Probably the worst hit man in history!
This guy couldn't kill fried chicken....How many hit men walk up to a target and start crying and feeling all emotional. If this had been Leon, the Rock would have been dead already.
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Totally. Risk his life and all his hot autos for the payment of one dollar? What a lamo. But I guess if you "beat yoga" there is not much else left to do.
shareI don't know, maybe he could have tried a competitive sport, there's a billion things to do on earth, being one of ten people to do a pose is good and all but how many people do yoga. Then divide it by people that can be bothered to do any advanced type of it.
It's like formula one racing. All the drivers are incredibly skilled, but they represent a tiny minority of people whose parents can afford to put them on track days when they are kids. I honestly know nobody I've ever grown up with even trying out any kind of competitive motor sport.
Maybe he should try something that hasn't been mastered by a minority of people, best example being football. Even in the darkest slums of this world there will be a round object, and people will be kicking it. Multiply this by 7 billion people and the selection doesn't guarantee there will be some genetic freaks that to the lay man are nigh unstoppable at that sport, but statistically it becomes more and more probable as the numbers go up, not just because of a genetic lottery but because of the access to training, training which will be much more intensive because even the coaches will be picked from the best. Genetics doesn't even play a great enough role to rule out an incredibly skilled but otherwise ordinary person.
Here's a weird example; Lionel Messi is near atypical in stance and stature in modern football, he is tiny and should be easily out paced and overcome with larger and stronger players whose longer legs should keep him from ever getting past them, whose height should win them all the high balls and who due to physics should be able to hit the ball much harder/faster than him. Because he played a sport that nearly everyone played, when he was found to have a growth hormone deficiency at 11 that would rule him out of just about every competitive team sport. But due to people actually caring about football, his immense skill got him into a large local club team. Which couldn't afford his treatment.
But due to the large infrastructure football teams have built up, thanks to it being the most popular sport in the world, he was picked up by Barcelona who could pay for his treatment.
Lionel Messi is now the best player in the world. I'm not talking figuratively. Or arguably. He is literally the best.
I think Killer was poorly written plain and simple, if he really wanted to challenge himself he would have tried challenging other people, rather than doing exclusive things which take out such a large population that the best of the best are really just the best of the few that can be bothered/afford it.
For example the picture of him having, presumably, conquered everest. Nowadays with the benefits of modern technology, a team of good climbers, a few months of training and general physical wellbeing, anyone can proudly say that they too, could afford to conquer everest.
Sorry for the length of the reply.
Agree, but I thought that that was the point. He was the guy who had something to prove all the time, but was more flash than actual talent... you know the type of people who are more show offs and always has to 'one up' you, or say how good they are... because they are basically insecure. He was good at yoga, but he never claimed he was the best hit main right? Which is why he costs so little lol. It was just a new challenge for him.
shareWell, considering what he had accomplished by the pictures, the only people qualified to call him 'a flash in the pan' type person would be in the range of Warren Buffet and Steve Jobs.
Yes, he did come across as constantly needing to prove himself (probably because of his recovery from cerebral palsy or polio or the like?), but there's far worse personalities to become.
I think Killer did have talent. Remember the framed dollar bills hanging on his wall while he's doing his yoga routine? Yeah. And as I mentioned in a separate post, he was good enough that he had actually gotten bored with the whole hitman schtick to the point of being blasé enough to be on the phone with his therapist while out on a job. He only charged a dollar because he didn't need the money and was only doing it for the thrills and to prove himself. But the writers probably would have done a better job of showing that he was good if they had introduced him by showing him on an earlier job doing away with his mark(s) in a calm, cool, efficient, stylish manner. As it is, the only time we saw him on the job was when he was up against Driver, who clearly had him beat in speed, toughness, and sanity.
shareHis character wasn't supposed to be mentally stable, and had stopped taking his meds at the time. How did you miss that?
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