Iron Man 2

[Xantar]

Apparently, Jon Favreau didn't get along with Terence Howard. We'll never actually know the real story of why they replaced him, though. Don Cheadle reportedly got the part three days before shooting began, so he probably wasn't feeling too prepared.

And I think the idea was that Tony knew he was dying, so he let Rhodey take the War Machine suit. But while we're talking about that suit, what were the drones made out of? They got cut up by bullets shot out of War Machine's wrist guns. Even if they were made out of plain old steel, no small caliber gun is that powerful.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Xantar

And I think the idea was that Tony knew he was dying, so he let Rhodey take the War Machine suit.

Ahhh...that makes sense. Still...Rhodey is a fast learner, as I recall Tony spent quite a bit of time in Iron Man learning how to just use the suit.

Originally Posted by Xantar

But while we're talking about that suit, what were the drones made out of? They got cut up by bullets shot out of War Machine's wrist guns. Even if they were made out of plain old steel, no small caliber gun is that powerful.

Made in Russia. Or made by Hammer Industries. Take your pick.

[Ginkasa]

Originally Posted by Xantar

Apparently, Jon Favreau didn't get along with Terence Howard. We'll never actually know the real story of why they replaced him, though. Don Cheadle reportedly got the part three days before shooting began, so he probably wasn't feeling too prepared.

And I think the idea was that Tony knew he was dying, so he let Rhodey take the War Machine suit. But while we're talking about that suit, what were the drones made out of? They got cut up by bullets shot out of War Machine's wrist guns. Even if they were made out of plain old steel, no small caliber gun is that powerful.

I thought they got cut up by the shoulder cannon....

[Xantar]

Originally Posted by Ginkasa

I thought they got cut up by the shoulder cannon....

Because I think too much, I was paying attention to how Iron Man and War Machine were killing the drones. The shoulder cannon did a lot of work, it's true, but there is a distinct shot of one drone getting heavily perforated by the wrist guns which, remember, are supposed to be little submachine guns. So those drones were apparently about as well armored as your average civilian car. Meanwhile Iron Man and War Machine are shrugging off bullets left, right and center.

[Ginkasa]

Originally Posted by Xantar

Because I think too much, I was paying attention to how Iron Man and War Machine were killing the drones. The shoulder cannon did a lot of work, it's true, but there is a distinct shot of one drone getting heavily perforated by the wrist guns which, remember, are supposed to be little submachine guns. So those drones were apparently about as well armored as your average civilian car. Meanwhile Iron Man and War Machine are shrugging off bullets left, right and center.

I suppose. If you wanted to try to "explain" it within the story you could suppose that they really were "armored" like a car. The drones are simply refurbished version of the suits that Hammer had already built. Remember he said he "rushed the prototypes," etc.

Anyway, small quibble. The movie has bigger issues.