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What if Dr. Marta Shearing went on the blues?!? (smart drugs)

posted 10 years ago by tommix42
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That could make a pretty terrific sequel.

Look at what the blue pills did for "Aaron Cross." He started out as a borderline mentally retarded Kenneth Kitsom, and became a very quick, brilliant, hyper-capable secret agent. So, if you accept the basic premise of the blue pills, in this universe, you would really have to agree that they could transform Dr. Shearing into something absolutely awe-inspiring.

She is already an important part of the intellectual power behind designing these amazing drugs. She has multiple PhDs... she is already probably one of the most intelligent people on the planet. Now, what if SHE took the intelligence enhancing drugs?!?!? She would probably become something that we can't even imagine... and not only that: maybe she could figure out ways to enhance herself and Aaron even MORE, turning themselves into virtually godlike beings. She could also improve the drugs even more, in ways that the regular CIA black ops people could never even imagine.

I can't even imagine what Dr. Shearing could think of, with enhanced intelligence, because, of course, I'm not that smart. Maybe she could invent completely new substances, via quantum leaps in materials science, and create her own bullet-proof invisibility cloak, mind-reading technology, the ability to instantly hypnotize anyone, the ability to fly, using some sort of technology that she would invent, the mathematical ability to crack the computer security of the CIA, etc, so she could just walk into her old lab and get any supplies she might want, and no one would even be able to perceive that she was there at all, because of her invisibility...

Anyway. There could be a fun sequel in there, somewhere.

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[–] magpie1120 10 years ago

I agree with you. I actually liked this movie!

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[–] Darvidd 10 years ago

If you were smart to begin with, it might burn out your brain and turn you into Forrest Gump...

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[–] flirice 10 years ago

I believe the "chem" pills are just meant to stabilize the agents' enhancements, not magically turn some average joe into a super soldier. There's terms like virals and injections and so forth in the movie, so I assume that part of the operation involved other medical experiments, whereas the pills are what kept them going, a sort of keeping them on the leash ("viraling" them out in the movie referred to essentially making them no longer dependent on the pills). I'd guess in the story, a random person taking the pills isn't going to do much, or if it DOES work that way, would have been a gradual growth, which would explain why the many blood work and tests go back years.

[–] kaskait 10 years ago

I don't think the genetic viral medication/brain enhancement would do much for people already at the peak of their development. If it did anything maybe it would only speed up reaction time at the most. Hence it would make no difference to people like Dr. Marta or Jason Bourne.

Which is why they used test subjects like Aaron. He was a bit below average and the drug was able to make significant repairs/enhancements to him.

[–] tommix42 10 years ago

you're probably right. I was just impressed at how intelligent her character was supposed to be to begin with, and it struck me that it could make a cool movie if they "took her to the next level." But, that's probably not how the drugs would work. Maybe it would just drive her insane.

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[–] Osmiumos 9 years ago

She is smart enough to read the warning labels on the bottle and is aware of the potential side effects.
Otherwise, if there was no risk and it was all upside, surely you'd be feeding them to your brightest and best... I think that movie is called "limitless".