Originally posted by Deadline
You were trying to lowball it but stating that it didn't go far.Apparently Cyclops optic blast isn't always represented as going at lightspeed. There are numerous references to Thor hammer going insanely fast there no reason to think it otherwise. I think a great deal faster than a bullet would be reasonable.
Hey, thanks for responding. No, I was giving context by stating that it didn't go far. The farther away it travels from Thor, the faster it has been shown to move in order to return to him.
Well, it was Claremont who was writing him, and here's what he thought of the speed of Cyke's blasts:
Despite how fast Arcade's killer cars are moving, Scott destroys them all with a single ricochet blast that treats them as if they were standing still:
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=5779865
And another one:
Here it's flat out stated, by Claremont, that Cyclop's blasts travel at the speed of light:
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1932/uxmannual0311.jpg
So, since it was Claremont's Cyclops whose optic blast Wolverine both dodged, and saved Storm from, and Claremont's Cyclops shoots out light speed blasts, the blast Wolverine dodged/helped Storm dodge was lightspeed. So, was Thor's hammer going faster than a bullet? Probably. Was it going light speed? Prove it.
Originally posted by Deadline
Heres another one.http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af17/RageOfOlympus/Thor/ReactsMicroSecond.jpg
The context of the scan is that the hammer was zooming and that the hammer was not under his control and was going to strike him. Looking at the context of the situation lightspeed is reasonable.
Well, sure, in that scan. And, in case you haven't noticed, we've already said, that either the description of events was simply noting how lucky Thor was that his blow landed in time, at which point the hammer became his to control, and it is a non feat, or else, (the more likely interpretation, imo) that truly was an astounding feat of speed on Thor's part, and it has never, or so rarely as to be almost never, been replicated.
Originally posted by Deadline
Its easier to dodge something when you have a warning. You're lowballing again its obvious he had less than a second.
Less than a second? Sure. Less than a split second? Prove it. The fact is, Wolverine felt the pressure-wave, a split second before Cyclops' blast hit Storm, and he helped her dodge it. Thor saw his hammer, a we-don't-actually-know-but-probably-less-than-a-second before it hit him, and he dodged it. From where I'm standing, Wolverine's got the more impressive feat, it's up to you to prove otherwise.