OMG! HEAT-SENSORS!

That scene in Thor 2 where the dark elves attack Asgard.

 Ok, so the Aether is on Asgard and everyone is expecting an attack. We see Heimdall standing there, doing his job, when he suddenly bolts outside. OH NO, IT'S THE DARK ELVES! like a boss he jumps up and proceeds to attack their ship. AH! How will he stop it, it's too powerful! DAGGER TO THE EXAUST PORT. The ship explodes, Asgard is saved, YAY! Then the bombshell, there are more ships, as well as the ginormous mother ship. Asgard is totally screwed.

Right here me and my brother were face-palming like crazy, and let me tell you why. Earlier Heimdall complained about being unable to see the Dark Elves despite his powers, and he obviously didn't see those huge freaking ships until they were right on top of him. So what is an advanced alien civilization with amazing technology beyond comprehension going to do? Sadly the answer is put up a shield(that doesn't work) and hope for the best. Yikes.


Really guys?

I would also like to point out that the aforesaid conversation also takes place very close to the one where Odin kind-of slams humanity and human technology, and this is not the first time that one of the "higher races" from the marvel universe has dissed humans for being "inferior".

Well...

"Oh dear Asgard's being attacked, hold this please, and.. oh you can't do, pass me that wire, can't do anything about it because the ships are invisible? Gosh, and the Dark Elves, pass me that screwdriver would you, have lasers and you only have stupid swords and spears that are short range. What could I, a pitiful human, jumper cables please, possibly do that could ever have any sort of effect on these guys. Oh, hey look at this, Thor just hook the other end of that cable to Mjölnir, ok good, and oh... what's this?!

OMG!
HEAT SENSORS!!

And what else? Gasp, a missile system with heat trackers! Isn't human technology GREAT! Those invisible ships are pretty worthless now aren't they? Yeah, the whole Dark Elf/ Asgardian battle to the death, the thousands of innocent deaths, completely avoided. HOW'S THAT FOR AN INFERIOR SPECIES ODIN!!!