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<p dir="auto"><strong>PencilNeckedGeek</strong> — <em>12 years ago(September 30, 2013 10:50 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I have a strong suspicion about this one, but I'd love to get other people's take on this question. So here it is:<br />
Superheroes have been in movies for 70+ years. For most of those years, Hollywood struggled to figure out how to show super-strength in fights, relying mostly on having the characters literally throw each other around.<br />
It seems to me that only fairly recently have they figured out how to actually <em>sell</em> a super-powered punch so that it looks believable.<br />
Any thoughts on when that was? What movie first came up with a good way to do it?<br />
"And far away in his cage, the monkey smiled with his all-seeing eyes."</p>
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<p dir="auto">Even though it looked a bit corny, matrix revolutions bullet time punch scene came to mind.<br />
Incredible Hulk punching abomination was also good (the "is that all you've got?" punch).</p>
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