Not really? In The Untouchables, the major concern in establishing the squad is corruption in the force, so they pick out a rookie untouched by Capone who they can work with.
Here, they're picking out a bunch of superhumans unconnected to the Registration Act, and who could easily be informed/swayed to the government perspective. The only way it fails is the general calling them 'the tree'.. Which, no - they're a bunch of good apples.
The usual statement is "one bad apple spoils the barrel", the idea being that one spoiled apple will spread bacteria/parasites to the rest of them while in storage. Taking apples from outside the barrel would avoid this contamination. So it'snot a bad metaphor at all.
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Here, they're picking out a bunch of superhumans unconnected to the Registration Act, and who could easily be informed/swayed to the government perspective. The only way it fails is the general calling them 'the tree'.. Which, no - they're a bunch of good apples.
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