Originally posted by CPT Space Bomb
Look, there is no consistency within the MCU in regards to power levels....period. It's always been a problem. Especially in regards to Iron Man. The MCU make great movies, but they're not great representations of their characters POWER levels. I still love almost all the MCU films, but yah....they could really use to get a little consistency going.
IM beating Hulk in AoU still pisses me off.
That's nonsense. Till Civil War, the power level inconsistencies were minor at best, and they always had context. Heck, I am willing to bet the entire MCU excluding Civil War had less inconsistencies without context than in CW movie
And I am a Hulk fan yet the AOU fight end simply is a minor itch for me, since Hulk had broken out of mind control and calmed down by then plus it was a cheapshot. In fact, you should be boiling and bursting at the Civil War climax fight, since when Iron Man fought Thor at 475% power or fought Hulk in Hulkbuster he was clearly the underdog while the Civil War fight looked nothing like that
Originally posted by Surtur
I mean Iron Man should of been able to KO Cap with one solid hit.
If he was pouring it all, yes, but he wasn't. I wasn't too bothered by that, since like Stilt said:
Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Tony knows well how much power is required to KO normal guys like Falcon without doing them any serious harm. But it's hard to guess how much you need when you're against SSS guys. So he was probably playing it safe, too safe.
It was made clear that Iron Man was holding back against Cap. What bothered me was Bucky was everytime shown physically inferior to Cap excluding the arm but he was taking hits frkm Iron Man better than Cap did in the same fight 😮:
Originally posted by Surtur
In the comics at least Cap had to use this piece of technology when he confronted Tony. In the movie it's just..punching.
Yep, but remember, it IS a CAPTAIN AMERICA movie done by RUSSOS. Makes me afraid if Thanos is gonna beat up Thor, Iron Man and Hulk in Infinity War and then get beat by Cap, like the bullshit we see in comics
Originally posted by Surtur
The IM suit seemed weaker and his energy blasts also seemed less potent.
On point. If Iron Man's armor was depicted as tough as it was in the previous movies, and Tony as competant as in the previous movies, then the whole plot would have gone south. And the repulsors barely left burn marks on the walls a d floors where they hit as if it was a flamethrower, unlike in the previous movies where it blew holes through in concrete and metal
Originally posted by Surtur
I realize there are always going to be inconsistencies, but I feel there is a line where once you cross it..it just takes away from the overall film. I still liked it, but there were moments during these fight scenes where it just got a little too absurd.
I agree. And Iron Man and War Machine suffered most from it.
Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
In the movie, Stark gets plenty of armor components damaged, though. Damage-over-time thing.
Don't think that's the reason. Stark's armor had big dents and visible cracks all over it from Hawkeye's explosive arrows and SW's thrown cars after the airport fight. When he reaches Siberia it looks pristine.
Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Tony knows well how much power is required to KO normal guys like Falcon without doing them any serious harm.
Falcon is no ordinary guy though. In TWS, Ant-Man and Civil War he has tanked things that would KO or even kill fodder humans.