Batman didn't even make my list. He had other people invent all his tech, mainly Fox, in which it was already made. He painted them black. His company was bankrupted his own house burned down by being outsmarted by others. He inherits his money from his father. He can't even fight well. He basically sucks.
Originally posted by Silent Master
What did Batman do to rank that highly?
created his own gear which includes a plane, all purpose tank, the flying fox, the mech suit any and all other weapons/gear in the batcave.
Its expressly shown in the film that Bruce and Alfred are making their own tech at the beginning of BvS when we meet Alfred hs modifying the cowl armour so maybe you should watch that film silent cuz you clearly haven't seen it.
On top of that Snyder and his wife have made many comments regarding Bruce building and modifying his gear on his own.
Quotes from Snyder himself:
"Batman will have more than one Batsuit that he’s continually modifying for the adventures that are gonna be had in this film"
Deborah Snyder responds, “It’s safe to say that I think Alfred and Bruce are building a lot of tech that helps them all. And I think you’ll see a lot more of that.â€
"Alfred and Bruce develop an advanced suit in the “final chapter†of this story to fit the needs of the mission."
Originally posted by relentless1I think I'd agree mostly with this though Jor El should be higher. He was a lead scientist on a planet far more advanced than ours. That implies he'd be pretty up there. I'd also put Banner and Lex above Batman. Which version of Batman is this btw? He didn't make his own tech in TDK and I think he had people make his tech in the BvS (people were fixing up the Batmobile if I remember correctly, though this may be wrong).
Dr Manhattan
Tony Stark
Ozymandias
Cisco (Flash CW)
Batman
Bruce Banner
Lex Luthor
Spiderman (smartest version)
Dr. Strange
Jor El
Green Goblin
Dr Manhattan
Cisco (Flash CW)
Tony Stark
Ozymandias
Jor El
Bruce Banner
Lex Luthor
Spiderman (smartest version)
Batman
Dr. Strange
Green Goblin
Also, I rank Cisco high because he pulls fake science BS out of his ass constantly. Not only is he an engineering genius who can make an anti-machine for just about every super power, he understands the inner workings of interdimensional and time travel well enough to make tech to make that kind of stuff capable.
I'm also struggling with whether or not Dr. Manhattan should be up there. He himself isn't inherently smart. He was outsmarted by Ozy, and all of his feats boil down to matter manipulation he can manage just because of his powers. He was also philosophically outdone by Silk Spectre. He can see a lot thanks to his powers, but I don't think he himself is that smart.
Originally posted by Silent MasterNot much since some of them were taken by satellite and the others were videos and pictures taken by other he secured if I remember correctly.
Given his level of resources, How much intelligence did that actually take?
He was outsmarted by Ozy only because he was able to block his foresight. His powers give him some of his smarts, he was putting together machines that recreated his godly power without any training or knowledge whatsoever. He is easily the smartest. On earth he was a lead scientist, which was amplified greatly. He would not have known how to build those machines as a human.
Originally posted by SableYeah but him getting his powers was a complete accident. He was a nuclear physicist who was tampering with "intrinsic fields" (made up). He and his coworkers were trying to figure out how this made up concept works. Every test failed and resulted in the disintegration of the object being tested in their chamber. He wasn't sure how it actually worked, but was learning before the accident that disintegrated him and gave him his powers.
He was outsmarted by Ozy only because he was able to block his foresight. His powers give him some of his smarts, he was putting together machines that recreated his godly power without any training or knowledge whatsoever. He is easily the smartest. On earth he was a lead scientist, which was amplified greatly. He would not have known how to build those machines as a human.
He made a machine messing with something he didn't yet understand and that backfired. I'd put Cisco above that.
The fact that he needs to be able to see the future to not be outsmarted by Ozy also says tons. It's not like Ozy himself can see the future. He just outplayed him.