Uncanny Avengers #16

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[tcampbell1000]

How I wish this cliche would go, just once:

"I need ten minutes--"
"You've got five!"
"Oh, WELL, OKAY, I guess I'll just do the three minutes of actual preparation I was planning on and cut down the time I was going to spend diddling around on my GameBoy. Or maybe, just maybe, I'm a freakin' professional who doesn't pad his estimates and when I say I need ten minutes, IT MEANS I #$%@ NEED TEN MINUTES!"

[shadwing]

How does that quote go...
"When you rush the Miracle Worker you get Rotten Miracles!"

[captainbellman]

I'd prefer them to just reverse the order.

"According to my calculations, you've got two hours to save the world."

"I only need three."

"..."

"...Dammit."

[jlbarnett]

"then you get to die when you're half ready. I'm not saying you pad your estimates, I'm telling you to cut every corner you can without making the situation worse"

[balbanes]

I get this in my job a lot, although obviously with more mundane consequences. :)

Basically, it means they're asking for the less QA-ed version of my work. On my original timeline, you'll get a top-quality result with no mistakes. Cut that timeline, and you're accepting the possibility of errors I did not have time to double-check.

[glprime]

When I give people time estimates, they're usually pretty razor thin. It's not that I'm double-checking, it's that I'm going slow enough not to make mistakes. If I go so fast that my hands can't follow my mind, I'd just as soon not do the job at all, because it'd so be riddled with errors as to be worthless.

[liliaeth]

I'm a cleaning woman, at one of my posts the two of us normally get three hours each to do our work in the morning. Except on Saturday, when the same work has to be done in two hours (each), or on holidays or Sundays, when the exact same place has to be done in three hours by one person.

After a while you learn what extras you can drop, where you can cut corners and just how much absolutely cannot be ignored, just to be able to finish the work. Let's just say that our clients have learned not to complain on Sunday when you happen to miss something.

[crinos]

Do you want it done fast or do you want it done right?

[sir_razorback]

Oh, you can both, but it won't be cheap. Pick two. :p

[bruinsfan]

Sometimes no amount of money can get "right" out of "fast."

[bestiasono]

TNG actually did this in the episode where Scotty shows up. He tells Geordi to always pad his times so he can shrink them for the captain, and Geordi says Picard understands how this works so he doesn't have to do that.

[bradygirl_12]

Ha, I was thinking of Scotty. "Ye kenna change the law of physics, Cap'n!" "Sure you can, Scotty. I'm the CAPTAIN!" :)

[icon_uk]

See also B'Elanna Torres in Voyager, who actually confronts Janeway about using it to her;

Janeway: How long will it take to set this up?

Torres: We, er... we should be able to make an attempt by tomorrow.

Janeway: I want it ready by the end of the day.

Torres: No Captain. When I say 'tomorrow', I mean tomorrow. I don't exaggerate.

And Janeway acquiesces, realising that perhaps trusting the person who knows what they are doing is the way to go (which is positively amazing growth for a Starfleet Captain)

[servant_iskandar]

"Gundam, launching!"
Quite literally, too. Poor Wade, that must've hurt!... (as a longtime Sunrise junkie, I appreciate the homage)

I like the Revived Hulk's look, with the kabuto and those bits of armor he almost looks like a legitimate oni (only thing missing are one or more horns).

Good to see they're taking in account his speed and agility as well - and even in a maddened state, he's fighting smartly. I'm somewhat reminded of the way Berserker (Herc) fights in Ufotable's adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works.

Also: Japan AND radioactive materials. What could ever go wrong? :-)

[bruinsfan]

I suppose the question is, is the Hulk in his undead state invulnerable enough to withstand Johnny's nova flame?

I'm pretty sure Jericho Drumm has numerous ways to lay a zombie to rest, so of course he's not going to get the opportunity to implement any of them.

[scorntx]

Well, Hulk in a normal, alive state is usually either just thick-skinned enough to be fireproof, or his healing factor works quick enough to heal any damage near-instantly.
So odds are the answer is almost certainly "yeah".

[cynic79]

I have yet to encounter an artist who doesn't love to draw Gundams.

So kudos to Duggan for going all in on the script.

[bruinsfan]

Another question, since I haven't been following this title. Rogue is the leader of a team that includes the Wasp and Cable?

[long_silence]

Rogue was field leader of the Unity team, but until he officially disbanded it Steve Rogers was the one who was in charge.

Wasp left the team for a while after Axis and didn't rejoin until Pymtron showed up.
And Cable only joined to deal with the Red Skull and the Terrigen mist threat, he's a wildcard. He's got his own agenda, he recruited Sebastian Shaw, Toad and Rogue to help him steal some research on the Terrigen Mist and M-Pox from the US government so that they could get it to Beast.

[dr_archeville]

I thought the Hand's resurrections brought folks back to true life (and brainwashed)? Not as undead?

[norj]

A zombie Hulk you can control is better than a living Hulk who will smash you when he eventually gets mad enough to break your brainwashing.