TheVaultDweller
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Originally posted by carver9
He halted it and the oil ridge isn't as big as the alien or as dense. Not saying that it wasn't heavy but the difference between the two is spot on.
If you actually watch the clips of both, the oil rig and Leviathan seem to be of fairly comparable size (the Leviathan did seem to be longer than the tower was tall, but the base of the tower seemed wider overall than the head part of the Leviathan). And you also have no idea how dense the Leviathan is. Considering it was holding Chitauri troops, and Iron Man flew into one of them, we can clearly see that they are not solid internally.
Originally posted by carver9
Why would I need to provide proof of Hulk lifting something and throwing it away when he punched something bigger and halted it? I can lift a 15 pound wight with ease and I can toss it but punching it some distance is next to impossible, especially punching one that is coming at me with Ironman speed.
When did he punch the Leviathan some distance? Oh wait, he didn't. He didn't punch it ANY distance whatsoever. Let me put it to you this way. I do martial arts and sometimes we do strength training, by pushing against each other, testing our strength and momentum against the other persons'. I am strong enough to pit myself against guys that outweigh me by 30 or 40lbs, and stop their momentum if they crash into me (though they will obviously knock me back a step or two, like the Leviathan pushed the Hulk some distance). Can I casually lift and toss that same person with one hand? Of course not.
Punching or pushing against something (and not sending it some distance, because the Hulk NEVER sent the Leviathan any distance whatsoever), is not even remotely the same thing as lifting a weight and throwing it. So yes, you actually need a comparable lifting feat for him if you plan on making that claim.
Originally posted by FrothByte
I'm not suggesting anything about Hulk lifting an oil tower. Just think that it's not fair that people are lowballing Hulk's leviathan feat while at the same time praising Superman's oil rig.
I never said you were. I specifically mentioned Carver. I wasn't lowballing Hulk or praising Superman. I was pointing out that the 2 feats are vastly different, and that if someone wants to make a claim about Hulk lifting the oil rig, one-handed and with ease, using the Leviathan feat doesn't cut it.
Originally posted by FrothByte
Hulk may not have stopped all it's momentum, but he certainly stopped it's forward momentum.
It only had forward momentum. It was coming directly at the Avengers. Hulk's punch did not stop ALL of its momentum, because it was forward momentum that caused it to flip over. The back end of the Leviathan still wanted to move forward, which is why it flipped over when Hulk drove its head into the concrete. If Hulk had stopped all of its momentum, it would have stopped dead on the ground in front of him. Not flipped over. How is this so hard to understand?