ABC's "No Ordinary Family"

[TheCorpulent1]

The thing that convinced me he wasn't a superhuman was Steph's trip over that bike. She would've realistically gotten way more messed up at the speed she was going, with absolutely nothing but a couple layers of soft fabric to protect her from hitting the road. I'm talking, like, broken bones, possibly having limbs torn off of her, etc. Instead she got a few scrapes and tore her clothes a little bit. Clearly, the show ain't cranking the realism up to 11 on human bodies' tolerance for damage.

 

[RetroNaz]

Didn't they try and kind of explain that in an earlier episode by saying she builds up some sort of shield while in high speed?

Something like that...

 

[Primal Slayer]

Even if she did breake her bones while she was falling, I would think that they would go into instate repair mode. Which is why she may still have had that wound when she got home since her body was repairing from inside and up.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's an impressive healing factor if it can automatically reset bones properly and everything.

Anyway, that just goes to my point: I don't think we're meant to think about stuff like this too much. The show isn't all that realistic. The guy survived and Steph wasn't torn apart slamming into a street at 200 mph or more because they said so. Just go with it.

 

[RetroNaz]

It hasn't stopped me from enjoying the show. Unlike Heroes which would get too caught up within it's own universe sometimes.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Ya I dont put any thought into those kinds of things while watching the show. While it wont beat S1 of Heroes, it will certainly beat basically everything after that season.

And the son could still play off his ability just phsyically manisfesting to him if he ever did deciede to come out and try to lesson the blow of the many lies.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I'm perfectly willing to suspend my disbelief. It's still early, so the show's still sorting out its internal rules. Apparently, people are just far sturdier in the No Ordinary Family universe.

 

[RetroNaz]

I hope the dynamics don't change too much once they start delving into the villains vs heroes plot a little more.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm kind of curious about what kind of allies they might encounter. Clearly, not every superhuman can be on the 7th Heaven dad's payroll. Jim can't be the only guy on whom powers and a conscience coincided.

 

[Mister J]

I don't take much issue with tying the superpowered characters into reality. If Jim can otherwise catch bullets and be run over by a car without blinking, yet falls unconscious after pulling a slug fired into the base of his head, that's fine. If Stephanie says the road signs are going by too fast for her to read while she's Speed Forcing to Arizona, yet she can still adjust to traffic impediments, turn corners, swipe a building keycard, fine. Throw in a accelerated healing factor as well; no problem. There's a lot of room for creative license when you feature unexplained phenomena/superpowers.

However, when a random guy gets tossed off a bloody building, crashes onto a car, merely passes out and only has a scratch to show for it as he's being casually strolled through the precinct, my bull**** meter goes off. Either that sum***** is superpowered too or that's some ****ty writing.

 

[terry78]

^I suspect the latter.

 

[RetroNaz]

Unless they are playing it for comedy...but it doesn't seem like that type of show.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

To each his own. I've seen buildings collapse on normal people in comics and they've survived, so I can deal with a guy taking a probably lethal fall.

 

[afan]

Three episodes in........so this family has super-powers...dad has super strength and is bullet proof, mom is super-speedster with a hopped up metabolism, son is a classic "brilliant mind", and daughter is a telepath......why is this show boring!
Let's have some fun already.
What we got last night is a retread of old and tired family drama dreck.

 

[carrrnuttt]

Did anyone else catch the homage to Clark Kent with Jim and his glasses?

 

[carrrnuttt]

Michael Chiklis has revealed that No Ordinary Family will get "darker".

Now that's ^ just over the course of the next 4 episodes, so it's not a series or season trend. Not sure what to make of it. I'll reserve judgement until I see it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm okay with it in limited doses. I don't think the show should be too gloomy. But the family is still figuring everything out, so they're bound to encounter some problems and frustrations that'll put them on edge.

 

[RetroNaz]

As long as ABC take a good hard look at what killed Heroes and learn from their mistakes we should be good.

 

[louiebling$]

So with JJ's Super Genuis powers did it also upgrade his brain's memory becuase he seems to remember a lot quickly

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I think his whole brain just functions better now. It's like the peak of human braindom. It is the uber-brain.

 

[Prison Mike]

I actually like JJ's power more than the others. With a super brain like that, just think you can actually do!

 

[MadVillainy]

the football stuff was cool

 

[Kii]

I'm wondering if there's going to be a downside to the vast amounts of knowledge JJ has been acquiring.

 

[Prison Mike]

I wonder if at some point they will show their powers stop working while they're using them. That would suck.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm wondering if there's going to be a downside to the vast amounts of knowledge JJ has been acquiring.

I keep getting this sense that he'll eventually realize how far beyond everyone else he is and start playing Machiavellian games, manipulating people for what he perceives as the greater good.