Northrop Grumman & Marvel Entertainment to make joint announcement

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Marvel Entertainment @Marvel
Marvel and @northropgrumman join forces! Come check out the #MarvelNYCC booth tomorrow at 3pm EST.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Marvel/status/916317209017937920

This is just bizarre what on earth could it be?

 

[sferrin]

NG helped design both of these so who knows?

 

[Flyaway]

I never knew that. No wonder they looked so odd.

 

[stealthflanker]

I hope they make a better Quinjet for Shield. B) I really disapprove the In-wing fan.

 

[Triton]

NG helped design both of these so who knows?

The F/A-37 Talon Strike Fighter as designed by Aldo Spadoni of Northrop Grumman for the motion picture Stealth (2005). According to Aldo, the designs were not Hollywood enough.

 

[Dragon029]

https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/916522128811413504

Event's unfortunately been cancelled (status of the partnership is still unknown), seemingly due to overwhelming objection from the public - I'm hardly the kind of person who thinks that the big bad MIC is out there to kill innocents and ruin lives, etc, but I think this response by a fan sums up why Marvel was shortsighted when they decided to announce this:

Hey y'all remember how Tony Stark stopped selling weapons because he realized he was contributing to global human misery?

 

[sferrin]

https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/916522128811413504

Event's unfortunately been cancelled (status of the partnership is still unknown), seemingly due to overwhelming objection from the public - I'm hardly the kind of person who thinks that the big bad MIC is out there to kill innocents and ruin lives, etc, but I think this response by a fan sums up why Marvel was shortsighted when they decided to announce this:

Hey y'all remember how Tony Stark stopped selling weapons because he realized he was contributing to global human misery?

I wonder how fun these idiots think the world would be if the US had no military whatsoever.

 

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This article includes the official Marvel statement on the cancellation.

The activation with Northrop Grumman at New York Comic Con was meant to focus on aerospace technology and exploration in a positive way. However, as the spirit of that intent has not come across, we will not be proceeding with this partnership including this weekend’s event programming. Marvel and Northrop Grumman continue to be committed to elevating, and introducing, STEM to a broad audience.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/7/16440850/marvel-northrop-grumman-comic-event-canceled-nycc-2017

If you pardon the pun I imagine they’ll continue their cooperation in a more stealthy way, I bet a lot of people me included didn’t know NG help design a lot of tech from their films.

 

[martinbayer]

Perhaps SpaceX would be a better match in a number of regards.

Martin

 

[DWG]

Typical Marvel, clueless when to stick with an idea, clueless when to drop one.