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Tony Stark's politics

Repulsor tech went back to Stark's flying cars, which were apparently being used by SHIELD in the 60s, so the tech had been out there for a while.

The flying car didn't work and outside of the comics SHIELD didn't have flying cars in '60s taht I know of. Nor was it ever stated that the flying car was powered by repulsors.

It should be stated though that it was just Hammer that had powered armor prototypes. That scene was taken from a similar scene in Robocop 2, I loved that BTW. Still it proved that countries and companies were also working on the same armor technologies that Stark had perfected.
 
I believe that Lola was said to go back to an earlier era, and given the model of car....

The connection with Stark's exhibit in the 40s is never stated, but it seem highly likely.
 
"Repulsor" is an EM cone of excited air propelled by constant supply of high energy conduction to a suitable expellent pad.

Vanko was nearly or as smart as Tony, it's the least complicated part of the process, Obi was able to come up with it on his own as the Mark I seemed to be chemical propellent only.

And Stark was okay with lending it to the Insight Class carrriers without much thought, so it's low on the order of genious level inventions and ability to aquire.

Oh, and most importantly of all Vanko was given the Mark II War Machine armour by Hammer to back engineer, he could have, you know, ran up basic copies too.

Vanko reverse engineering Repulsors from Warmachine would be the easiest explanation even if we only see him working on the Hammer drones and not Warmachine itself. We only see the sales pitch by Hammer to the US military about the weapon upgrades but it's safe to assume that they need to take apart the armor and study it so they can figure out how to apply all the bells and whistles safely.

However this is one of the things again that don't stand up to real world scrutiny because it is said that Repulsor tech is proprietary to Stark Industries so if Hammer tried to equip his Drones with this not a single one would make it off the ground before Stark lawyers would destroy them in court for patent infringement and industrial espionage. (and i seriously doubt SI would license this tech to its top competitor).

We actually see Rhodey removing the arc reactor from the MK2 before Hammer arrives. Whatever Hammer used in his drones must've been a Vanko knock-off, which would have been much better than Vanko's first knock-off thanks to the advice Tony gave him in prison.
 
Since Loki was unable to turn his mind.

I just took that to mean that without more direct skin contact, the Mind Gem won't work, and Loki wasn't sure what it was he kept hitting that blocked the staff, and didn't have enough time or patience to try something else.

I don't buy this. Certainly Loki noticed the feel of the scepter against the reactor casing was different than against bone/skin. Plus the "clink" sound as the scepter hit the reactor casing.
 
"Stark gravitic reversion technology":

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUBduT3Qh6M[/yt]

If it's not repulsor tech, I think it's implied to be an early version...and could have been implemented in knock-off Iron Man suits.

Don't touch Lola.
 
Obi was able to come up with it on his own as the Mark I seemed to be chemical propellent only.

Seeing as how Stane was the Big Gun at SI at that time, he would have had access to repulsor tech to use in the Iron Monger. What he couldn't do is replicate the miniature arc reactor. That's why he stole the one from Tony's chest.

I was waiting for that one. ;)
 
SHIELD had access to everything Howard made, including the hover car and Arc technology.

The important thing is, only Tony could make it viable, and portable (and stable). And he has chosen not to give the rather important breakthroughs needed for that to nearly everyone.

He likely only elaborated on his fathers work to help SHIELD with what they already knew to help the Insight Class fly with the new engines. And power them potentially.

But he alone still holds the ability to make the full one Arc reactors, full size and small, and importantly, the new element that makes the much more powerful version.

Vanko had access to his fathers shared schematics for a smaller arc reactor, built one figuring out the rest with his own intellect. Tony told him how to double the power, which he later apparently did.

He had access to War Machine for a while, resprayed it, built guns into it, reprogrammed it, likely used the arc/repulsor tech to go for a quick and dirty finish on a drone army that may not have been all that great in sustained use to take out Iron Man. It all blowed up, so that's that.

Everyone who gets hold of Tony's tech for some amount of time either dies, it all blows up, or they're on his side and stop people stealing it.

Falcon's flying suit...no idea.

Seeing as how Stane was the Big Gun at SI at that time, he would have had access to repulsor tech to use in the Iron Monger. What he couldn't do is replicate the miniature arc reactor. That's why he stole the one from Tony's chest.

He had access to the version in the Jerico, Tony went all out on the suits. Even Obi's version was noticeably less advanced and wasteful than the Mark III armour, as well as other drawbacks he didn't think of.

So yes, Obi had them, but a much less effecient variety. He was a smart man, he had some brilliant scientists working for him and would undoubtidly have made his personal Mark II much better, but he won't be doing that now...
 
Lola is clearly a callback to Fury's old flying Ferrari, minus the rocket launchers and machine guns of course. ;)
 
Lola has machine guns..."Nothing Personal", 1x20, according to the wiki at the link above.

I remember squeeing.
 
Lola has machine guns..."Nothing Personal", 1x20, according to the wiki at the link above.

I remember squeeing.

Episode 1.20--"Nothing Personal". When Coulson rescued Skye from Ward and Deathlok.

And the machine guns were mentionned, if not seen, in the pilot (as well as flamethrowers).
 
Seeing as how Stane was the Big Gun at SI at that time, he would have had access to repulsor tech to use in the Iron Monger. What he couldn't do is replicate the miniature arc reactor. That's why he stole the one from Tony's chest.

He had access to the version in the Jerico, Tony went all out on the suits. Even Obi's version was noticeably less advanced and wasteful than the Mark III armour, as well as other drawbacks he didn't think of.
So, we agree? :lol:
 
Lola has machine guns..."Nothing Personal", 1x20, according to the wiki at the link above.

I remember squeeing.

Episode 1.20--"Nothing Personal". When Coulson rescued Skye from Ward and Deathlok.

And the machine guns were mentionned, if not seen, in the pilot (as well as flamethrowers).

Check the quote...you must've been looking that up the same time that I was. :p
 
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