Captain America's shield already doesn't make a whole lot of sense, as it's supposed to absorb all vibration and yet it bounces off things, but at the beginning of this movie, we see a normal human man punch Cap in the shield several times and knock him back. How exactly does that work? In The Avengers we saw him take a full on blow from Thor's hammer, and he wasn't even shaken by it, but in this one a normal man can knock him back? What? How? I don't get it!
shareDon't look for consistencies in a comic book movie. At least not in the ones which aren't over-hyped about being grounded in realism.
sharebut in this one a normal man can knock him back?
The thing that bothers me most about his shield is how he throws it, it plows into three guys and comes back to him like a boomerang.
He's always had that ability. He's got super-human strength, speed and agility. Then, consider what normal humans in our own world who are pool masters or frisbee masters can do.
I've watched some pool masters do trick shots of getting balls to bounce off of other ones, then the rails, then spin in a different direction to knock a ball into a pocket.
And I've seen guys doing trick throws with frisbees in which the frisbees seem to defy the laws of physics.
Now, put that together with Cap's strength and agility, and it isn't that far-fetched in the world of comics.
I missed part of the movie but the only person that I saw knock him back was his friend 'Buck' and he had that bionic arm.
Okay, I actually did miss the start of the movie as I caught it on FX as I was flipping through the channels.
I am going to take a wild stab in the dark and guess that the human was that bad guy who fought Cap. America's flying squirrel friend at the end of the movie because I picked up on the fact that he was supposed to be the 'tough' bad guy 😃
Yeah, he didn't have any special powers and no amount of bench pressing would make a human punch as powerful as those other forces that Capt. America easily repels with that Shield.
Actually no, I think you're thinking of the SHIELD/Hydra agent who gets burned but survives in the end. It's some blonde French guy he's fighting in the beginning, but yes, the guy he's fighting has no kind of superpowers.
shareHe's always had that ability. He's got super-human strength, speed and agility. Then, consider what normal humans in our own world who are pool masters or frisbee masters can do.
I've watched some pool masters do trick shots of getting balls to bounce off of other ones, then the rails, then spin in a different direction to knock a ball into a pocket.
And I've seen guys doing trick throws with frisbees in which the frisbees seem to defy the laws of physics.
Now, put that together with Cap's strength and agility, and it isn't that far-fetched in the world of comics.
I think in the comic they've explained before that he can do geometric calculations really fast in his head, and can plot the trajectory of his shield almost instantly. That still doesn't explain how something that absorbs vibrations can ricochet though
shareAs I said befored...Don't look for consistencies in a comic book movie. At least not in the ones which aren't over-hyped about being grounded in realism.
shareThat´s just one of those things you HAVE make peace with
Peter told him it doesn´t obey the laws of physics but so does everything in superhero genre
I just made peace with it and it only makes me giggle from time to time
Ehh, when Cap was fighting Batroc, it was to my knowledge that Cap was moving backwards as Batroc was making the hits. And that combined with the Batrocs momentum causes Capt to fall to the ground. I also see the whole "absorption" as a kinetic energy kind of thing. Where the amount of force given, is the amount of force shot back, which would explain why Batroc wasn't being thrown backwards. His hits weren't very momentum impacting. As for Bucky hitting the shield and Cap feeling a force from it...i'd say that maybe Bucky's arm can absorb shock as well. Idk, something. But i wouldn't look at it too closely. I don't mind how they keep changing up Caps shield moves. And it kind of works because it's vibranium and we really as an audience don't know much about the scientific properties of vibranium other than what we've heard. Plus, i love the shield action, it's awesome.
shareCap was braced for Thor.
Cap was surprised by Batroc ... and then had to subdue a super agile opponent without killing him.
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What kills me is everyone should know the shield is being carried for a reason, but multi-guns are shooting at it while if they went low at his legs, that would stop him! That Gatling gun "shooter" never wavered from going at the shield allowing Cap to advance, deflect shots at other men, finally resulting in him being neutralized! Mindless!
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