• Tango@piefed.ca
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    28 days ago

    In the pub, Vision didn’t kill Paladin because Paladin paying them was the only reason his goons had to not kill Tommy.

    In the sanitarium, Vision didn’t kill Paladin because a combination of the lingering effects of the EMP cage and getting shot with adamantium bullets caused his punch to be weaker than intended. It was intended to kill.

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      26 days ago

      In the pub the first time, Vision sees Paladin as the man commanding the operation and flies away. He saw the person responsible, like finding Osama Bin Laden, and flew away.

      In the pub the second time, Paladin is the threat to Tommy. With Paladin dead, the goons have no orders. But more realistic would be for Vision to take Paladin, track Philomena, and exchange Paladin for Tommy.

      Yeah the third I’ll give a pass because he was damaged. But the entire situation was ridiculous. He could have phased in. The bullets and grenades weren’t threatening.

      The reason this was poor writing was because in the second pub scene, Vision showed off just how super genius he was by knowing exactly what Paladin would say. Yet Vision attacked like he was in a Vin Diesel movie.

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        12 days ago

        It made no sense for Vision to assert that he’d already reviewed all possible outcomes and confirmed that he’d checkmated Paladin and then to do exactly what Paladin wanted and then experience the obvious consequence of it.

        Like… Huh?

        The show is just nonsense, scene by scene.

        As others have noted, these are fixable issues, so the choice not to is maddening.