Factual error: When Reed and Sue are testing the Human Torch's powers, they claim that a temperature as high as the Human Torch's (5000 K to 6000 K) will "ignite the atmosphere and destroy all life". This is incorrect. Many experiments in the lab and on the field have produced temperatures several orders of magnitude larger than the temperature of the Human Torch on a similar scale. Nuclear explosions can generate temperatures in excess of 8000000 K, and temperatures produced by the largest X-ray generator (the Z machine) have been as high as 3700000000 K. Such tests have not ignited the atmosphere.
Continuity mistake: After Johnny Storm jumps from the Baxter Building, a close up of him coming from the left is inverted, as seen from the inverted "4" on his chest. (01:21:35)
Johnny Storm: [to the Thing.] Where are your ears?
Question: During the final fight Mr. Fantastic makes a remark about hot metal cooling fast, what is this about?
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Answer: Ever see Aliens 3? When a metal gets hot, it expands. When it suddenly cools, it doesn't contract evenly and often shatters or pops. It would seem he was made of a tougher metal than we thought, as he's still in one piece, but immobilised (for the moment...).
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