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[tyr8nt93]

Someone said that Joss Whedon confirmed a romance between Bruce and Natasha?

In what source did he do this and did he explicitly say romantic or is it more of this vague 'relationship' wording?

 

[Spitfire]

From what we've seen so far, they are pretty much equals in the MCU. Hulk's superior strength and durability is balanced out by Thor's wider variety of powers, hammer, and flight. Until/unless Thor gets the Odin Force, of course.

They are equals in the MCU but for different reasons. Hulk may be the strongest but Thors unique, wide-ranging power set means they are equals in a fight. If we get to see the two battle a number of times in the MCU I would expect to see both win.

Someone said that Joss Whedon confirmed a romance between Bruce and Natasha?

In what source did he do this and did he explicitly say romantic or is it more of this vague 'relationship' wording?

Last weeks Digital Spy article stated that AoU would introduce a relationship between Banner and Widow, and included a quote from Whedon (sorry don't have the link). Maybe they are teasing us like they did with Cap and Widow for TWS and Marvel are trying to mislead fans to keep the plot secret. I just hope its untrue.

 

[Roose Bolton]

http://au.ibtimes.com/avengers-age-ultron-possible-plot-details-hulk-black-widow-romance-1417958

Don't know that it confirms anything but that's something I came across.

 

[Mjölnir]

Hmm....Hulk was getting the upper-hand on the helicarrier fight, tossing him around like a basketball, but I wouldn't say he was kicking Thor's ass. Thor wasn't giving it his all.

In fact *NEITHER* character was going all-out.

Yes, Hulk was enraged but the punch that caused Thor the slight nose bleed was nowhere near the force of the punch that took down the leviathan. That would've seriously hurt Thor, much the same way that massive lightning strike that destroyed multiple leviathans and many Chitauri would've seriously hurt Hulk too.

From what we've seen so far, they are pretty much equals in the MCU. Hulk's superior strength and durability is balanced out by Thor's wider variety of powers, hammer, and flight. Until/unless Thor gets the Odin Force, of course.

Just my opinion

The punch on the Leviathan worked differently not because it was a different punch but because the momentum and mass of the leviathan. It wasn't mainly the punch that messed it up, it was that Hulk kept resistance so the leviathan kept moving into his fist, which eventually made his armor break and he started to turn upwards so IM could kill it (although I don't know in what shape it would have been in if IM didn't fire on it, it couldn't have been good). If Hulk hits something far lighter, like Thor, the object will fly away.

Just pointing out that the two situations with the leviathan and Thor aren't really comparable in effect.

 

[Mjölnir]

Don't get me wrong, Thor got in some good hits & he put up a good fight but for the most part it was Hulk thrashing. He got Thor with some sensational punches, specifically the one he delivers after Thor tries to reason with him.

And while Thor is a powerful force (both in the comics and the films) I wouldn't say he's an equal to the Hulk. Even in the first movie the Hulk had some mighty impressive feats, especially toward the end. Thor brings a lot to the table but pound for pound, I don't believe he's as strong as Hulk.

Your memory of the fight might be a bit off as Hulk only gets one punch in, which is the one where Thor is reasoning with him. The first two in the fight Thor avoids, the third is blocked (then comes the reasoning part), the one where he's jumping in he gets hammered in the face, and then he doesn't throw any more punches.

After he gets rocked by Thor he throws an airplane wing, gets jerked to the ground when he tries to catch Mjolnir and then Thor grabs him around the neck and he jumps through the ceiling. The next time we see them Hulk throws Thor into the ground and then throws him away, and then the fight gets interrupted.

The sum is Hulk gets one punch in and two throws. Thor gets two punches in and one hammer shot. Thor gets a nose bleed and Hulk gets rocked. Not really that eventful compared to what can happen when those guys are at it.

 

[Herolee10]

Honestly, I feel like they're really limiting what the can do with the Hulk by still keeping him silent (or mostly silent).

Granted, I'm not asking him to start having conversations with people, but it'd be nice to see Bruce's persona having a meeting with the Hulk one in his conscious to see on how the two interact with each other and get a feel for what the real Hulk is like inside Banner.

 

[terry78]

We know he likes to be let out but the thing is he's only released when he has to fight and never to just chill, for lack of a better term. That's probably why he's always pissed. When he was around Thor, Cap and IM after the threat dispersed he was just hanging.

 

[CoherentChaos]

The punch on the Leviathan worked differently not because it was a different punch but because the momentum and mass of the leviathan. It wasn't mainly the punch that messed it up, it was that Hulk kept resistance so the leviathan kept moving into his fist, which eventually made his armor break and he started to turn upwards so IM could kill it (although I don't know in what shape it would have been in if IM didn't fire on it, it couldn't have been good). If Hulk hits something far lighter, like Thor, the object will fly away.

Just pointing out that the two situations with the leviathan and Thor aren't really comparable in effect.

It looks to me like the Leviathan's skull is probably crushed between it's own weight and Hulk's resistance (also if you watch closely, Hulk's fist puts quite a dent into it's face). Even if Hulk's punch didn't outright kill it, the rest of it's short existence would probably be nothing but miserable slump. IM's missile was probably more to make sure the corpse of the giant metal space whale didn't flip all the way over and crush the squishier Avengers.

Even though the Leviathan's own mass and momentum is probably what killed it (ie. maybe if Hulk just jumped up while it was flying up high and smacked it in the nose, and then fell back down, the damage wouldn't be as severe and the Leviathan could maybe live to fly another day), it's still impressive that the relatively tiny Hulk could bring it to a stop like that.

Especially since we see them casually crashing through entire buildings. So my thesis: Running headfirst into the Hulk is much worse than running headfirst through several feet of steel beams, concrete, dry wall, etc. Conclusion: Hulk stronger than puny building.

 

[Mjölnir]

It looks to me like the Leviathan's skull is probably crushed between it's own weight and Hulk's resistance (also if you watch closely, Hulk's fist puts quite a dent into it's face). Even if Hulk's punch didn't outright kill it, the rest of it's short existence would probably be nothing but miserable slump. IM's missile was probably more to make sure the corpse of the giant metal space whale didn't flip all the way over and crush the squishier Avengers.

Even though the Leviathan's own mass and momentum is probably what killed it (ie. maybe if Hulk just jumped up while it was flying up high and smacked it in the nose, and then fell back down, the damage wouldn't be as severe and the Leviathan could maybe live to fly another day), it's still impressive that the relatively tiny Hulk could bring it to a stop like that.

Especially since we see them casually crashing through entire buildings. So my thesis: Running headfirst into the Hulk is much worse than running headfirst through several feet of steel beams, concrete, dry wall, etc. Conclusion: Hulk stronger than puny building.

Yeah, I've personally always chalked it up as a kill for Hulk, and it's indeed a very impressive feat. Hulk should be many degrees worse than running into a wall, regardless what wall it is.

 

[Spitfire]

Even though the Leviathan's own mass and momentum is probably what killed it (ie. maybe if Hulk just jumped up while it was flying up high and smacked it in the nose, and then fell back down, the damage wouldn't be as severe and the Leviathan could maybe live to fly another day), it's still impressive that the relatively tiny Hulk could bring it to a stop like that.

Perfect explanation! Especially when his later attempt to punch a Leviathan didn't cause as much damage. Physics is a b***h t:

 

[Zoom]

Honestly, I feel like they're really limiting what the can do with the Hulk by still keeping him silent (or mostly silent).

Granted, I'm not asking him to start having conversations with people, but it'd be nice to see Bruce's persona having a meeting with the Hulk one in his conscious to see on how the two interact with each other and get a feel for what the real Hulk is like inside Banner.

Actually, I think we'll see something like that in the future, even if it's not in AoU.

 

[TheVision]

One thing Id like to see happen down the road with MCU HULK is to have him become like Joe Fixit in the comics. Where he takes over Banner completely and has his own personality etc.

 

[Wildcard]

One thing Id like to see happen down the road with MCU HULK is to have him become like Joe Fixit in the comics. Where he takes over Banner completely and has his own personality etc.

If that happened I'd be able to die happy.

 

[Zoom]

Same here. I love the different incarnations of the Hulk; it's one of the things that make him such a dynamic character, and Grey Hulk/Fixit has been my favorite to this day.

 

[Hulk1968]

As long as the Hulk smashes a lot of stuff, then I'm happy.
Maybe have have him say a few witty lines or two, then it's all good.

 

[Zoom]

There'll always be smashing.

 

[Hulk1968]

There'll always be smashing.

I should hope so. Smashing is what he does best, right fellow Hulk?

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[Zoom]

Badass art from the biggest gun of the Avengers!

 

[Farren]

I hope he wipes the floor with Tony's Hulkbuster.

 

[CoherentChaos]

I'm interested to see how Hulk handles repulsors. He shrugged off individual Chitauri blasts, but was momentarily incapacitated by a barrage of them.

Iron Man's repulsors are typically portrayed as fairly powerful, even Mark 6 was able to blast back Thor a nice distance. So I imagine Hulkbuster's repulsors are serious business.

But melee wise, Hulk should wreck it.

 

[Zoom]

I'm interested to see how Hulk handles repulsors. He shrugged off individual Chitauri blasts, but was momentarily incapacitated by a barrage of them.

Iron Man's repulsors are typically portrayed as fairly powerful, even Mark 6 was able to blast back Thor a nice distance. So I imagine Hulkbuster's repulsors are serious business.

But melee wise, Hulk should wreck it.

I wonder whether he'll use repulsors or other weapons.

 

[Kirmit]

Repulsors don't seem like they'd do much against Hulk, I imagine the Hulkbuster will be stocked with heavier artillery to tackle him like missiles and such.

 

[CoherentChaos]

Double post, oops

 

[CoherentChaos]

@Omega Hulk

I think there's a good chance t: