Talk:Badassery Embodiment/@comment-25377363-20140908103840/@comment-25132842-20161031170714

Lucy unintentionally took huge amounts of a drug that is (in the movie, at least) produced in mothers during pregnancy to stimulate the growth of the fetus. They managed to artificially synthesize the drug, known as CPH4.

The mafia guy kept kicking her, rupturing the bag, and it was released into her bloodstream. What should have killed her via overdose, somehow stimulated further evolution, causing the 90% of her brain that was dormant to activate, allowing her to bend reality. She is not a badass. A badass gets shit done, but she makes shit do itself.

On that note, the 10% idea is a complete fallacy. Only 10% of the brain may be active at any given time. But during the course of any given day, it's likely that you'll use most of your brain for different activities. So, Lucy actually flies in the face of accepted science, and is actually a little bit insulting in that regard.

Regardless, I enjoyed it as a movie, and anyone can, as long as they don't take it too seriously.