Originally posted by abhilegend
Newton, we failed thee!Apparently the buildings (which are supported by several pillars to distribute the weight) is the same as Hulk lifting a star.
Physics, what's that?
Originally posted by Enzeru
Point 2 does stick out like a sore thumb, because it's overall a weak argument and not how I would have tried to explain it. Albertos comparison can be compared to quicksand. A bird is not going to drown in quicksand. A human will. A hippo will drown even faster. There comes a point, where weight overpowers the surface, even if that surface offers enough pushback for heavy objects such as buildings. Surfaces are tricky overall. You could break your back, if you jumped into water from a high enough distance and landed on your back.There is no explaining why Hulk didn't sink into the ground. There is only excusing it. I tried it by stating that the energy of the spear was solely focused on Hulk. Holding him down with the weight of a star, instead of putting the weight of a star onto his shoulders – or making him as heavy as a star. Because at that point, he is chilling in the core of the Earth in less than a second.
However... howeeever... Another argument you could make is that, if the energies were truly as heavy as a star, they would have created their own gravity... and kept the Hulk next to the spear, instead of sinking away from it. But that opens up the question why he was kneeling on the ground. And there you can excuse it with Hulk being pushed and pinned to the ground with the spear.
That's how I would have written the entire scene. That's one speech bubble you'd need to explain it properly. Mystical cosmic mumbo-jumbo, but it would have eradicated questions like these.
Here's the problem you missed out. The weight of the star ISNT added to the Hulk. The Hulk is lifting the weight, albeit he is throwing a force to counter balance the weight on him. Now that the Hulk has given enough force to counterbalance the star, the ground has to only deal with the Hulks weight.
If the Hulk FAILED to lift the star, then the ground has to support the Hulk AND the star. Thus then you see Hulk sinking through. Fortunately our jolly green giant is able to balance the star weight on his own, so now the only downward force that the ground has to take care of is his weight. period.