirms labor abuse among its Thai seafood suppliers
'Spying' on Islamic State instead of hacking them
There’s a booming black market for fake Syrian passports
Your Social Media Posts Are Fueling the Future of Police Surveillance
Meeting a Global Carbon Limit Is Cheaper Than Avoiding One
How Refugees Are Admitted Into The U.S. (The Onion)
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