Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
1st off, I want to thank you for a coherent, well thought out, argument; its refreshing to have one of these that doesnt involve flaming...well done. 👆Your viewpoint on what the Sentinels are doing when they utilize mutant powers is interesting and is something that I hadnt considered; the Sentinels simply adding the mutants base stats/durability/ect to its own makes sense and I cant find fault with that line of thought... 👆
As pertains the amount of force Wanda has demonstrated, I cant argue with that, but I can argue (although not conclusively) that the Sentinel demonstrated comparable force when it smashed Colossus's head in after copying his Metal Form...
And I'm fully aware that you never made the claim that Wanda could attack and defend at the same time; Time-Immemorial did, and I issued you the same challenge based on my belief that she cant do both at the same time (as I havent seen her do this ever in the movie...not that I can recall at any rate).
My thoughts are that if she's attacking the Sentinel, then she's not defending herself and would be vulnerable to counter attack during this time; if you can find evidence otherwise then I'll eat my words...
Also it being illegal to post scenes never crossed my mind during this debate, so I can assure you that I'm not trying to get anyone to do anything wrong by breaking the law; posted scenes from Civil War can definitely wait...
As pertains the max range of the Sentinels ranged attack, that is unknown...
The Sentinels always fought them when in the mutants direct presence, so yeah, we've never seen the Sentinels ranged attack travel more than the 20 or 30 feet that you stated...
Thanks, man! Feeling is mutual, the best debates are friendly discussions and should be fun for all involved. So I appreciate the friendly and coherent argument from you as well. 👆
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Can't really speak for the amount of force needed to collapse Colossus' skull, though. We have no indicator what kind of durability his head has as his showings during the series have been very limited. I mean, if we were talking about the Deadpool version of Colossus, I might be inclined to agree that the force needed may well be closer to 100 tons. But I don't know how canon to each other these characters are and they look/behave/sound completely different from each other so, there's that.
The closest indicator we might have to Colossus' durability would be how collapsing his head affected the concrete underneath. It cracked the surface. Something Winter Soldier was able to accomplish.
I, myself, cannot speak for the amount of force that was as I am not an engineer. Nor can I speak on how to convert that to force/weight as I am not a physicist and, as it is, am too lazy right now (and feel that the argument can be debunked without the need to quantify it) to do my research. 😛
I can, however, speak for how it MIGHT apply to this fight. And that would be, not all that much. Even assuming the Sentinel can generate the punch force needed to get thru Wanda's shields, my entire argument is based on the fact that it's not even necessary for Wanda to block it with a shield or to even prevent it from moving.
This fight actually comes down to effective range and the nature of Wanda's attack. It is a physical-force type attack that has many times the demonstrated effective range of the Sentinel. A Physical attack that works as a push as much as it is a tear/rip/break.
Each hit from Wanda's attack will toss the Sentinel back, an example would be how she did it to War Machine and to Panther. Each of her attacks threw them back a far distance (and this was her holding back). She doesn't have to overpower the Sentinel's strength, she just has to apply force greater than it's mass (plus whatever force its thrusters apply). And that is all she really needs to keep the Sentinel in check. For as long as it is forced back, it cannot bring it's weapons (w/c have a short demonstrated range) to bear. And all Wanda has to do is keep attacking it til it breaks, which I'm sure (even you would agree) she can do eventually (before tiring).