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Mauler

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Mabey because he is the only philantrophist that could finance that HUGE aircraft carrying aircraft by "donating" his money...
 

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malestrithe said:
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Magic= Thor.
Combat Prowess= Hawkeye.
Covert Ops = Black Widow
Military Tactics = Captain America
Muscle = Hulk (Be honest with yourself and forget how you Mark Ruffalo's performance. The team did not need the Banner half to succeed. They needed muscle more than the brains.)
Technology= Iron Man

Each one represents a different field of knowledge and expertise, something that the others sorely lacking.

They do not need two military experts in one team. They needed a tech expert more.
Except they wouldn't have even found the artifact without Banner...
Wow, that revelation changes nothing. Banner becomes nothing more than the plot device that keeps the plot moving forward. That role could have been filled by anyone, from Coulson to some unnamed SHIELD agent.

Banner's contribution to the movie amounts to nothing. Hulk does more for the movie than Banner ever did.
They clearly state in the movie that Banner is the only person on the planet with enough knowledge and experience of the type of radiation the Tesseract leaves behind.
 

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Because he is a HUGE AC/DC fan.
That contributes to the whole meaning of the Avengers
When he is talking to Loki before the last big battle, he has a Black Sabbath T Shirt on. On a slightly tangential note screw you Batman Rock is awesome.
 

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Cuz War Machine isn't as gutsy, daring, or smart. (Or popular)
War Machine is Paul Tibbets to Iron Man's Albert Einstien
 

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I think Stark takes the suit back from Rhodes as Rhodes makes some comment at the end of IM2 that he needs to borrow it as his cars destroyed. Stark objects but Rhodes flies off, so I think Tony gets the suit back.
 

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James Rhodes is just a good pilot in 1 suit of high tech armor. he could not build new ones, he could not maintain he one he has and he doesn't even have the infrastructure to use it. Tony stark has all that and his main asset is that he is smart AND has the money to realize any project he desires(as opposed to Banner who is just as smart but relies on other peoples tech and money).
but i agree that it is stupid to not bring war machine in when the giant alien invasion is going on and i would have been happy with a small cameo of him(in the suit) leading a squad of fighter jets to prevent anything leaving Manhattan.
 

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Abandon4093 said:
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Also I have a question... How come when Banner went Hulk the first time in the movie he was a wild animal but conveniently he was able to control himself for the battle in NY. Only nitpick I have with the movie, I still enjoyed this new Hulk though. I really like the new guy playing him
I wondered that too, I think it's supposed to be that Loki had been influencing them all and it just took a lot longer to ware off on Banner because of his rage issues.
Yeah, but Bruce sets up the 'I can't control the beast within' plotline when he meets Black Widow in India. I too was expecting some sort of resolve that would let Bruce gain control of his Hulk powers, but that never happens. And his discussion/bonding with Stark - which was great by the way - also leads you to believe he'll achieve some state of mind to take control. But ultimately at the end he's simply nice Hulk just cuz.
 

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DugMachine said:
Also I have a question... How come when Banner went Hulk the first time in the movie he was a wild animal but conveniently he was able to control himself for the battle in NY. Only nitpick I have with the movie, I still enjoyed this new Hulk though. I really like the new guy playing him
hw can control his hulk transformation when he deliberately get's angry to transform like he did in NY but the first time around he just got really angry without wanting to(possibly because of of Lokis mind control) and thus had no control over the hulk. kind of like sometimes people push themselves into anger for one reason or another and other times just have uncontrollable fits of rage.
 

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Chicago Ted said:
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Well, aside from the fact that Stark can have muliple versions of suits as needed and James has only the one to work with (and no Jarvis support), there is the...


...genius millionaire playboy philanthropist part. Stark was needed for his actual genius to collab with Banner. James could not have provided anything beyond fighting capability.
That's BILLIONAIRE, son.

Just Saiyan :D

But yeah, Stark was brought along NOT as a member of the Avengers but as a scientist and engineer. He then just casually decided to involve himself whether anyone else approved or not.
can YOU stop the genius with a powersuit from getting involved, especially when he's palling around with the Hulk? What's that? No? I didn't think so.
Sorry, but you're both wrong--not that I want my saying so to come across as confrontational. :)

Captain America was responsible for Tony getting involved with the fighting.

Remember?

Steve and Tony are face to face and Cap--who totally wants to whupp up on Stark--kept saying "Put on the suit. Put on the suit. Put on the suit."

Tony holds his ground but you can tell there's NO WAY he's going to go toe to toe with Cap because he recognizes that while his tech is far superior Cap's got him totally beaten on grit and combat experience. They just had a three-way face off with Thor, remember. Cap went face to face with the God of Thunder with just his shield while Stark was getting his armor crunched and messed up.

Then Loki's team arrives--led by a mind controlled Hawkeye--and the helicarrier takes a hit that sends Steve and Tony rolling.

Then Steve once again says "Put on the suit." and Tony says "Right."

That's how Iron Man was pulled into the fracas.

It was Captain America's fault/doing.
Ya... I think you're not at all remembering that scene.
Dude totally talking about the wrong fight
ABOARD THE CARRIER, NOT IN THE FOREST. Reread his post, rethink about which part of the movie he is talking about, then realize, you are talking about the wrong fight. Also, having just watched the movie on Friday, I want you to go back and see the look of absolute RELIEF on Black Widow's face when the P.A. system is hacked, and she realizes Iron man is there to save the day and capture Loki in the scene leading up to the fight you ARE talking about.

Even Tony didn't want to involve Iron Man in the fight, but he felt he had no choice after what happened in the ARGUMENT that Copper Zen was talking about.
 

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teebeeohh said:
DugMachine said:
Also I have a question... How come when Banner went Hulk the first time in the movie he was a wild animal but conveniently he was able to control himself for the battle in NY. Only nitpick I have with the movie, I still enjoyed this new Hulk though. I really like the new guy playing him
hw can control his hulk transformation when he deliberately get's angry to transform like he did in NY but the first time around he just got really angry without wanting to(possibly because of of Lokis mind control) and thus had no control over the hulk. kind of like sometimes people push themselves into anger for one reason or another and other times just have uncontrollable fits of rage.
Yeah from what i can gather it because the first time he was forced into his transformation so he cant retain control while the second time it was self-induced and is everyone forgetting the part how he falls out of the plane and lands in the warehouse and the janitor guy says he looked like he was purposely falling there.


Guys i know without Ironman there would be no movie but i was trying to look at this from a realistic stand point here.
 

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Because War Machine brings firepower, where Iron man brings Stark's intellect and a much upgraded suit. Also, since Rhodes is military, Fury probably wouldn't know for sure where his loyalties would lie if, for example, some illuminati-like council decided to nuke Manhattan in spite of Fury's wishes.
 

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Abandon4093 said:
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Thor > Hulk > Iron Man > Cap > Hawkeye/Black Widow
Thor's more versatile... he's not more powerful.

In a straight up fight, Hulk would take it every time.
I dunno, Thor was doing quite well in the hangar against the Hulk, it was only when he got into the labs and for some reason wasn't using the hammer that he seemed to be the most in trouble.

Honestly, that'd be the tighest fight out of all of them I think. While Hulk has the power no question, I figure that extra room Thor has is enough to tip the scales.

Then again, I will admit, all I really have to go on is the Avengers, as I haven't yet seen Thor, Hulk, or Iron Man 2 yet still...
It's just not really possible to win in fisty cuffs with the hulk. (unless for plot convenience) His strength is infinite, as is his regeneration.

It takes cosmic level beings to win convincingly really.

Umm Thor is classed as Cosmic level. He routinely goes toe to toe and wins against Galactus's Heralds. He's beaten the Surfer. Thor has two advantages against Hulk. Speed ((Thor is one of the fastest people in the Marvel U He is quite litteraly faster than the god Hermes in pure speed. and that doesn't even count his teleport powers, only his raw speed. )) And Magic
 

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njrk97 said:
Yes we all know that movie was great having iron man, thor hulk ect was good. But one problem... WHY the hell did they chose Tony Stark for the avengers When James Rhodes is better trained more disciplined and self controlled than Tony Stark could ever be. It boggles my mind lets get the self centered narcissistic 'doesn't play well with others' guy in a high tech suit on the avengers instead of the military trained self contained follows orders guy in a high tech suit.


Your thoughts on this?
Because Iron Man was part of the avengers when it started, War Machine came later[footnote]This is the Meta reason, as War machine first came around in 1979, while Iron man and the Avengers were out 1963.[/footnote]

The more in universe reason is becuase Rhodes is just a soldier, sure he has a Iron Man suit, but thats about it. Tony Stark is Iron Man. While he maybe be a narcissist, he is a genius narcissist. And when the chips are down, Tony get serious.
 

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matthew_lane said:
njrk97 said:
But one problem... WHY the hell did they chose Tony Stark for the avengers When James Rhodes is better trained more disciplined and self controlled than Tony Stark could ever be.
Um, thats kind of like asking why is the next Superman movie going to be about Superman & not Batman? Batman is like a whole heap more skilled then Superman, richer & has more self discipline.

Um, because its a Superman film, not a Batman film. Likewise, this is an Avengers film, without Tony there is no Avengers film.

An to call it a problem is kind of like complaining that the problem is that blow jobs are just to awesome: Thats not really a problem.
Lets not get into that, the're both equally disciplined. Supes has different skills that Batman but I wouldn't say less. And Supes only has less liquid capital. If Superman were to sell off his belongings, only Aquaman would be close to him in the ammount of cash.
 

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Copper Zen said:
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Ya... I think you're not at all remembering that scene.

Tony went face to face with Thor, God of Thunder, and was going pretty much blow for blow with him. Would he have won it? No, I doubt it, again, God of Thunder here, Thor's probably the most powerful member on the team, only Hulk can really challenge him when it comes to raw strength. What did the Cap do? He threw his shield at both of them, had Thor's attention for ten seconds, and took one blow that he just used his shield to cover himself with. Then it pretty much just stopped.

The Captain really wasn't involved in that fight, that was a battle really only between Iron Man and Thor. Sure the Captain was able to deflect the blow, and kinda of bring them to pause for a moment and then stop, but if that kept going the Cap would have been screwed.

If we restricted it to just Iron Man and the Captain, Iron Man will win. Every time. All that Iron Man has to do is just fire a couple rockets at him, then finish him off. Or be able to get one shot that gets by the Cap's shield and he's toast. Hell, Tony could even just grab the Cap, fly straight up, and drop him from a mile.

And for the record, the Cap is probably my second favourite one on the team. Sure Tony is the best in my mind, but I'll admit that neither are the strongest on the team. Pretty much the order of power:

Thor > Hulk > Iron Man > Cap > Hawkeye/Black Widow
I remember that scene. I figure they stopped it where they did because Thor, if they played him straight, could stomp Cap with little effort.

You're probably right about Iron Man being able to beat Captain America. I remember too many fanboys harping that Cap's overly-advertised: "He always has at least 3 tactical plans for any situation" character trait effectively makes him invincible.

I remember reading an old (early 90's) comic where a fan letter genuinely and seriously claimed that Cap could beat Galactus because of this.

Uh-huh...riiiight.


My focus was more on Cap's grit. Steve isn't just a soldier (or just a super soldier) he's a veteran with years of combat experience. To him WW II, where it was kill or be killed, was practically yesterday. That makes him dangerous in a fight.

Tony's many things but he isn't stupid.
while i don't think cap is necessarily that smart, (and correct me if i'm wrong here, i've only read up on it, not sure if it's all facts/whatnot) but cap's shield is like the ultimate cosmic defense, the bonds in the shield itself are able to absorb the blows it takes and make the shield even stronger, or make it cause an emp type energy blast (like in the movie, thor's hammer is also a cosmic weapon so when the ole "unstoppable force meets an immovable object" thing happened it was an even explosion of energy)

so yeah, i think you MAYBE are severely underestimating that damn shield, they underplay it at times, but that thing could stop a freaking sun if it was soaked into the shield the right way as a blow. but obviously, he's one man and he can't block everything, so i think ironman would outdo captain with shear power without having to use his energy blasts. (same goes for thor obviously)
 

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njrk97 said:
Yes we all know that movie was great having iron man, thor hulk ect was good. But one problem... WHY the hell did they chose Tony Stark for the avengers When James Rhodes is better trained more disciplined and self controlled than Tony Stark could ever be. It boggles my mind lets get the self centered narcissistic 'doesn't play well with others' guy in a high tech suit on the avengers instead of the military trained self contained follows orders guy in a high tech suit.


Your thoughts on this?
BECAUSE TONY STARK IS FUCKING COOL!