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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I don't think Vanko actually built any Arc reactors for the Hammer drones did he? Wasn't their only problem the OS? Now, I could see them just being short range power weapons.
Fight smart, not fair.No, all the Hammer drones had arc reactors in the final battle scene. Its the only way he could power them ( and really, its the reason why Hammer snatched Vanko in the first place ).
Home of CBR Rumbles-in-Exile: rumbles.fr.yuku.comThe miniaturized Arc Reactor is the Applied Phlebotinum that makes Powered Armor work in this universe, and at least it is better explained than the flux capacitor. The basic concepts for such things are already well known, it's just a matter of R&D and the fact Tony was able to create it showed everyone that it was possible. That was one of the developmental necessities for the Mjolnir armor in Halo as well, using miniature fusion reactors. And it makes sense, there are real powered armor prototypes that require a direct cable because there is no battery powerful enough to make it work for more than a few minutes. In real world engineering if you can power any device with something that small it will eliminate a lot of hassle.
edited 8th Jan '12 4:07:36 PM by KJMackley
I'm quite aware, I just didn't remember Vanko actually adding any Arc reactors to the drones.
The reactors are good, but I think the repulsors are also a huge deal.
Fight smart, not fair.It's also possible someone could make powered suits without arc reactor tech that aren't anywhere near as powerful as Tony's stuff, but still work and are fairly effective.
Y'know, like a lightweight armor that still gets the job done.
That's kind of what I was expecting with Whiplash, for example. It wouldn't work for someone like the Crimson Dynamo, but might work with characters like The Ghost or Yellowjacket. Though the Fixer might be a cyborg (I can't really remember), it could be something like a full body version of the tech he wears.
If a character like Firebrand appears, they could explain it as his energy source being some kind of Phlebotinum heat source or something.
In any case, AIM is supposed to appear in the next Captain American movie allegedly, so I'd expect if there was any kind of new tech to rival Tony's, it would come from them.
But y'know, the hell with that. I just remembered Taskmaster. Marvel Studios: put him the next Captain America or Avengers movie, whichever comes first.
Drone better.
And on that note: Tony's suits designs should be in circulation fairly soon. Vanko was with Ten Rings, so he could've easily circulated that around that organization. Then, there's anyone watching the Stark Expo who could've recovered a drone during the chaos, then the US government has a suit, etc.
Ah, Fury was the one who said Vanko was looking to get rich off the arc reactor. I still don't buy that fully, though he's more trustworthy and likeable than Tony. ...motherfucker.
I cant wait to watch Fury and Coulson kick ass.
The sad, REAL American dichotomyThe person who gave him the stuff to go to monaco was credited as a Ten Rings gangster.
The sad, REAL American dichotomyY'know, I wonder they're going to do with Loki at the end of the movie. He's a god, so it's not like it'll be easy to give him the typical superhero movie death (though possible). Though few of the Avengers seem averse to killing in this universe, only Thor has the power to do it himself it seems, and he's highly unlikely to want to do so. So if Loki dies it'll probably be of the Hoist by His Own Petard variety.
Bbut three things - one, Loki's a bit more sympathetic than the average comic book movie villain (then again, so was Two Face in TDK). Two, he's already had a (false) death scene once, and it might feel tired if they put us through that again. And three, more personally, I'm getting tired of superhero movies constantly offing their villains, and with Marvel making an actual Cinematic Universe I'd hope they would leave their characters with some room to be referenced beyond posthumously.
I hope they go the Earth's Mightiest Heroes (and/or mythological) route and have Loki go through some divine punishment by Odin. The guy's so haughty he'd never see it coming (*rimshot*).
With the exception of the Iron Man movies, they seem to be keeping their villains alive. I imagine he'll either escape or be captured with some artifact to keep him in place.
I've got two guns pointed west and a broken compass.Even the Iron Man movies kept one villain alive ( Hammer ). And it actually wouldn't be *that* hard to retcon Vanko's death, though I'm certain they won't.
Home of CBR Rumbles-in-Exile: rumbles.fr.yuku.comHe ran into a place that he surrounded with bombs. He probably intended to die.
I have to wonder why he went there in the first place. Did he really need to see Tony die? He already knew he accomplished discrediting Tony (what was Tony honored for? He didn't do anything reward-worthy besides stop a single instance of a situation he enabled), so I guess he could be fine either way.
The sad, REAL American dichotomyIt's funny that the Iron Man series keeps killing villains, since a majority of the "random villains that can show up and threaten the Avengers at any time" come from his mythos. Though, granted, it's only been two thus far.
Anyways, on the Cinematic Universe character page, someone has put that a "merchandising mistake" as confirmed that Schmidt would appear in The Avengers. I'm... dubious. Is this true?
On an unrelated note, I really want to see the "we have a Hulk" trailer. So far, I've seen it in Russian, which wasn't that bad (the Russian version had an extra scene or two, including Bruce training with Black Widow). But still...
On another vaguely unrelated note, yt's funny that we're treating some of the sequences in the trailers as being that way in the movie - a few of them feel like they were cut together. For example, by inflection alone it sounds like Fury's "gentlemen!" and "What are you prepared to do" occur at two different points in the movie. As do Tony and Steve's argument and Thor's chuckle.
edited 18th Jan '12 4:11:00 PM by KnownUnknown
Even from my first watch, he looked like a mix of bifrosted and vaporized. I wouldn't be too surprised if he somehow melded into Loki. Hugo Weaving said he probably wouldn't do "summer blockbusters" for a while/anymore, though.
The sad, REAL American dichotomyI think its massively jumping the gun to suggest Schmidt will even be in Avengers, in any form. Just because he gets an action figure doesn't mean he's involved. Yes, they clearly "killed" him in a way that would let him return, but that has zero to do with Avengers.
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Hammer was such an entertainingly stupid villain...
"Shit, our candidate is a psychopath. Better replace him with Newt Gingrich."