Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D to ABC! - Page 41

Reverend · June 16 2013, 05:04 PM

JarodRussell wrote:

Reverend wrote:

I think JarodRussell is laboring under the notion that there is only one degree of "dead". There's dead as in the heart has stopped and ain't about to start again without intervention and then there's brain death...and I think brain stem death too. Legal and medical definitions have shifted over the years as medical science pushed back the point of no return.

Exactly. If you can be revived, you never were actually dead.

So by that logic, if medical science advances to the point that it can successfully reanimate a corpse days, weeks, months or even years later then they were never *really* dead? Yeah, didn't think so.

ATimson wrote:

JarodRussell wrote:

If you can be revived, you never were actually dead.

If they weren't dead, why did they need to be revived?

Indeed. Actually, isn't the literal meaning of the word "revive" something along the lines of "restore to life" or "to live again"? You can't restore something that ain't gone, no?

The Old Mixer · June 16 2013, 05:22 PM

Not directed to any particular poster at this point, but the line going through my head is, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on an internet message board."

Silvercrest · June 16 2013, 05:51 PM

I'm starting to get flashbacks to "Young Frankenstein", "The Princess Bride", and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". All at the same time. Interesting montage.

Captaindemotion · June 16 2013, 08:24 PM

Hell, 24 had Tony Almeida die in Season 5 and have his 'death' explained away in Season 7. If I can take that in a 'real world' drama, I can cope with it in a continuity that features helicarriers, Tony Stark's technology and gamma rays turning you into a green monster.

Turtletrekker · June 16 2013, 09:11 PM

The Old Mixer wrote:

Not directed to any particular poster at this point, but the line going through my head is, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on an internet message board."

"...but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night."

June 16 2013, 05:22 PM	#602
The Old Mixer Vice Admiral Location: Connecticut	Re: Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D to ABC! Not directed to any particular poster at this point, but the line going through my head is, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on an internet message board."

June 16 2013, 05:51 PM	#603
Silvercrest Rear Admiral Location: Lost in Moria (Arlington, WA, USA)	Re: Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D to ABC! I'm starting to get flashbacks to "Young Frankenstein", "The Princess Bride", and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". All at the same time. Interesting montage.

June 16 2013, 08:24 PM	#604
Captaindemotion Vice Admiral Location: Ireland	Re: Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D to ABC! Hell, 24 had Tony Almeida die in Season 5 and have his 'death' explained away in Season 7. If I can take that in a 'real world' drama, I can cope with it in a continuity that features helicarriers, Tony Stark's technology and gamma rays turning you into a green monster. __________________ Hodor!!!!!!!

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