Toned down for the show, I imagine. Or possibly she hasn’t yet (in-show) developed the full range of her power. That same Power Grid also gives her a Durability rating of 5, which is “Bulletproof”, and an “Energy Projection” rating of 3, “Short range, short duration, single energy type”, two things clearly not in evidence on the show.
Oops, my bad. I was looking at the red bars, which are based on “Fan Votes”. The blue bars are the “Official Ratings”, those show a rating of “1” in all categories.
Huh. That would mean she is “Weak: cannot lift own body weight”, also clearly not the case.
I’m guessing that Marvel simply hasn’t finished her page. Elsewhere on the page, I found this bit:
“Jessica Jones possesses superhuman strength; the parameters of her strength are unrevealed, but she can lift an automobile with no discernible effort. She possesses an enhanced level of resistance to physical injury, although she is unsure of whether or not she is bulletproof. She is also able to fly, although she is out of practice in doing so.”
I was reading this excellent analysis of the show, and it made me realize why I was bothered by the Simpson storyline. It’s the only part of the show that doesn’t fit together. Everything else in the show deals with the main theme of overcoming trauma in some way. But the Simpson storyline doesn’t fit. It sort of works, I guess, as Trish using Simpson to overcome one trauma and the escape from that trauma turns out to be a new traumatic experience. Only, it doesn’t really hit that note well. Maybe too much of that story got edited down for it to work right.
I think Simpson fits in well, actually. Even before he got his powers (or got them back) he was an excellent example of a “white knight”–a mostly nice guy who felt like he should be the one dealing with the threat (notice he kept trying to horn in when Jessica and Trish were trying to deal with Kilgrave, and trying to take over even when he wasn’t the best suited to do so). He’s another example of a toxic relationship (albeit one that started out a lot more benign than the one between Jessica and Kilgrave).
I think I agree that was what they were going for. I’m just not sure that it was fleshed out enough to be successful. Clearly my thoughts on the subject are evolving though.
Also he is almost exclusively in the show to develop Trish, and he is the only major character that is true about. He’s a talking plot devise, not really a character.
I don’t mean to harp on this, but I am trying to figure out what went wrong there because everything else was so carefully thought out and he seemed to be, not.
So, are the usual suspects mad as hell that they’re being castrated by a superhero show that passes the Bechdel test? The times they are a’changin’.
Overall, an excellent show. More exciting than Daredevil, though perhaps it’s unfair to pit these shows against each other. I was astonished at the transformation the actress underwent from the gawky ditz with way to much bright lipstick in Veronica Mars to this brooding noir protagonist. I notice that during the showing of the broken office door at the end of the last episode, they kicked in with the Gumshoe Jazz, as if a wink to how they actually hadn’t been laying on the private eye tropes very heavily.
Apparently, somebody on the writing staff knows French, because it came out of three different characters’ mouths, from Hargoth setting me straight on the pronunciation of quelle surprise, to Malcom using it in his brief eulogy, and then Trish speaking French to make dinner reservations.
I was bothered by the fact that the story ended up having to resort to people being stupid to keep Kilgrave from staying caught, though I do think they assuaged my preemptive annoyance at Hogarth’s inevitable betrayal by not making it all too sudden. I give an oh-for-Christ’s-sake at Pam being surprised that her Lady MacBething resulted in some MacBething on Hogarth’s part. She thought maybe Hogarth would just pull some Perry Mason out of her ass? She demanded a throat-cutting.
I thought it also worked on another level: Simpson hit a lot of the popular BMOC male character clichés, and he reacted to his violation at the hands of Kilgrave by seeking to re-assert his masculinity, by exerting control over his environment, and also by seeking violent retribution against his attacker. It was like its own version of PTSD, only from the stereotypical ‘alpha male’ point of view.
I don’t really have a significant problem with Simpson. I thought there was a little trouble in handling him but, for me, the only problem was trying to strike a balance of giving his character enough screen time to establish his story but not too much screen time to take away from the primary story.
I see how it could seem this way just looking at this 13 episode first season, but one thing I really appreciate about modern television shows is that many of them play a long game. Simpson will definitely be back, especially as his power supplier is the same organization that has something to do with Jessica getting her powers. When they actually need Simpson in a future storyline, it will be so much better that he’s actually been introduced and explained a bit to the audience. His personal history with the main characters will also up the stakes for whatever that storyline will be. If they just introduced Simpson in that future storyline the audience wouldn’t care so much.
Yes, this is how I saw it: he was a well-meaning, old school alpha male lunkhead who ends up going to the dark side while trying to be a hero that JJ and Trish don’t really need.
I thought his role served a purpose by doing that, just like having Hogarth be a hardass woman made Jessica’s character seem a tad more likeable - kinda like James Cameron had Vasquez in Aliens so that Ripley could be seen as a bit more empathetic relative to her.
Yeah, the Hogwarts woman is a total bitch with apparently no redeeming qualities.
I just watched the episode where Jessica goes to live with Kilgrave, of her own will. Everything seemed so surreal, with his crush on her and him being so “gentlemanly” about not using his mind control on her, him saying he wants to “learn to be good” and them having this little almost-bonding period. You really never see anything like that between a protagonist and an antagonist, much less a superhero and supervillain. Of course they were both somewhat on-guard the whole time, and of course he ends up still doing something evil and shitty (having the woman blow herself up), and she ends up betraying his trust because that’s what she set out to do. But for a brief moment I almost felt like “aw, this is sweet, they’re gonna work out their differences! Maybe even fall in love!” It was unique and touching, even if not realistic, just because it’s so far removed from the norm.
Oh, one question about that though: when she said “you can’t ingest Sufentanil”, this is a lie because the two workers get knocked out cold, right? But then why does she inject him anyway? And wasn’t she eating the same food? (I didn’t notice if there were pre-separated portions or not)
Also, torturing him to death would have been out of character for her. She was a very compassionate person, actually to a fault. Numerous times during the show hubby and I commented that she needs to just STOP wasting time helping the victims while Killgrave got away. Even at the very last I was grinding my teeth because it looked like he would get away again while she tried to stop the crowd from killing each other.
However, despite that annoyance, her compassion is what makes her a hero and a likable character. It was great seeing her “man up” to shooting Luke in the head and then immediately mourn what she did and try to get him to help. I like when an actor is able to portray a tortured soul and Ritter did a very good job with this.
Oh, here’s something puzzling me: Jones asks for the cheapest bourbon at the liquor store, but comes home with Wild Turkey. It’s been a while since I’ve perused a liquor store at any length, but I recall Wild Turkey being somewhat upmarket. Now, if she’d picked up a fifth of Old Crow…
I have not read the thread in order to avoid spoilers, but I did search “kidney” on each page to see if this has been asked.
In episode 2(all I’ve seen up to), the doctor/professor tells Jessica that “any kidney will do for awhile”, but that Kilgrave will have to find someone else to take kidneys from.
Wait. Any kidney will do for a couple years? Did they just make that up completely? And two years? It should have been “a month” or so unless I just don’t understand human biology.
Only one episode in. Didn’t read the thread because I don’t want spoilers, but I have a question:
Did anyone here watch Don’t Trust the B- in Apartment 23? I was a decent show, but I absolutely cannot buy the hard-drinkin’, hard-fightin’, hard-talkin’, hard-screwin’, character that she’s portraying because I keep picturing her getting into shenanigans with James Van Der Beek instead.
Watched an ep or two, but it wasn’t really my thing. But whatever she stars in, she will always, always be Jane to me (and Walt didn’t kill her, either).
Kidney transplants, even successful ones, only last a few years. I know a guy who’s looking at going back on the donor list in the next few months, as his one donated kidney is starting to lose function.
Either way, obvious product placement.