Question: Bruce Banner brings up at one point what SHIELD is doing in the energy business. That is actually a good question. If they want to use the Tesseract to build weapons, why would they spend millions of dollars and their top researchers on energy?
Friso94
3rd Mar 2013
The Avengers (2012)
3rd Mar 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When the Helicarrier is about to take off, Banner and Rogers are still at the edge of the landing strip, identified by the yellow SHIELD logo and the jet that Banner is checking out. But the shot hangs on Romanoff for a second, and when it cuts, Banner and Rogers are instantly at the very edge of the ship, a good 50 feet away from where they were a second ago. (00:32:55)
3rd Mar 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Steve Rogers first meets Bruce Banner, Rogers' hair keeps changing between being neat and being blown apart, depending on the angle. (00:32:35)
18th Feb 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Factual error: The Mark 7 takes 9 seconds to assemble - give or take. Judging by the view of the Chrysler Building, Stark Tower is about 300 meters high. Even if you discount the time it takes for the suit to catch up with Tony, 9 seconds is too long, he would hit the ground before the suit would fully assemble. (01:41:35)
18th Feb 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Stark is about to fire up the arc reactor underneath Stark Tower, you can see that he turns for his approach. But when he is flying in with the nuke, Stark Tower is in a straight line with the street he flew in on - the same street as when they lit the arc reactor. (00:23:45)
22nd Oct 2012
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Rogers, Banner and Stark are discussing about Stark Tower, the tools on the table move around.
22nd Oct 2012
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Thor says "I have unfinished business with Loki", you can see Hawkeye in the background removing the spent heads of his arrows, four of them, two a little lower then the rest. The shot cuts, and he is holding all four at the same height. (01:46:05)
22nd Oct 2012
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man and Thor are fighting, Thor grabs Iron Man's wrist at one point. In the next shot, he is holding him by the forearm. (00:46:55)
22nd Oct 2012
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Natasha Romanoff is telling Bruce Banner about the Tesseract, she sits down at the table, resting her arms on the table. The shot cuts, she is leaning back instantly. (00:18:10)
2nd Oct 2012
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Loki says "You don't have the Tesseract yet", The Other moves to him with his right hand raised. The shot cuts and it is now his left arm. (00:30:40)
7th Jun 2012
The Avengers (2012)
Question: Thor asks Loki who showed him the true power of the Tesseract. Then, he gets interrupted by Iron Man. But when Captain America asks Thor about Loki's plan, he knows exactly who is coming and why. Did we miss something? Did Thor already know? Or is he just guessing with a hundred percent accuracy?
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Chosen answer: Because the Tesseract is a powerful energy source and only by understanding that energy can they hope to harness it to create the weapons that they need. And there are other applications other than weapons. For example, SHIELD's Helicarrier clearly requires an insane amount of power to keep running; mastering the Tesseract and the potentially unlimited power it provides could give them a whole new range of options there. Likewise their ground installations, vehicles, equipment, all of these need power too. There are plenty of good reasons why SHIELD would look into non-weapon-based uses for the Tesseract's energies.
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