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[Edited by Fighteer]
Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM
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Say, what happens if Tony just grab the shield with one hand and fire the other hand's repulsion into Steve's face?
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I wish we'd retire the term "peak human" because it basically translates to "Whatever the plot requires but we're still gonna pretend it's humanly possible."
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Holding a helicopter in place while it's taking off is pretty ridiculous.
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Of course, most people would mulch their bodies in the process... but still, impressive stuff.
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Even THAT strength has limits, you know. And halting a helicopter is far above that level, even if you are a...uh, "peak human."
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Holding a helicopter in place while it's taking off is pretty ridiculous.
I recall Biscuit Olivia doing it. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
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Then again, he did do an overhead flip and threw a motorcycle he was riding.
Hmm...not sure if those require around similar strength or not.
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The momentum helped.
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You mean, like what happened in Siege?
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-shrugs- I don't read the comics so sure, why not.
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Cap dropkicked that one guy so hard he flew across the air for a good while in the Civil War trailer.
That's pretty strong.
Yeah if you're not the Hulk that's what Marvel Cinematic Universe Super-Strength looks like.
One neat detail I noticed in the trailer is that it looks like Iron Man's helmet can now fully retract inside the armor.
I am wondering if they've run out of avenues to improve the armour in.
Iron Man still caught an SUV (w/ family inside) thrown at him.
Catching things seem a bit easier to film. I'm referring to punching things mostly.
Can Cap punch straight through a concrete wall?
Also, Tony's wearing his Power Armor. Which can obviously do a lot of things like carry heavy objects.
No, I don't get why you'd bring that up.
Iron Man casually does that in IM 1 (to reach a terrorist on the other side).
edited 26th Nov '15 6:23:47 PM by nervmeister
When did this turn into a "who's stronger" match?
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
That's not what this conversation is about, although I still don't actually know what nervmeister is getting at.
While wearing Power Armor.
edited 26th Nov '15 6:34:35 PM by higherbrainpattern
"The skill and shield help a good deal but overall stat-wise, he's not that impressive for a meta."
Have you seen what MCU Cap can do?
He isn't peak human. He's super-human. Hell even in the trailer he was able to stop a helicopter from moving.
Also most of the hits Buck and Cap were dishing out on Iron Man were with the Vibranium Shield and Bucky's possibly Vibranium metal arm.
edited 26th Nov '15 3:33:56 PM by MadSkillz
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