I was just thinking about the explosive gel, and it occurred to me that there's no real way to trigger it, is there? Cause doesn't Batman just spray the gel onto the wall in the shape of a bat? Then he steps away and triggers the gel with a remote detonator in his hand. But how does that signal from the detonator activate the gel? Is there some sort of receiver stuck inside the gel that receives the signal from the detonator? I didn't see any. The gel itself can't possibly receive remote signals, can it? It's just this gel substance.
Has anyone figured out how Batman triggers the gel to explode?
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I was just thinking about the explosive gel, and it occurred to me that there's no real way to trigger it, is there? Cause doesn't Batman just spray the gel onto the wall in the shape of a bat? Then he steps away and triggers the gel with a remote detonator in his hand. But how does that signal from the detonator activate the gel? Is there some sort of receiver stuck inside the gel that receives the signal from the detonator? I didn't see any. The gel itself can't possibly receive remote signals, can it? It's just this gel substance.
Has anyone figured out how Batman triggers the gel to explode?
Wow, someone has social issues. You are talking about how a fictional character detonates fictional explosive gel, in a video game. Seriously calm down.
" Wow, someone has social issues. You are talking about how a fictional character detonates fictional explosive gel, in a video game. Seriously calm down. "I ask a question about something in a video game, on a video game website... you decide to be a complete douche, and I'M the one with the social issues?
Fucking hilarious, you are.
You are asking about something so incredibly trivial and no real answer for. The developers don't need to explain every single detail on why something works. Besides my comment was a half-joke, and you suggested I die in a fire, so yeah, I think you have social issues, or 10 year old girl feelings one of the two.
I know shit-all about science and compounds, but I'd posit the guess that the gel has some sort of chemical trigger which responds to a certain wavelength - and the detonator emits exactly that.
It's most likely impossible, but if he doesnt place a physical reciever on the charge, I don't see any other explanation.
Its like this. Batman has nano tech, He has infinite replicating batarangs doesnt he? So inside his bat gel are tiny nano RF receivers mixed into the explosive molecular structure. When they receive the correct RF signal, the nano receivers modify their structure thus creating a chemical reaction within the explosive molecule. This causes the chain reaction which detonates the gel.
I would assume that the detonator sends out some sort of frequency that the gel is extremely volatile towards and that causes it to detonate.
Or something. He's Batman, it doesn't have to make sense.
" All these receiver-less solutions sound good, except that... well, when you send out this frequency to detonate, what's stopping the frequency from detonating the explosive gel in the gel gun? And of course, we haven't even addressed the threat proximity gel... "If you take my nano RF concept a step further, you could explain that the nano RF receivers in the Gel are only activated when they pass a suppression field in the nozzle of the gun.
Bahaha... wow this has gone waaaayyy off topic." @creamypies said:
" Why does it matter? "Why does anything matter? We're all just atoms being carried along this temporal stream of chaos... "
" It wasn't in any issue, I loosely made up the name from whatever the tool or machine from the Adam West Batman movie where he had to put the members of the UN back together again. "Ooooh, right on. I never watched the Adam West Batman movie, was it any good? Did I miss anything? Should it be on my rental list?
" I think when we are talking about a universe in which people can turn into mutant crocodiles, manipulate plants with their body and mind, and become stories-high Scarecrows through the use of special gases and drugs, a suspension of disbelief is definitely necessary. "I'm pretty sure Scarecrow didn't actually grow to be stories-high, it was all just a hallucination in Batman's mind.
Yes. Watch it in all it's glory.
You'll get the same joy out of this movie as I enjoy this thread.
" @RHCPfan24 said:True, but it was definitely a fantastical stretching of the imagination. Nonetheless, you can see the point I am making here, right?" I think when we are talking about a universe in which people can turn into mutant crocodiles, manipulate plants with their body and mind, and become stories-high Scarecrows through the use of special gases and drugs, a suspension of disbelief is definitely necessary. "I'm pretty sure Scarecrow didn't actually grow to be stories-high, it was all just a hallucination in Batman's mind. "
" Batman has nano tech... "Boy, I wish I'd suggested this! Oh, wait...
@Delta_Ass: The oldskool Bats movie was on telly here recently. It was a lazy Sunday, there was nothing really to watch while I ate my lunch and then KAPOW! This little baby came on. I hadn't seen it in years, and I couldn't wait to revisit it in all its camp-as-a-row-of-pink-tents glory. It didn't disappoint.
" @Fullmetal216 said:You talk like Yoda, so I think he may be right... Anyway, I try not to be too nit-picky about realism in my super hero games." Wow, someone has social issues. You are talking about how a fictional character detonates fictional explosive gel, in a video game. Seriously calm down. "I ask a question about something in a video game, on a video game website... you decide to be a complete douche, and I'M the one with the social issues? Fucking hilarious, you are. "
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