Smartest person in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as of now?
who is the most intelligent person in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as of right now...
the 3 people that stand out.... are
Tony Stark
Bruce Banner
Erik Selvig
now if there is someone other that you think is smarter, then explain... but i think its between tony, bruce and erik.....
loki? maybe, he might be more knowledgable because he traveled to distance worlds, but when it comes to smarts...... more scientific is what im going at..
you can use characters from all movies in the MCU
Iron Man
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Avengers...
Hmm, how about the machine that replicates the cosmic storm that can give people superpowers (e.g Thing)? Or Device that allowed them to defeat the Silver Surfer.
Lets just say with Prep, I'm more confident that Reed would defeat Stark's enemies, than the other way round.
Ultimately, an argument could be made either way, but for me Reed gives off more of the super genius vibe.
Also..." I'm one of the greatest minds of the 21st century ("century" Reed? So modest, try millennium). I'm engaged to the hottest girl on the planet."
No, Reed is far smarter than Doom. That's why he needed Reed for the first space project. That's also why he was spying on Reed instead of coming up with his own cure. Also, Reed was the one that came up with the device to beat Surfer (after Doom observed the energy came from the board). Doom was just dicking around designing a device to control the board once Surfer was separated from it.
Also Doom didn't reverse the changes to Ben because of his intelligence, the machine was all made by Reed. The problem was Reed hadn't been able to obtain a power source great enough for it to work properly. Doom used his own lightning to power the machine to sufficient levels.
Indeed that is an incredibly high end energy output feat for Doom, but smarts had nothing to do with it.
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Last edited by Placidity on May 5th, 2012 at 06:52 AM
I voted for Tony Stark, simply because he's the only one to have had a substantial amount of showings of using ingenuity and intelligence.
Banner is smart too, but he's not had the need to get the iPod out yet. His smartest moves are all ones that Stark could see coming (the play along and wait for Shield to reveal their true purpose thing) and that's nothing more than middlingly 'smart'.
There's been relatively little opportunity to demonstrate intelligence or true smarts in these films, as they are action movies. The bulk of the time is spent reacting to 'problems' and doing so in as explosive and spectacular a manner as possible. Stark has the toys and demonstrates the most application of ingenuity as a result of his situation.
Selvig is a good scientist, expert in his field, clearly highly technically competent, but a much more laid-back character and a clear team player. He doesn't shine much, either he supports and reinforces the passion and spark of Jane Foster or he implements the policy of others... Nothing really that smart from him. yet.
omg... you're including the Sucktastic Four films?
Shit .... They're atrocities on the level of ... nipple-plated Batman body armour.
Even then, I would say Stark has more genuine smarts than Reed (the guy's naive, slow to read humans, idealistic to a fault and ponderous too)... Stark would zip through Reed's work in an afternoon, then eat in with Pepper. Reed to spend days looking over and absorbing bits and pieces of Stark's work, all the while letting Doom bang Sue!
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May 4th, 2012 11:18 PM
.... They're atrocities on the level of ... nipple-plated Batman body armour.
