"Have you been following the cosmology that the marvel movies are building?"
"I have tried, but I am getting totally confused. Does it make sense at all?"
"Probably, but here: there are five stones, and all of them have special powers, so if they . . ."
"Is one of them a seer stone?"
"Probably, and if they all come together, whoever has them can rule the universe."
"Right, and the seer stone allows you to translate ancient documents."
"Probably, but the ancient documents would be controlled by Odin, but Odin had a few sons, one of whom has a hammer that can only be lifted by those who are worthy,"
"Yeah I know, and worthiness is determined by who? I've never understood who approves the worthiness. Is it Thor's father? Is it someone who interviews the person that wants to lift the hammer?"
"Probably, and it is important to remember that the new guy who was born of tissue and struck by Thor's lightening can lift the hammer?"
"So a guy who was just born can lift the hammer?"
"Probably, but more like he is born as a downloaded adult and ready for the hammer lifting at 12 seconds of data download."
"So there are stones and hammers that have intrinsic power to both see truth, destroy, and determine worthiness?"
"Probably, and let's call them 'facilitating materials'."
"This cosmology seems completely made up without plan or purpose. I mean, one needs a thing, like a ball, that has super power so that whoever has it controls the universe, and the suspense depends on who has that ball, and that is the plot, and the cosmology serves the plot rather than the other way around. Someone seems to have decided, 'we need to have a thing that everyone wants, so that thing needs to be the most important thing in the universe to justify the intense interest in it, enough interest to build and destroy cities and form secret organizations that fund the destruction of cities'."
"Probably, and these movies cost a fortune but they make a fortune from merchandise, so the plot doesn't matter all that much. You could just say, 'here's a ball, and all the big bad robots and all the charismatic superheroes want it. Go!' But it is so worth it because we get to see all sorts of crazy destruction by the superheroes that want to protect the ball, and it's awesome."
"So then, what is the broader meaning? I mean, isn't this just an exercise in awesome pretense?"
"Probably, but so what if the stone doesn't really matter? I mean, what if the only thing that matters is the fact that these superheroes are all together doing something together and admiring each other's powers and making lame jokes to each other. Isn't that worth it?"
"I guess, but then why the stones and the hammer and all that? Aren't those distractions from the fact that it is really just about a bunch of people doing good things together in flashy ways?"
"Probably, but the stones and hammers force them to be together and do good for other people. Otherwise they would just be by themselves looking at the internet all day, which is fine but they do have superpowers, after all, so that would kind of be a waste. And they'd be lonely."
"I have tried, but I am getting totally confused. Does it make sense at all?"
"Probably, but here: there are five stones, and all of them have special powers, so if they . . ."
"Is one of them a seer stone?"
"Probably, and if they all come together, whoever has them can rule the universe."
"Right, and the seer stone allows you to translate ancient documents."
"Probably, but the ancient documents would be controlled by Odin, but Odin had a few sons, one of whom has a hammer that can only be lifted by those who are worthy,"
"Yeah I know, and worthiness is determined by who? I've never understood who approves the worthiness. Is it Thor's father? Is it someone who interviews the person that wants to lift the hammer?"
"Probably, and it is important to remember that the new guy who was born of tissue and struck by Thor's lightening can lift the hammer?"
"So a guy who was just born can lift the hammer?"
"Probably, but more like he is born as a downloaded adult and ready for the hammer lifting at 12 seconds of data download."
"So there are stones and hammers that have intrinsic power to both see truth, destroy, and determine worthiness?"
"Probably, and let's call them 'facilitating materials'."
"This cosmology seems completely made up without plan or purpose. I mean, one needs a thing, like a ball, that has super power so that whoever has it controls the universe, and the suspense depends on who has that ball, and that is the plot, and the cosmology serves the plot rather than the other way around. Someone seems to have decided, 'we need to have a thing that everyone wants, so that thing needs to be the most important thing in the universe to justify the intense interest in it, enough interest to build and destroy cities and form secret organizations that fund the destruction of cities'."
"Probably, and these movies cost a fortune but they make a fortune from merchandise, so the plot doesn't matter all that much. You could just say, 'here's a ball, and all the big bad robots and all the charismatic superheroes want it. Go!' But it is so worth it because we get to see all sorts of crazy destruction by the superheroes that want to protect the ball, and it's awesome."
"So then, what is the broader meaning? I mean, isn't this just an exercise in awesome pretense?"
"Probably, but so what if the stone doesn't really matter? I mean, what if the only thing that matters is the fact that these superheroes are all together doing something together and admiring each other's powers and making lame jokes to each other. Isn't that worth it?"
"I guess, but then why the stones and the hammer and all that? Aren't those distractions from the fact that it is really just about a bunch of people doing good things together in flashy ways?"
"Probably, but the stones and hammers force them to be together and do good for other people. Otherwise they would just be by themselves looking at the internet all day, which is fine but they do have superpowers, after all, so that would kind of be a waste. And they'd be lonely."
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