Why is all MCU Reed stretching powers a joke? We’ve seen 2 so far and both make his powers seem useless. Do these writers literally have no imagination?

>>149560730 (OP)
The incredibles made elastigirl look strong and are a bootleg fantastic 4

>>149561323
superior* fantastic 4

Seeing heroes humiliated like this genuinely gets under my skin.

>>149560730 (OP)
Okay so how much SHOULD Reed be able to stretch before it kills him?

>>149561677
the diameter of the earth

>>149561677
At least around the US.

>>149561677
Reed's power are inexplicably good, he can basically turn himself into anything and stretch way beyond what you'd consider reasonable.

>>149561719
>>149561949
that's both bullshit since he's regularly beaten by stretching too much inside a single room or dungeon. He's not Plastic Man
>>149561677
enough to scale a building, but not a skyscraper

>>149561968
you're thinking of Plastic Man. He can turn himself into anything. Reed can only stretch himself into shapes, he can't assume different anatomy.

>>149561989
I could have sworn Reed also had mild shapeshifting

>>149561989
He can stretch more than 12 feet. Him getting hurt and not being able to stretch 12 feet is fucking stupid.

>>149560730 (OP)
Is this a real image from the movie? Why does the CG look like a PS2 game

>>149562053
because movies are shit now and made by 10,000 sweatshop workers being paid $0.000001/hr to each make a piece of Galactus's ballsack

>>149561472
bootleg

>>149562007
He do

>>149562161
thanks for clearing it up for me

>>149560730 (OP)
Is that seriously the extent of his stretching? What a joke. Compare that to all the crazy shit he does in recent books. What's even the point if Richards can only stretch that far?

>>149562042
Obviously OP is way more than 12 feet

bump

>>149561989
Plastic man can't either. He molds what he has into looking like it like a tranny. Stretchy people changing their shape isn't the same as shape shifting.

>>149563503
That is just a fundamental misunderstanding of how Plastic works. His powers go well beyond "molding what he has into looking like something else". He can fully transform his body into working machinery, producing light from lights, or smoke from engines, or functional rockets and cannons. In the Terrifics he forms working guns and gasmasks. He is an outright cartoon character that obeys no laws of physics, not just a guy who can stretch into funny shapes.

>>149560730 (OP)
>guy with power to stretch is defeated by being stretched
this is like beating Aquaman by drowning him

>>149561989
North run buffed him a lot and even then Byrne had himself shaped himself into a dinosaur one time

>>149562161
This feels like something i shouldn't be allowed to see

>>149560730 (OP)
In this scene, I thought surviving this was going to make Reed realize he never truly stress tested how much he could stretch and survive, and he would do some very impressive things afterward.
I also thought Galactus was going to shoot him away like a rubber band.
The underwhelming display of Reed's powers was the lowlight of the movie for me. Thing going underused wasn't a big issue since we already have plenty of scenes of strong dudes punching or lifting shit. Johnny's flight scenes were good. Sue had a good display as well, but it's always irked me a bit that they power crept her so much to being basically the most powerful member of the group to compensate for just turning invisible not being that useful in a fight.

>>149560730 (OP)
Stretching powers are horrific or funny, no inbetween - esp in live action

>>149562161
He's still a donut here, so this is still technically just stretching

>>149563503
Plastic Man doesn't really have elastic powers, his power is physiology manipulation where he literally can control and transmute into any state and design of matter that creates and dissipates its own unique energy.

>>149560730 (OP)
What game is this? Looks sick.

>>149562146
>>149561323
At this point even the F4 movie was advertising itself as "a live-action Incredibles movie," like how sad is that. Imagine Superman advertising itself as "Homelander but a good guy," or something.

It's time to accept the Incredibles are the main version now.

>>149564966
Marvel's Avengers game by squeenix
You missed the chapter where the team fights Galactus.

>>149563905
Wouldn't plastic melt from the heat?

>>149560730 (OP)
>Do these writers literally have no imagination?
Do we even know what the WRITERS are like?

>>149561677
About as much as a regular human

>>149564066
Who the hell is the kung fu dude
What's with reeds proportions there

>>149560730 (OP)
Seems a bit petty of Galactus to physically play with a mortal like a toy

When in conflict it seems his tactics are more "ignore lesser beings" "Blast vaguely in their direction with a generic energy blast"

Does Reed and Thing to anything in this movie?

>>149560730 (OP)
Since the giant fuckhead has no size control powers of his own in this adaptation, reed should have been stretchy enough to wrap around his arms and neck to try and immobilize him, just like that one comic cover. He's barely even pulled on in this and nearly fucking dies. How is this dipshit supposed to do basic shit like save people from a burning building or trapped on some broken bridge or some other shit if he can't even stretch? Jesus, he'd fucking struggle to save a kitten from a tree with how stretchy he is.

Marvel Rivals Reed is a much better character than this Reed.

>>149569385
Nu-Iron Fist
Marvel Rivals Reed has an ability where he forms a human shield and blocks all damage.
The art is a reference to Raiden punching Armstrong in Metal Gear Rising.

>>149561677
The trick is to start from a vital spot and pull fast and hard like a berserk Savage Hulk. Pulling hands to feet should take a fantastic amount of distance to do damage.

>>149562354
How much is it
I'm not a good judge of distance

>>149569975
Reed invents the teleporter thing that teleports Galactus
Thing punches Galactus in the head and visits a synagogue to meet some jewish girl I think

How far can comic Reed stretch again? This seems low

>>149572898
Does this answer your question?

Stretchy list

1. Plastic Man
2. Jake from Adventure Time
3. Stretch Armstrong
4. Reed Richards

>>149561980
>He's not Plastic Man
Then why should we give a fuck about Reed?

Plastic Man is cheating because stretching is the side effect/low tier of his larger powerset. But I do hope Plas comes into the DCU for Terrifics. Maybe Marvel will hear fan feedback and do more with Reed later

>>149565673
he isn't literally made of plastic, it's just a catchy name