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John Peter Britton
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Let your imagination run wild man!
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Sebastien Roy
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I do, thank you very much. 8-) I really don't care about getting an answer. I was more concerned with whether someone, in the past, had written that very same question to the writers and they, the writers, came up with some weird explanation about it. You know, in the same line as unstable molecules for the F4 outfits.
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Bill Mimbu
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Sebastien, I think one of the big problems that was caused by the Marvel Handbooks was the attempt to explain all the powers and devices in great detail and trying to make some sort of pseudo-scientific sense of it all (when it wasn't magic). It was fun read for fan at the time, but it seems to have ended up hamstringing the characters more in the long run IMO.
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Sebastien Roy
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Very true Bill.
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Wayde Murray
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Sebastien, waaaaaaaay back in the day, it was shown that Tony Stark would don the red portions of the armor (tunic, gauntlets, boots), touch a button on his collar, and the gold portions would then climb up from the cuffs like farbic, meet the seams at shoulders and hips, then solidify into metal when it was ionized or polarized or whatever. Then he would don the helmet and go to work. The gold portions were metal, but form-fitting and flexible. Only Tony Stark had this kind of technology, because that's what he was good at.
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Wallace Sellars
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Only Tony Stark had this kind of technology, because that's what he was good at.
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Now there are so many characters who have access to advanced technology or are super strong or can shoot energy blasts or can fly... that it often makes things seem less... marvelous.
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Sebastien Roy
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Interesting...
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Wayde Murray
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It doesn't help matters that Stark is now less good at what he's traditionally been the best at. The movie version of the armor is good, but notice that Stark can only get into and out of the armor with an assist from his lab. He can't just carry the armor with him and put it on, he now needs pre-programmed mechanical screwdrivers to get it done. Once upon a time, the Titanium Man was a giant because with the resources of an entire country, they still couldn't miniaturize components as well as Stark could in his own lab. Now everyone has form-fitting indestructible armor. A character like Forge is another problem. A guy with the mutant ability to be as good as Tony Stark makes Stark less special. Why bother studying machinery when you can just be born knowing everything? Why tell stories about a guy who had to learn when you can tell them about a guy who just knows? Reed Richards has to be the smartest human in the Marvel Universe. Tony Stark and Victor von Doom have to be duking it out for the number 2 spot. I don't think anything else is as good.
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Todd Douglas
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| The red and gold armor is nice, but I always wondered about the goldsection on his legs and arms. What are those made off? They are meantto look like metal right...so how does he manage to bend his arms andknees? Or is it some kind of mesh material? •• How doesSuperman fly? Where does all the Hulk's and the Thing's extra mass comefrom? How can Spider-Man stick to walls when he's wearing gloves andboots? How can Cyclops see? How can the Flash run faster than escapevelocity without being thrown out into space? And how can you read superhero comics without GETTING them? Move on, move on. There is CLEARLY nothing for you to see here. |
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The first time I remember seeing the "classic" armor around age 4 or 5, as part of the "target audience," I asked much the same question. Powers gave me no problem, but "armor" that appeared to be skin-tight and flexible puzzled me a bit.
Was it already time for me to "move on?"
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John Peter Britton
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I wasn't getting at you Sebastien i was talking in general!
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Joel Tesch
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When I was a kid I just assumed it was some super advanced metal that was pliable and flexible when worn...and that Tony Stark invented it. Come to think of it, I still think that!
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Sebastien Roy
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I know JPB. I wasn't taking it personally. No problem.
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