A wooden gun. Richards, you crafty bastard.…………This was the good old days where bad guys told you every aspect of their plan before they killed you *sigh* simpler times.  A lesson for all. Wood beats magnets. (in the land of poorly thought out 1970′s era superhero cartoons)

They really don’t set the bar too high on these old Fantanstic 4 episodes.  When The police come up in a metal car, with metal guns, metal belt buckles, WTF?   When he realizes it was a trick, what exactly is going to stop Magneto from flinging those metal police cars around and smashing everyone?  Also, Why the hell does Reed Richards need a gun to take down one guy who has no physical superpowers and can’t effect Reed with the power he does have? Couldn’t Reed have just decked him, or wrapped him up?

Here’s what likely would have happened:

Reed:- “No Magneto, I tricked you with a wooden gun!”

Magneto:-”Oh! So I still have my powers then?”

Reed:- “Yes, I trick…………….OH SHI%?!”

[Magneto then rips the police and Richards apart with the police badges]

Magneto:- “How embarrassing!  Well, I suppose everyone’s entitled to an off day.”

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Here’s a clip from earlier in the episode.  Magneto Stops at a gas station in his flying purple car and asks for directions, then get’s stuck in traffic.

 

A more interesting argument was Magneto Vs. Darth Vader.  We all agreed that Magneto would easily take Darth Vader. Yet, one of my friends stated,”What if Darth Vader got the jump on him?”  Well, no shit, if you got the jump on someone you’d have a huge advantage.

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