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Lawlight on 24 December 2016
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GhaudePhaede010 said:
Lawlight said:

I know everyone understands it - it just would look stupider if they didn't replace the characters.

 

Pain may be a mental thing but getting a physical blow to the jaw isn't. Sorry, just because Hollyfield can withstand a punch from Tyson doesn't mean that you or me having the same mental strength as Hollyfield could too. Otherwise people wouldn't be training so hard physically for boxing, would they? Their actual physical attributes are changing in the show which makes no sense. Surely you would not dare dispute that.

And never played Killer7 but wikipedia says that the transformation is physical, so not the same. Also, I read the first few sentences and the writing already sounds silly to me - they detonotate nuclear weapons in the atmosphere by intercepting them with missiles? Masterclass... 

There is a lot wrong with your post... I will leave the Killer7 stuff alone because anyone that thinks they understand the game without actually reading the story or playing the game is not going to get it at all.

And pain being mental is the whole point. Since one guy know both how to punch and how to mentally handle taking a punch, one does not have to physically change to become better. It is like saying if someone could take over your mind and use their amazing archery abilities through your body, that you would be unable to perform because you have never shot a bow and arrow. Just untrue. They are not physically changing, they are using each other, mentally. As to your training for boxing question, I trained for boxing for three years and it was WAY more about the mental than the physical. Learning to how hit someone, get hit by someone, how to focus through the pain of getting hit, where to get hit, and actually repeatedly getting hit made up most of the training. Hell, eating a certain diet takes a level of mental strength I am certain most people never understand. My trainer said the training was more difficult than the fight itself and I do not doubt it because I never made it into the ring. People with weak minds do not make it to the ring so to answer your question, being physically imposing has a very, very small role in how a boxer gets to where they are. Especially when another boxer may be just as imposing but have proper training. Yes I do believe they would train as hard as they do. On the show, I did not see anyone get taller or turn into an Asian woman... I just saw them able to use the knowledge of each other.

Killer7's story is more different but very highly regarded. But I kind of get that you may be opposed the idea. If you like the story or not is up to taste so I will not argue with you about that. I will just say I hope you invest a little more into learning about the game instead of dismissing it so quickly. Even if you come to dislike it, I still think it would be more beneficial than acting like a lot of COD haters and saying, "I read a couple sentences and COD sucks". Maybe watch a few minutes of video about it or something... I dunno. But I think if I read a couple sentences about something and formed a judgment, I would have never read some of my favorite works (1984, for example). Again, that is up to you so I know it is just wishful thinking.

Why did you even train physically for boxing? Sense8 shows us that you don't need that - just train mentally, dude. I'm gonna trained my mind now and go for weight lifting records, how does that sound? My body doesn't need to train - as long as my mind knows what to do, right?

Coming back to Killer7, it's different - the guy changes physically. His mind is not just taken over.