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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
> For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.
Super powers are for the privileged elite only!
(Kind of,superhuman powers are not something all the population has)
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverEvery SHIELD agent was armed with an Æsir‘s worst weakness: a vacuum cleaner being swung around.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Dec 1st 2021 at 10:41:17 AM
Depends if Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is canon. That show had a couple episodes with a random, blue-collar Asgardian, and he was strong enough to bend metal bars with his bare hands.
" For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.
Super powers are for the privileged elite only!"
Nope, in the comics, even an Asgardian Mook is as strong as Spider-man.
But in the movies, the Asgardian does not appear to have powers, and can be killed like any human.
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Dec 1st 2021 at 11:59:50 AM
I mean when Hela was mowing them down like ants it wouldn’t have really mattered if they have spider strength because Hela is above Thor’s level and can spam swords like a Gilgamesh
Forever liveblogging the AvengersSince SHIELD was brought up earlier...
Cobie Smulders is returning as Maria Hill in Secret Invasion!
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 1st 2021 at 5:23:16 AM
Every Asgardian has a degree of superhuman strength and durability. Even the average Asgardian civilian is much stronger than even Captain America. The issue of course is that not every Asgardian is a trained warrior.
That last bit is relevant since the Asgardian refugees who survived the destruction of Asgard were all civilians. Their actual standing warriors were the first to be slain by Hela.
For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.
They actually are more impressive when you realize that these aren't actually trained soldiers but civilians taking up arms.
Edited by M84 on Dec 1st 2021 at 9:03:26 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedThey're gonna have to do something to make Shuma-Gorath distinct from Starro the Conquerer.
Okey Dokey!While I would extremely hype if it definitely absolutely was Shuma in Multiverse of Madness, I feel inclined to point out that Dr. Strange 1 also had a LEGO set with him fighting a horrible tentacled multidimensional monster, and that turned out to not be a hint of Shuma after all.
Lego sets marketed pre-release generally don't actually tend have scenes from the film anymore, specifically because studios like Disney started complaining. Nowadays they just make up scenes and throw them onto a set.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 1st 2021 at 11:54:12 AM
Also, y'know, the LEGO set literally calls the tentacle monster "Gargantos", not "Shuma-Gorath". It's not Shuma, it's this thing
, a completely separate green one-eyed tentacle monster.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Dec 1st 2021 at 12:59:10 PM
On another related note and segueing into a more palatable topic, shame that Janet who is a founding Avenger and just generally a pretty major character overall wound up pretty much a bit character whose only major appearance is in a single movie and even then a small role at that.
Wasp even lead the Avengers several times. Its pretty side how immensely minor she is here.
Edited by slimcoder on Dec 2nd 2021 at 1:29:15 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Maybe we'll end up with a more comic booky situation where there's different teams instead of just THE Avengers. There's the main team, but also a Young Avengers and a more out there cosmic/quantum team where the likes of Wanda, Wasp and others hang out.
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."

Speaking of Thor, I wish the Asgardian army had moments to shine, but to be a "Badass Army" its only role is to be easily defeated.
For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.
Even in What if, a Shield agent is shown fighting an Asgardian using only his fists.
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Dec 1st 2021 at 10:15:35 AM