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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 201 points 4 months ago (73 children)

Gotta love the movies where someone is falling only to be caught by a superhero who has accelerated to ludicrous speeds to catch the fallen and intercepts their trajectory at 90° just before hitting the ground. So the victims goes from 150mph down to some crazy speed at a 90° vector to their original path after being slammed into by superhero.

They’re so dead.

But the superhero Suspension of Disbelief Field extends to secondary characters in the story.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago (22 children)

Isn't this the story of the original Gwen Stacy? Spiderman tries to save her, but does exactly this and the force on her body kills her anyway.

It's been a long, long time since I have read the comics but iirc, it was a defining point in the spiderman canon.

[–] Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (4 children)

He used his web to grab her from above. I think her neck snaps from the whiplash?

[–] Miphera@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just rewatched the scene on YT, and he's actually just a bit too late, and her head slams into the ground with full force.

[–] Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking of the comic, but I guess it makes sense tocdo it that way in a movie meant for kids. A neck snapping might be a bit grim

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And whipping a skull into concrete isn’t grim?

[–] Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I don't experience it myself, so I couldn't say why it is the case, but I've known people who felt more freaked out or unsettled by things like death via necks snapping. If I were to try and guess, maybe it is easier to process direct impact causing lethal trauma than something that seems less... sonething? Idk. Maybe someone who has experienced this can explain.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If we are talking emma stone, she is specifically shown hitting her head during the whiplash which is what kills her

[–] Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

I was referring to the original version in the comic. I haven't followed all the revisions and alternate universes to know the variations.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess it wasn't quite her tempo?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

J. Jonah Jameson? How did you end up with a drumstick?

Did you go through a portal? Was it a spirit portal?

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

He just clicked his heels and transported from Oz.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean, when a person suddenly falls, there's really just no way to save them, is there?

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

There is. You just need to spread out the deceleration from a few centimeters to a few meters in the falling direction, and make sure the force is being applied all over their body, not just a few spots (think bouncy castle vs rebar).

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

There is a video of someone jumping from a plane with no parachute into cardboard boxes

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