X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Could Magneto do it?

Join as we look at whether it was really possible for Magneto to levitate the Golden Gate Bridge in X-Men 3: The Last Stand.

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[daveshn]

Here's a way it could happen, it's a movie.

[alex3erynys]

it's a movie. and the mere fact that he can create magnetic fields means that he can make it as weak or as strong as he wants in any shape or form. so yeah. he could do it. just because YOU can't use magnets to lift the bridge, you're saying he cant. but he's a fictional character with SUPERPOWERS, you're not. duh.

[MusicKlo]

It's a good video and very educational. However, it's very hard to understand at times because of the microphone; it gets a bit static-y.

[mariah3510]

@Akhaggar hahahahahahahahaha!!!!! Oh My

[GodConsciousness]

I strongly disagree with the conclusion reached by the video's author for the simple fact that he/she is not Magneto. Being Magneto means not worrying about the different materials comprising an object because all the Master of Magnetism need do is INCREASE the field strength and apply it accordingly using his imagination. It's basically being a sentient magnet generating high levels of Tesla and projecting your consciousness through the fields you generate to make the required corrections.

[GodConsciousness]

Earth-616 Magneto's power is limited only by his human physiology, imagination, and the Electromagnetic Force's application. The applications, however, are virtually limitless because our perception of reality is governed by the EMF (not gravity) and our Universe is apparently fueled by electricity as the stars themselves are huge spheres of plasma (the very stuff of lightning) and astronomers recently detected a lightning bolt in space equal to a trillion Earth bolts.

[GodConsciousness]

Magneto, according to Earth-616 Marvel canon, is able to manipulate the entire Electromagnetic Force but his primary form of power is magnetism. Magnetism alone is a formidable force, depending on how much tesla one can generate. At 2 T, a magnetic field can pinch human skin painfully due to our body water's diamagnetism. Magneto can effortlessly generate 200 T. What is the magnetic field needed to lift a 30,000-ton Typhoon-class sub with the water pressure effectively making it 50,000 tons?

[srdjan455]

Interesting fact

in the films Magnetos power seems to be metal manipulation (and to be able to levitate it). In the comics it's complete control control over the electromagnetic spectrum (but he just happens to use magnetic fields the most)

[valiare1947]

@tudorjason He didn't tear it apart, just from it's supports. He then levitated it over to an island so that his mutant army could cross over to it and destroy the facility where they're making the "cure" for Mutants and kill the mutant that was the source for said "cure".

[Akhaggar]

"Negatively charged neutrons"? Learn some physics dude ;)

[tudorjason]

OMG. Okay, I don't watch X-Men, but I'm wondering why this Magneto guy tore the Golden Gate Bridge apart. He probably killed dozens of people in doing that.

[ursamajour]

@sameshitdifday I didn't say Storm *always* had her ass handed to her by Mags, just in the vast majority of their encounters. Hell, even Wolverine has managed to land a potentially fatal blow on Magneto, and he's one of the most vulnerable to Mags. There's a reason you typically have Magneto vs. the *entire* X-Men roster. It's classic comic book storytelling, as well. The primary enemy of a superhero group has to be so ungodly redonkalously powerful that characters must cooperate to defeat him.