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** It's kinda disturbing that people are taking OP's question a bit too seriously. No where PTSD is even mentioned. I'm sure OP is aware he is watching a movie and not being serious. Sometimes people nitpick their favorite movies out of fun.
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** This is actually a plot point in the movie itself. Hope is the one most familiar with the suit and believes she should go on the mission instead of Scott. However Hank, having already lost Janet during a mission, cannot bear to put her in the same danger as well. Scott comes right out and tells Hope this, that Hank chose him to wear the suit because he's expendable and she isn't. By the end of the film he changes his mind and introduces Hope to the Wasp suit.
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** This is actually a plot point in the movie itself. Hope is the one most familiar with the suit and believes she should go on the mission instead of Scott. However Hank, having already lost Janet during a mission, cannot bear to put her in the same danger as well. Scott comes right out and tells Hope this, that Hank chose him to wear the suit because he's expendable to him and she isn't. By the end of the film he changes his mind and introduces Hope to the Wasp suit.
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During the congregation ceremony, Ant-Man and the ants destroyed the devices of Darren’s security systems to steal the Yellowjacket. It bought them 15 seconds of time before the back up power will be powered on, according to Hank.
Why didn’t they destroy the back up power too?
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During the congregation ceremony, Ant-Man and the ants destroyed the devices of Darren’s security systems to steal the Yellowjacket. It bought them 15 seconds of time before the back up power will be powered on, according to Hank.
Why didn’t they destroy the back up power too?
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** Sure, it's better for murders, but a functional shrink ray could also help with moving and storing equipment. He could just keep the 'imperfect' mode as an optional setting.
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** It's possible that the whole "distance between molecules" thing was just a BS explanation Hank gave people and it's actually the 'shifting mass between dimensions' method from the comics.
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** The tank was effectively a war trophy taken after a successful mission. War trophy taking was a practice which while not expressly permitted wasn't expressly illegal either during the world wars. As a result so long as Hank followed the existing laws for disarming the tanks weapons once it was in the United States his ownership of it is actually entirely legal. Questions about how he got it back from the front lines being artfully deflected presumably.
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** When he took the tank as effectively a war trophy Hank was required by law to strip out or disable most of its weaponry. The main gun is deactivated and the traverse gears that let it turn have been stripped out in favor of a fixed turret. That and Hank opted to have the engine replaced a few decades later with a more modern less labor intensive model that would still do the job of moving the shell even if it couldn't pull the same level of horsepower as the original engine. This all cut down on maintenance needs a lot leaving only turning over the new engine once a month or so which Hank has his ants do by shrinking the appropriate amount of gasoline or diesel fuel.
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it s been a while since I have seen the movie so maybe I just forgot but : do they explain how Hank got a tank? is it a gift from the S.H.I.E.L.D.? did he "borrow it" after one of his missions? did he build it (which might handwave some questions about his mass and things)?
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** They're all just references to Spidey. And the reporter isn't saying the ''Avengers'' have those, she's saying that that guy exists somewhere.
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** They're all just references to Spidey. And the reporter isn't saying the ''Avengers'' have those, she's saying that that guy exists somewhere.
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it s been a while since I have seen the movie so maybe I just forgot but : how did Hank got a tank? is it a gift from the S.H.I.E.L.D.? did he "borrow it" after one of his missions? did he build it (which might handwave some questions about his mass and things)?
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it s been a while since I have seen the movie so maybe I just forgot but : do they explain how did Hank got a tank? is it a gift from the S.H.I.E.L.D.? did he "borrow it" after one of his missions? did he build it (which might handwave some questions about his mass and things)?
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it s been a while since I have seen the movie so maybe I just forgot but : how did Hank got a tank? is it a gift from the S.H.I.E.L.D.? did he "borrow it" after one of his missions? did he build it (which might handwave some questions about his mass and things)?
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it s been a while since I have seen the movie so maybe I just forgot but : how did Hank got a tank? is it a gift from the S.H.I.E.L.D.? did he "borrow it" after one of his missions? did he build it (which might handwave some questions about his mass and things)?
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** We also need to consider the simple fact that not everyone who becomes involved in dangerous or stressful situations is doomed to suffer from PTSD. This is a RealityIsUnrealistic situation; Hollywood these days tends to overstate precisely how common PTSD is (not entirely without reason, since it is more dramatically engaging to see someone had to struggle to come to terms with the aftermath of a traumatic situation rather than just shrugging it off). According to research, many or even most people who find themselves in a potentially traumatic situation manages to overcome it without ever experiencing PTSD (although they might go through Acute Stress Disorder, which is similar in nature but temporary).
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** Who says he keeps it in his shrunken form all the time? All he needs to do is find somewhere reasonably secluded (a private garage, say), zap the tank to full size, do some tinkering, and then shrink it down again.
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** Let's also not forget that Darren Cross is a ''total sociopath''.
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** He probably has already done oodles of testing on inanimate, non-organic objects and shrunk them down no problem. After all, Hank and Hope spend most of the movie fretting that he's getting increasingly close to success. What Darren really wants to do, however, is shrink a person down, and to figure out how to do that he needs to try it with an organic lifeform at some point. The lamb is something reasonably large, reasonably docile, and cute enough to emphasise just how crazy-sociopathic Darren has become when he horribly science-mulches a cute animal to death without a flicker of concern, regret or even any kind of reaction whatsoever.
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** People put this headscratcher on a ton of movies and I've always wondered what they're actually expecting or proposing for this. A twenty-minute post-credits epilogue of the characters seeing a psych?
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** No frame of reference, or merely no capacity to ''sense'' what was there. Light, itself, may just stop working if you scale down far enough.
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** Possibly at the time this film is set, Peter's career as Spidey is so new that the general public doesn't yet realize he ''is'' just one guy. If various eyewitnesses in New York have caught fleeting glimpses of a guy swinging in one sighting, climbing a wall in another, and so forth - probably wearing a crappy homemade costume that Peter keeps modifying to try to come up with something workable - then how can they be sure there aren't ''several'' new supers roving around the city, each with a single unique power?
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** Maybe the ants counted down ''twice'': once from 10 to tell Scott how long he had to ''start'' getting dressed in the suit, and again (from an unspecified number) to tell him how long he had to ''finish'' changing and push the "Shrink Me" button. The scene is just cut to obscure this to build tension in the audience.
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** Maybe the ants counted down ''twice'': once from 10 to tell Scott how long he had to ''start'' getting dressed in the suit, and again (from an unspecified number) to tell him how long he had to ''finish'' changing and push the "Shrink Me" button. The scene is just cut to obscure this to build tension in the audience.
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** Maybe the ants counted down ''twice'': once from 10 to tell Scott how long he had to ''start'' getting dressed in the suit, and again (from an unspecified number) to tell him how long he had to ''finish'' changing and push the "Shrink Me" button. The scene is just cut to obscure this to build tension in the audience.
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** The fact that she needs to clarify that it ''is'' her dad suggests that she's not 100% certain that it is him, to be fair. But consider that everyone outright states to Scott that he is Cassie's hero and that he needs to earn that hero worship. Cassie is in a dangerous situation with a very frightening man, she wants her dad there to save and protect her, and then a superhero shows up in her room. Cassie is not just ''guessing'' it's her father, she's ''hoping'' it's her father, because he's the person she most wants to be there at that moment.
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** Also, remember exactly who the person narrating the events is. Luis is not exactly great at getting the details down. He's probably not referring specifically to any particular Avenger, he's just listing some random things that come to his head regarding the sort of things that people with superpowers can do.
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** Plus, at the end of the day... it's a superhero movie. Superhero movies, by fundamental nature, involve completely kicking established scientific principles in the junk so that you can facilitate cool superhero stuff. If they adhered as closely to real actual physics as some here seem to be demanding, there wouldn't be an ''Ant-Man'' movie to begin with for the simple reason that in real actual physics, a person ''can't shrink to the size of an ant''. Drawing on actual quantum physics principles in a superhero movie will never -- ''never'' -- be anything more than an attempt at a thin veneer of scientific credibility to dress up exactly why this guy is shrinking to the size of an ant and beating up people despite such a thing being completely impossible. I guess it sucks to be a physics graduate watching such a movie knowing all the reasons ''why'' such a thing is completely impossible and all the reasons why the scientific terms being thrown out are complete horseshit, but ultimately this is one of those "[[MST3KMantra it's just a movie, shut up and relax]]" things.
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** Not everyone who witnesses crazy and terrifying things needs therapy immediately afterwards. PTSD doesn't affect everyone equally and it doesn't affect everyone the same. For all we know, Cassie Lang is just a tough little nut who bounces back quickly.
** Also, this ''is'' a light-hearted superhero movie, not a drama about experiencing [=PTSD=]. In the real world, these events would likely see those involved decide to speak to a therapist for a couple of weeks at least, but the movie kind of skips over that because it's not what the story is about and would drag things down. In fiction, you can just kind of assume that these characters are pretty resilient and bounce back a bit quicker than real-world people might (or, if you must have such an explanation, just assume that Cassie spoke to a child psychologist for a little while afterwards or something).
** Also, this ''is'' a light-hearted superhero movie, not a drama about experiencing [=PTSD=]. In the real world, these events would likely see those involved decide to speak to a therapist for a couple of weeks at least, but the movie kind of skips over that because it's not what the story is about and would drag things down. In fiction, you can just kind of assume that these characters are pretty resilient and bounce back a bit quicker than real-world people might (or, if you must have such an explanation, just assume that Cassie spoke to a child psychologist for a little while afterwards or something).
** It also helps establish Cross's reckless and unstable nature. Probably Cross's biggest flaw throughout the movie (beyond, well, being a murderous villain) is that he does things without thinking or caring about the consequences. He sells world-changing military technology to a neo-fascist organisation dedicated to spreading global instability and chaos. He shoots up a helicopter in mid-flight while he's on board. So, accordingly, he experiments with radical and unstable new technologies without considering possible side-effects or taking steps to protect himself from them.
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** It's almost guaranteed that at the very least Hank had a few ants on standby in order to intervene or, if necessary, recover the suit. Plus, like Hank says; trial by fire. Only it's not just for Scott -- Hank needs to know that Scott is someone capable of surviving in the suit come what may, and ultimately the only way to find that out for sure is make the suit available to him and see what happens. It's definitely a risk, but under the circumstances it's a risk Hank needs to take.
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** Also, he's... kind of a smug dick. Yeah, he was probably willing to let them go all the way through with it just to have a chance to gloat right at the end.
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** ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' shows she did age.
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** In the original comics, it's said that Pym Particles alter the size of things by shunting the affected object(or person)'s mass into an "alternate dimension". That dimension could well be the "quantum realm" Hank refers to. When an object shrinks, its mass is displaced into the realm. When it grows, mass is gleans from the realm and added to the target object, giving it increased weight, density and strength. This would be a reasonable handwave to explain some of the aforementioned inconsistencies, at least in this troper's opinion.
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** In the original comics, it's said that Pym Particles alter the size of things by shunting the affected object(or person)'s mass into an "alternate dimension". That dimension could well be the "quantum realm" Hank refers to. When an object shrinks, its mass is displaced into the realm. When it grows, mass is gleans from the realm and added to the target object, giving it increased weight, density and strength. This would be a reasonable handwave to explain some of the aforementioned inconsistencies, at least in this troper's opinion.inconsistencies.
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** That and there's also the fact that a child would expect the person who just came inside their room - an "intimate" territory - to be someone they know. Since children have significantly smaller relationship circles, the choice here is limited. And now, we know she still has a good relationship with her dad and calls to him for help: she called for him, so that must be him who came to her rescue. Added to the fact that her dad is her hero, like the first troper said.
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** That and there's also the fact that a child would expect the person who just came inside their room - an "intimate" territory - to be someone they know. Since children have significantly smaller relationship circles, the choice here is limited. And now, we know she still has a good relationship with her dad and calls to him for help: she called for him, so that must be him who came to her rescue. Added to the fact that her dad is her hero, like the first troper said.hero.
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** Plus, Hank was talking to Scott via the suit -- it stands to reason he could have tracked it down through the connection if he absolutely had to.
