Reed’s elasticity is smart and adaptive when he controls it. But under external force, he’s vulnerable bc his power is not invulnerability, it’s molecular manipulation, and that depends on conscious control.
Reed can stretch insanely far if he initiates and controls it. If someone else stretches him with superior force or speed, he can’t adapt fast enough, and his tissue fails like any material pushed past design limits.
In the comics, Reed has been stretched, twisted, or unraveled when he’s overpowered. He’s not indestructible, his elasticity has thresholds that vary in diff context . Once you exceed them, he can lose cohesion, consciousness, even neural function.
The 2000s movie treats him
$UNH isn’t a sinking ship. It’s a transfer of belief.
Retail piled in after the 40% drawdown. The narrative was: big, boring, safe. Then came the squeeze. Now they need sellers.
So right on cue 10 days before earnings you get a flood of hit pieces. DOJ probe. Asset sales.