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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
"Mice are cheaper and easier to get?"
"We shall spare no expense in killing animals! Besides lambs are bigger so its a better demonstration."
"With that logic, you may as well get elephants."
"-sigh- I tried..."
I think it's funny that they went through the trouble to steal the tech from Stark (and ending up fighting an Avenger) when considering Tony's own experience with wanting to keep his tech out of the wrong hands, he might have very well just given it to them (or in this case told the Avengers to let them take it since it was for a good cause) if they'd asked.
And considering that the fight was a big part of the reason Cross caught on to what they were doing, they nearly botched the whole plan all because Hank insisted on seeing Stark as an enemy.
Though to be fair, like damn near everyone who does that, he has a very good reason.
One Strip! One Strip!I actually liked that Cross foiling the heist wasn't arbitrary, he was clued in by various mistakes the protagonists had made.
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Though I can see Scott's logic. They were kinda on the clock (remember Cross had gotten it to work, and was going to show it soon) so going through with the heist made sense. It's was just really horrible luck that someone who could actually see him was the first guy he ran into.....though he'd have been far more screwed if he'd ran into The Vision.....or hell, the Scarlet Witch.
One Strip! One Strip!I get a laugh out of thinking the Vision might just agree to give Scott the thing.
edited 18th Jul '15 4:31:53 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersScarlet Witch might, too, assuming she actually bothers to mind-read him instead of just blasting him.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.Seems like it.
Though considering the scenes with Janet were apparently added in, and Hope had a much smaller role in the early going, I can't help but think that Wright staying might have hurt the film much more.
One Strip! One Strip!I have to say Pym Particles are the most horrifying thing ever established in the MCU. The result from their failure is... just ew. When Daren threw the guy's remains in the toilet I wanted to scream "at least you could put them in a ash box". And when they work too good... god damn that's just even more horrifying
A review I watched pointed out that Cross could have marketed the failed pym particles as an assassination weapon.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersBut those applications wouldn't piss off Hank.
Not that it would take much. Cranky Pym is cranky.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersY'know what would be neat? If, in the next Avengers movie, there are several points where certain coincidences trip the bad guys up. One of them slips chasing after the heroes, or their weapons jam, or something like that. Then, in a post-credits sequence, we see how Ant-Man repeatedly sabotaged the villains while he was too small to be seen. None of the Avengers believe him.
Except for Falcon and maybe Vision.
Falcon doesn't say anything as a form of lighthearted revenge (Scott did kind make him look like an idiot) and Vision didn't say anything because no one asked him.
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In all seriousness they could do something along those lines in Civil War. Have the Crossbones or Zemo fail to kill one of the heroes due to what seems to be a contrived coincidence before Scott Lang is formally introduced into the movie. Then a full half hour later in the movie's runtime when he actually shows up it's acknowledged he was secretly running security for Falcon around that place and time.

- Hope: [a lamb is brought out for testing] I thought we were using mice?
- Cross: [genuinely confused] What's the difference?
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