Originally posted by FrothByte
False. Metal conducts electricity, it doesn't amplify it. And that building isn't even built with pure metal.
So Thor could have did the exact feat as it was without using the building?
Originally posted by Darth ThorIt must be to you, you didn't answer the question.
Lol is this a joke?
H1 has at times had some 'WTF are you thinking' arguments, but this isn't one of those times.
The scene really does imply that Thor used the Chrysler building as a conduit to amplify his lightning-attack in that scene. Look how the camera specifically pans around/down showing the lighting surrounding the building.
Originally posted by Robtard
H1 has at times had some 'WTF are you thinking' arguments, but this isn't one of those times.The scene really does imply that Thor used the Chrysler building as a conduit to amplify his lightning-attack in that scene. Look how the camera specifically pans around/down showing the lighting surrounding the building.
Electricity running up and down a building doesn't imply that it is getting amplified. If I get a coil of copper wire and run an electric current through it, does that mean it gets amplified?
The building can be considered a conduit but it is not an amplifier.
Sure it's open to interpretation as it wasn't specifically stated by Thor saying "I'm going to use the Chrysler building as a conduit to amplify my lighting", but I do believe that was the point of the scene when you factor in the other times he's attacked with lighting.
I can't recall another scene where Thor attacks and that much (or more) electricity is seen and maintained for such lengths, even in the Jutunheim blast it was more like a single board bolt being called down to charge his hammer for the smash that created a blast and then ensuing shockwave. Did I forget a scene?
Originally posted by Robtard
Sure it's open to interpretation as it wasn't specifically stated by Thor saying "I'm going to use the Chrysler building as a conduit to amplify my lighting", but I do believe that was the point of the scene when you factor in the other times he's attacked with lighting.I can't recall another scene where Thor attacks and that much (or more) electricity is seen and maintained for such lengths, even in the Jutunheim blast it was more like a single board bolt being called down to charge his hammer for the smash that created a blast and then ensuing shockwave. Did I forget a scene?
You also don't see any other scene where Thor charges up his strike for that long. My point being, the strength of that lightning bolt probably had nothing to do with the building and was simply a result of him charging his strike longer, like someone winding up for a big hit.
And there is no "open to interpretation" here. Steel/metal does not amplify electricity but merely conducts it. If you want to claim that it did then you'll have to prove it, because my proof is already everyday reality.
That would sort of play into the building/metal having something to do with it.
We're not talking about reality, we're talking about a fictional alien and his techno-magic hammer which can summon and do stuff with lighting.
But if we want to get all sciency and realistic, metal can hold an electrical charge. eg have you ever been shocked by static electricity with say a metal door knob?
Edit: Exhibit (A