(09-08-2015, 05:58 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Stark didn't change the rules. The scepter relied on skin contact, likely something sub-dermal, to activate. Stark's got a big ol' mini reactor where his skin should be. It's not an asspull, it's a technicality.
Thor's hammer stopped working in Thor 1 because he was no longer worthy. That's how the hammer works.
Hulk learned to control his powers to a limited degree because Black Widow was helping him between movies, and he cares deep enough for her to let her have some sort of control over the Big Guy.
Saw 1 had a pair of kidnapped, slightly panicked and traumatized people in a cell with a corpse. Your first thoughts will generally not be "hmm, better examine it to make sure" but instead "holy shit I'm going to fucking die, we've been kidnapped by the Jigsaw killer."
Zod wanting to terraform earth wasn't just for the practical nature, it was to exert dominance over weak humans, and to strike a blow at Kal for thinking they were worth anything but subjugation or extinction.
Not all motivations have to be stated to be clear.
Its an asspull to say this power that can change minds only works in the exact center of a chest and also cares if whatever its touching naturally belongs to the person or not. I mean starks was metal and Not-Green-Arrow's was fabric, how come it worked on one but not the other. That's an arbitrary poorly defined rule.Â
Thor's Hammer may have stopped working because he wasn't worthy, but they do a bad job of explaining it and an even worse job of why he instantly became worthy again with no real redemption for having been unworthy.
Hulk learning to control his powers between movies doesn't help him learn to control his power mid movie when he previously showed no ability to do so at any point prior. He still also stole a motorcycle.Â
And I'm not so sure about that with Saw. I could understand it for the guy who didn't saw his leg off, but the other guy was a doctor, handling stress is what he does for a living. There are plenty of times when they could have noticed the guy breathing or in general not being dead
