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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I think Hulkbuster winning is fine, but it shouldn't do it through simply matching Hulk on strength. That does make Hulk feel somewhat redundant, like Superman being faster than the Flash. It should have to use loads of tricks and gadgets and only win if Stark plays it smart.
Edited by FGHIK on Aug 3rd 2022 at 6:25:24 AM
What were the comics hulkbusters that failled to take down hulk for?
Tony can build armor he thinks can take down Hulk (or Thor) but that's hubris and it turns out they're a lot harder to take down than he thinks.
Edited by dcutter2 on Aug 3rd 2022 at 12:31:32 PM
Bruce explicitly helped build the Hulkbuster. Talking like it's all Tony, and therefore somehow a slight against the Hulk, is just wrong. And it was still a fight Tony barely won. Also, Hulk had some Scarlet Witch Madness going on, so you could say he's not fighting at peak.
Edited by diddyknux on Aug 3rd 2022 at 6:43:20 AM
People cheer for Batman beating up the entire justice league with the Batjusticepuncher Armor but boo Tony for one of his buster armors being worth the billions he spends on them
Poor Tony
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x4 I'm saying Tony just for simplicity's sake, Bruce's involvement doesn't change the point, significantly. Attempts to artificially control the hulk should be doomed to failure. (Do not bring up Professor Hulk that's bruce accepting hulk not controlling him)
x5 it's a lot closer to strength to strength than I'd like Tony has some gimmicks but he wins basically by beating up hulk and applying more force than he can take. If he'd used some kind of gamma draining thing or hulk antidote or just successfully lured him out of the city to calm him down it would seem more reasonable.
But he straight up punches him in the face and wins. Ugh. But as I said originally It's in part because MCU Hulk is not getting angrier and stronger as tbe fight goes on the way comics hulk would, which sort of explains why people can win long fights with him.
Eta:
x3 i realise you are joking but i've never said anything like that. for all frank miller's faults. Dkr does it right. It takes all the possible tricks and exploits for batman to even think about facing a weaken superman and he only wins because of the kryptonite factor. And only because supes is going hella easy on him.
Edited by dcutter2 on Aug 3rd 2022 at 1:06:09 PM
During the Day of Ultron Hulkbuster scene, Tony did spray something at Hulk
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Not just vague, they predate the events we're talking about which changed him and his situation quite a lot. Bruce has been through quite a lot and I actually quite like the notion that he's in recovery and it's actually working.
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Because trying to out hulk the hulk with tech makes him pointless. Why have the huok on the team and not a dude in hulkbuster armour?
Hulkbuster (any x buster armour really) is a sign of tony's hubris. He thinks he can out tech anyone and he really can't. Or shouldn't anyway.