spidermanrocks
Senior Member
Originally posted by Mr. Rhythmic
It had a good deal of plotholes. Like how can Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes just take a suit? Is there no password protection? No software to keep random people from flying off with it? And how does he know how to use it so well?
How did James Rhodes take off the suit after flying it to the US Army camp? There were no robotic arms! Plus, it was even intact after he took it off! How did they know how to assemble/disassemble it?
Why did Whiplash take off his helmet during the fight with War Machine and Iron Man? There was absolutely no reason to.
And what was Whiplash's obsession with whips anyways? Why would he put it in a final suit when he knows it wasn't effective in the first place?
If S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are around all the time, why doesn't anyone of them help out when the army of Iron Man drones attacks the Stark Expo?
How did Tony Stark leave his house without being detected by Agent Coulson?
How did Ivan build his final Whiplash suit without Justin Hammer noticing? In fact, that suit's entirety felt freakishly rushed.
In both the comics and the movies, Tony and Rhodey are very good friends. Tony trusts Rhodey more than anyone else. In the first film, Rhodey was the FIRST person that Tony wanted to show the suit to. So I trust that Tony has given Rhodey more info on the suit during those 6 months (the second film takes place six months after the first film). The first movie did have ONE plot hole though. How did Obadiah Stane learn how to use the suit so fast? Tony needed practice using it. Even Rhodey needed practice using it (as I said earlier, Tony most likely showed him how to use the suit during those six months). So how did Obadiah know how to use it?
The suit doesn't need the robotic arms to be dissasembled. Tony was shown wearing his suit without the mask and was also shown wearing only the gloves of the suit. And even if you need robot arms to dissasemble it, then you don't think they have them? His mansion isn't the only place in the world with those robotic arms. Tony placed robotic arms that dissasembled the suit wherever the suit would go. He even had them during a presentation that he was doing at the beginning of the movie.
What would be the whole point of keeping the helmet on? Whether or not he wore it, it wouldn't have made a difference. It's not really a plot hole. And if it is, then it is a VERY VERY VERY minor plot hole. You're just nitpicking now.
He thought the whips would have worked this time because he they were part of a more advanced suit. And Justin Hammer most likely DID know about the suit. Remember that Justin Hammer gave Vanko full control over the Iron Man suits and didn't interfere with anything. He even let him use androids instead of robotic suits.
SHIELD agents aren't around that much. The only agents that appeared in the movie were Black Widow, Agent Coulson, and Nick Fury. Black Widow was an undercover agent. And she WAS there helping out when the Iron Man drones attacked Stark Expo. Nick Fury only appeared to help Tony get back on his feet and to give him the info required for him to continue his dad's research. That was his job in the movie. Once that job was finished, he left. And keep in mind that he had other members to recruit into the Avengers. He had to deal with superheroes from all over the world, which is why he wasn't always around Tony. And Agent Coulson wasn't there during the attack.
I'll give you that Agent Coulson not detecting Tony was a plot hole. You're right about that.