Timeline for Ace Ventura: Animal telepath, well-trained animal handler or just too crazy to fear them?
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| Apr 27, 2020 at 2:22 | answer | added | EarthBorne | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 7, 2019 at 11:59 | history | edited | TheLethalCarrot♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2019 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1191686604752068609 | ||
| Nov 4, 2019 at 21:50 | comment | added | Lorendiac | In the 2nd movie, Ace also has some sort of psychic conference with the abbot of the Tibetan monastery he'd been staying in lately. That a) means that psychic powers are a real thing in the world of his movies, and b) at least raises the serious possibility that Ace himself has developed such powers, which is what lets him establish that long-distance contact with the abbot. (Unless you prefer to think the abbot's well-trained mind was doing all the heavy lifting.) | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 21:38 | comment | added | Russhiro | @Valorum I'd go so far for that in the first film, V-dude. The Second movie, though... Ace was in a completely foreign environment full of predatory wild animals, and Somehow he was able to rally them and get them to attack the villain's headquarters. From him eating with the lions [and not becoming desert! ] to him calling in an elephant to stampede, to making a skunk fire off it's spray at his intention, it really seems more like his simple "Affinity" plays out more similar to the kind of "compelling" we see Aquaman do with all manner of sea life. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 20:55 | comment | added | Valorum | @Russhiro - A quick glance through the novelisation reveals very little that would suggest that he can control animals. It looks far more like he's just talking to them | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 17:08 | comment | added | Russhiro | @AnthonyGrist Thank you. Due to the nature of the media, one couldn't be sure, I suppose, but I'll try to ensure future questions are more "decidedly" science-fiction or fantasy. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 16:32 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | @Russhiro We've had another question recently where the answer would determine whether or not the work itself is even on-topic for this site (unfortunately I can't remember what work it was about). Personally I would lean towards saying that, regardless of the answer, this question is on-topic here. If the answer ends up being that there's nothing fantastical about his ability with animals, then future questions wouldn't be. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 16:25 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | @Tronman I think at best that would make those crossover episodes on-topic. Bones has a crossover episode with Sleepy Hollow (a show I've not watched, but as far as I understand would be on-topic here due to its underlying premise), but that doesn't make all of Bones on-topic. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 16:16 | comment | added | Tronman | If we can consider the animated series canon, it does have two cross-overs with "The Mask: Animated Series", which obviously has supernatural elements. This would imply they take place in the same universe, and give some plausiblity that Ace's abilities may have a supernatural origin. Or at least, be on-topic as having a supernatural/fantasy elements. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 16:05 | comment | added | Russhiro | @TheLethalCarrot I suppose I could get that, but considering the craziness that occurred, especially in movie 2, its not far fetched to consider his ability part of "fiction.". | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 16:03 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | I'm not sure if this is on topic, though I suppose the answer would tell us if it is or not. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 15:55 | history | asked | Russhiro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |