The Defenders--Marvel/Netflix
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They wouldn't have the bulletproof tissue under the shirt that could take the impact, which is where the real damage is done. Since he is pretty regularly using himself as a shield and getting his clothing torn to shreds though, a tight yellow vibranium-weave v-neck would keep him from having to restock constantly.
Or he could, y'know, just take off his shirt. He's super-strong, invulnerable, and ripped. If you got it, flaunt it. Queue Right Said Fred.
Slight problem: vibranium isn't exactly easy to come by and if such a thing even existed, it's value would be greater than that of the Shir---I mean Manhattan!
Really speaking, he doesn't need something to stop bullets, just something that can transfer the kinetic energy onto him without becoming damaged. A conductor rather than an insulator.
Really speaking, he doesn't need something to stop bullets, just something that can transfer the kinetic energy onto him without becoming damaged. A conductor rather than an insulator.
On a completely different note, I found myself wondering if we'll actually hear the name "Defenders" in the show, and if so, who will coin the term?
Come to think of it, I bet Karen will name them in a New York Bulletin article when their actions become public and the team will hate it.
Come to think of it, I bet Karen will name them in a New York Bulletin article when their actions become public and the team will hate it.
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^ Eh, I'd rather they didn't go there...I never thought the name "The Avengers" was to be taken literally, in or out of comics.
Yeah, I never quite got why they were called that.
Because the Wasp thought it sounded colorful and dramatic...and so did Stan.
Yeah, there was literally no comic book explanation. The movie did a much better job with explaining it if you ignore that it was already called "The Avengers Initiative" long before the justification.
My interpretation for that is the idea behind for the initiative was to have a group of enhanced that could hit back if SHIELD ever got blindsided by something they couldn't see coming. I mean by definition "avenging" is not a proactive concept, right?
More to the point: he's the only one with a secret identity.
I'll be curious to see if that's a point of contention among the others. I can see Luke and Danny being OK with it if Claire vouches for him, but I can see Jessica being less than happy. Of course if he actually takes the mask off for them it's academic.
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That's the thing, I never really bought into the movie's attempt to explain/justify the name...that's a detail that I prefer to squint past. Stan got it right the first time when the Wasp pulled it out of her ass.
If you mean Tony's line about avenging Coulson in The Avengers, I never took that explaining the name, since of course the name had existed since the first movie. I just took it as Tony (and Whedon) using the already-established Avengers name to add resonance to his threat to Loki -- i.e. it's not just a label anymore, now it really means something to us and we intend to live up to it.
I preferred not to even put that kind of thought into it, because trying to make the name literally meaningful was a cheesy move, IMO.