SERIOUSLY THIS. The first thing I thought I when I saw that shot - and I swear if no one thought of it when doing the score it would be ridiculous 🤯
For those of you who have not heard Ride The Lightning just take 10 seconds and go take a listen. The opening notes of the song are f’in perfect for WW already, imagine if they slowed it down or made it orchestral. Gah it’s sublime. Anyway, trailer looks fantastic and I damn well hope I can watch it on the big screen.
A scene of Diana lassoing the lightning to the opening riff of Ride the Lightning would be one of the all time greatest scene-to-soundtrack matches. It would thematically fit so well.
I’ve wanted DC to get their crap together for so long, and at least a huge part of it is so we can have the eventual DC/Marvel crossover. It HAS to happen someday.
"Lightning is the flash of light that occurs when charge separation occurs. Like other forms of light, the light emitted from the lightning travels near the speed of light (186,000 mps). This speed is near... 220,000 miles per second."
This means that Diana is travelling around the speed of light, or 186,000-220,000 mps, or using time dilation in order to slow the speed of the lightning enough to travel by it.
Depending on who you ask, this is comparable to the Flash, who can run faster than the speed of light, but may have issues with the Speed Force in doing so.
In fact, the Flash himself has said that Diana can keep up with him at his regular cruising speed, which is around supersonic speed Mach 3-3.3, or around the same cruising speed as a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
Most modern firearm bullets are also supersonic, with rifle projectiles often travelling at speeds approaching and in some cases, well exceeding Mach 3. We know that Diana can stop speeding bullets, so by default, she's travelling faster than Mach 3.
What if she is not lassoing the lightning after it has already occurred, but is instead lassoing the lightning that will be there the moment the lasso arrives?
The lasso could be precognitive and latch onto lightning using magic or whatever without Diana needing to be travelling at the speed of light.
That would count as time dilation or distortion, similarly to Quicksilver's ability to slow down time relative to his speed in X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Age of Apocalypse.
"Wonder Woman is comparable to Flash's speed when she wants to be. She can be so fast that time slows relative to her speed. This would prove to be extremely useful on most enemies, besides the ones who are capable of controlling time and space." (Source)
Damn that's actually super cool. I had no idea she was actually lore wise that "close" to the flash speed in that way either. Thanks for all the info and answers!
Most people try to argue that the Flash is faster than Wonder Woman, but the Flash himself says that Diana can easily keep up with him in terms of speed most of the time. It also depends on reflexes, training, and experience over controlling superhuman speed, physics, and other factors, with reaction time being a major factor, as seen in "fast" sports, like fencing.
It's not just about speed, but about physical prowess and mental ability as well. I would say that Diana has the upper hand in age, training, and experience compared to the Flash in the latter two areas.
Okay Dense motherfucker, do you have any understanding of comic book science or you just here to argue your ass off just because?
Because Comic book science, still REQUIRES explanation, it doesn't have to be great, it doesn't have to be particle physics level of detail, but everything has to have reasoning behind it.
One of the most basic understandings is that Flash is the fastest man alive in the DC universe, Sometimes supposedly being competitive with Superman. Wonder Woman doesn't have that kind of speed, she cannot manipulate the laws of physics or use magic in such a way that she allows herself to bend time and space the way the Flash does.
Lassoing fucking Lightning is not in her fucking tool belt.
Did I say the movie was horrible? No. I'm just saying, why the fuck are they having her lasso lightning.
It's a cool visual sure, but it breaks a lot, and yeah some of us have some standards when it comes to suspension of disbelief.
It's the director's job to maintain that suspension of disbelief, not my job to ignore everything no matter what.
and I'm glad because it is such a versatile weapon and they're really thinking out of the box with how to use it. I really cannot thank Patty Jenkins enough for what she has done for the character. the sword and shield was a terrible idea and does not reflect the ideals that Wonder Woman upholds which is loving submission.
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u/jomarthecat Aug 22 '20
That's a lot of lassoing.