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Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja
Um, have you ever read a comic book? That's pretty much standard operating procedure, although it's done with varying levels of effectiveness.
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I guess that's why people don't read comics anymore.
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Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja
It was Arthur C. Clarke who said that technology advanced enough would be indistinguishable from magic. You can read his three laws here |
I'm not talking about a civilization that exists a thousand years in the future, this movie is set right now, and the more outlandish Tony Stark's tech gets, the more absurd it looks when the rest of the world is more or less the same as ours. How come he has a semi-autonomous metallic robot suit that can seemingly shed 60% of it's mass at the flick of a switch, but they can't fit reliable brakes to an elevator?
If he can seamlessly embed the UI functionality of a military jet fighter into a skin-tight lycra costume, how come he can't prevent two dingus high-schoolers from hacking its firmware? Why does he have to transport classified, and mission critical equipment and alien tech in an aircraft designed in the 1950s? Couldn't he spare a couple of unmanned Iron Man drones to escort it, or did he build them just to have long distance conversations with people?
I don't have a problem with outlandish tech in fiction, but if it's not consistent in the world it is supposed to exist in, then it comes off as slack writing.
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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami
Exactly. I mean, go back in time a century and show off a magnet or two. They'll all think you're Magneto.
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1917? I doubt it.