Yea, I just re-watched the scene and the lightning was channeled directly into Mjolnir, and then directed at the invading aliens.
I'm not sure how the building would have amped the attack. It was lit up, but because of the excess lightning traveling through Thor/Mjolnir and into the building.
Also, I never noticed how huge the blast was. Right before we cut away, the bolt had grown so big it was comparable to the Leviathan in size.
Maybe landing on the building was more comfortable or made the whole thing easier, not sure.
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Last edited by Rage.Of.Olympus on May 7th, 2012 at 02:55 PM
the building charge up thor's lightning by attacking as a conductor...without the building thor's lightning would be less powerful and the duration would not be as long as the building acted essentially as a battery
Thor landed on a pretty small ledge on that building it looked like he was using one hand keep his balance and the other to point his hammer.It also looked to me that the lightning around the building was a side effect of him calling the strike.
I'm watching the scene right now. Thor summons the lightning into Mjolnir and the excessive electricity jumps through Thor/Mjolnir, electrifying the building.
How is the building a battery? Do you know what that word means?
The material of the building was conductive but I don't understand how that would amp the attack either. The reason it was flowing with an electrical charge was because of the energy Thor summoned, his attack didn't profit in power from it.
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Last edited by Rage.Of.Olympus on May 7th, 2012 at 03:08 PM
the building channeled and stored lightning...essentially allowing thor to fire a much more powerful and concentrated blast...I think the movie makes it pretty obvious the building contributed to thor's most powerful attack. if i remember correctly, they specifically showed the lightning currents going up and down the building to indicated that it was storing it for one huge unleashing by thor.
I feel like it helped him spread the Lighting out since he had to blow up a bunch of small ships. I feel like his usual blast was the concentrated shot that destroyed multiple leviathan things.
not on its own...but it adds to the body of evidence that hulk is superior to thor in the movie
it demonstrates hulk's power as the punch was a very casual side punch with no windup...the fact that it BFRed thor instead of nudging him was impressive
You mean a super strong guy punched someone, who maybe weighed 300 pounds at most, sent them flying and you're trying to use that to show Hulk being superior?
I mean it wasn't like we saw Thor a moments later already attacking other aliens or anything looking no worse for wear... oh wait we did.
What do you think would be harder to do, destroy one with your fist or blasting with energy from a distance? As shown Iron Man couldn't scratch one with his fists. Thor's was a sustained barrage of lightning that was damaging them which is totally different from one shotting one with a punch.
IIRC the Frost Giants realm was already badly damaged and isn't something Hulk couldn't have done himself with a well placed ground pound.
Thor called the lightning down into himself, sent it through the building and then channeled it back through himself. At least that's how it appeared. Since when has Thor needed to brace himself to a structure to channel his power? His own super strength should be enough.
Last edited by The Sorrow on May 7th, 2012 at 03:26 PM
So the building stored the lightning at it's top for Thor which he then directed at the aliens?
That definitely makes more sense than what I thought you originally meant, and while I'm not against the idea I'm not in agreement either because Thor summons a huge amount of lightning into Mjolnir and redirects the blast with the hammer like one large motion. At the very least, it was the main conductor for the attack.
The building was shown flowing with electrical charge but there was never emphasis on what you mean as far as I can tell.
Okay fine impressive to do something like that to someone like thor. But I don't think if hulk's punch would have the same affect on a thor that knew he was in a fight against the Hulk.
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