Arthur C. Clarke — 'Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.'
Nano tech has long since been in the comics, and is very much so real. Though obviously not at this level yet.
Oh yeah, sure - agreed entirely. No one is calling Stark or T'Challa's work magic though. They played that card with Asgardians to justify their mythical abilities. They justify Strange with "the computer programming of the universe" for lack of a better term.
Stark has been grounded in pseudo-accessible tech. Nanotech is really cool, especially from an aspect of materials science and the forces it can withstand. Some of the current carbon structure work has mind boggling potential. That's the sort of stuff in my mind that can validate Spidey's webshooters, even if he's synthesizing it in a high school lab. But when we start getting into conservation of mass and application of nanotech in Stark's method, it just doesn't stand up. That's why the wristband was cool in Civil War, it was mechanically somewhat believable.
But again, it's a movie, you can't dig that hard or you'll hate anything you watch. It's like my father calling out substituted gun sounds in movies - yes it's incorrect but it makes it far more imposing/impressive. The more you know about the subjects the harder it is to fool you....like Ant Man would be punching holes in people. The Empire would have won by the time you warped to reach the Star Destroyer. Methylamine isn't as hard to get as Walter makes it out to be. Molecule8 releasing their John Lennon. The list goes on.
But these are supposed to be relativistically placed in our timeframe, then it still is absurdly advanced. Even if we scale it up with the capabilities of Stark's knowledge. Movies =/= comics, just can't work that well. I'd much rather see them apply alloy and nano-materials technology to develop more durable armors, that's fitting. I suppose I just love the justification aspect, it's a sign of good writing.
Then again - if we did that we'd also logically give every Avenger an Iron Man suit so...
But despite that - I rant on something I honestly can't let myself care about in the big picture, as I'm sure most don't. It's fun to pick apart at a given time, maybe when you're studying a related subject; it's fun and wonderful to be inspired by movies so that you do try learn more about the real world. But being picky to be picky is not a way to live your movies. Cinema is supposed to take you away. Which I realize sounds really contradictory based on the above.
I agree with you 100%. Throughout the entire Black Panther movie I was just like uhh...suuuuure. You possess alien technology, sure, super believable.
Oh yeah, I get that. I just had to throw it out after a point and have fun with it. I think one of the big reasons they did this shift all because they don't have to work with physical helmets as much anymore, and actors have more range to work. Look at Stark's helmet, Any Man's, Black Panther's, Star Lord's. They can just make it appear when they need it rather than having to work with it as often practically.
