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Jun 7, 2019 19:29:56 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

A suppressor isn't anywhere near as quiet in real life as it is in the movies, let alone compared to a bow.  But you're right, bows for superheroes are antiquated.  It's a throwback to the golden age of Robin Hood stories and it just looks fun onscreen.      

It's true that a suppressor is not as quiet as movies make them out. But on a rifle from 100 yards away, I doubt you'd hear it at all.

Yes, the bow and arrow on superheroes is an old throwback. But, as with most old throwbacks, its one that needs to be re-addressed and modernized. For example, give the character other abilities to counter the low power level of a bow and arrow.

SNL did a great skit about the subject when Jeremy Renner hosted. In the skit the Avengers are about to go into action and Hawkeye simply runs out of arrows.

But even with the characters like Hawkeye and Green Arrow I'm willing to suspend my disbelief a little because those characters choose the bow and arrow because they're trying to find non-lethal methods of taking down criminals. They're trying to incapacitate, not kill. On a street level criminal it might be affective.

My problem comes in when they're up against Thanos and Galactus. Did you notice Hawkeye kicking much ass then?