Movies in General

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Just to point this out, That was not the real World. It's a relatable world but not the real one. As a example I point to five things.
first) the US military in the Godzilla movie were flying UH1 single engine. those are have been out of the inventory for some time
second) F35's were deployed against the Muto's and Godzilla in far higher numbers then currently available.
Third)CVN-88 USS Saratoga. The CVN 78 is the highest number in the Carrier sequence as it stands. Unless there was a massive rapid construction breakthrough or shift CVN 88 should not enter service until the 2040's
Fourth) there Russian Akula class submarine was no such thing
fifth and final) M4A1 against Kiju? AR10's at least.

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Actually those would just be more examples of their failure to portray the real world setting.

vesicles said:

..... If you expect to see something that is completely logical and plausible, then syfy is not your cup of tea.

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There many plausible science fiction movies, granted they are a stretch, but they are plausible. Here are a few just off the top of my head:

The Andromeda Strain
Gattaca
Contact
Deep Impact
Minority Report


I will now get back to bottling my Malbec

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Just to point this out, That was not the real World. It's a relatable world but not the real one. As a example I point to five things.
first) the US military in the Godzilla movie were flying UH1 single engine. those are have been out of the inventory for some time
second) F35's were deployed against the Muto's and Godzilla in far higher numbers then currently available.
Third)CVN-88 USS Saratoga. The CVN 78 is the highest number in the Carrier sequence as it stands. Unless there was a massive rapid construction breakthrough or shift CVN 88 should not enter service until the 2040's
Fourth) there Russian Akula class submarine was no such thing
fifth and final) M4A1 against Kiju? AR10's at least.

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Now you're bring really nitpickly lol

Also the admiral needs to be fired if that is how he goes about trying to take a giant monster down. LOL
Since they know the monsters emit EMP they FIRST thing they need to do is to emp shield EVERYTHING that they can otherwise don't bother bringing it to the fight.

F-35s? that is the LAST thing I would bring to a fight like that. Bring on the A-10s, B-52s etc as well as other CAS type weaponry. Go old school when fighting monsters. Leave the whiz bang bells and whistles electronic doohickys to fighting other humans. You don't need stealth, you don't need fancy EW or latest C4ISR type devices.

I would rig B-52s, C-130s take out all the fancy electronics or EMP shield them to carry MOABs and drop it on the Mutos. Probably won't work but sure is better than having F-35s and their ineffective cannons and missiles literally falling off the sky.

kwaigonegin said:

Now you're bring really nitpickly lol

Also the admiral needs to be fired if that is how he goes about trying to take a giant monster down. LOL
Since they know the monsters emit EMP they FIRST thing they need to do is to emp shield EVERYTHING that they can otherwise don't bother bringing it to the fight.

F-35s? that is the LAST thing I would bring to a fight like that. Bring on the A-10s, B-52s etc as well as other CAS type weaponry. Go old school when fighting monsters. Leave the whiz bang bells and whistles electronic doohickys to fighting other humans. You don't need stealth, you don't need fancy EW or latest C4ISR type devices.

I would rig B-52s, C-130s take out all the fancy electronics or EMP shield them to carry MOABs and drop it on the Mutos. Probably won't work but sure is better than having F-35s and their ineffective cannons and missiles literally falling off the sky.

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I still wonder why they even bothered with the Infantry. I mean really Tanks, Artillery, IFV's Antitank Rockets, Grenade launchers, Mortars you want range Infantry units are only suited to getting the Civilians out and assisting the Search and Rescue.
Air support Would be like your list CAS particularly AC130's I would call in the Entire AC130 Fleet and Harvest Hawks to pound and pound and blast them.

I just read a horrible rumor that Robert Pattinson is on top of a short list to be the next Indiana Jones. Don't they know Robert Pattinson's career ended with Twilight? None of his other movies have been successful. Why don't they learn like when it was leaked N'Sync was going to be in one of the Star Wars prequels and the immediate backlash that ensued afterwards.

Oh god.. not another a front to indiana Jones. Was not Crystal Skull enough?

It's cheaper than an A-lister. The same reason they used nondescripts to play the first movies of Superman, Batman, etc. The movies sell by themselves.

I believe this is an attempt to get the Twi-harders that made a horrible story in general successful at the box office to go add to the fanboy reverence of Indiana Jones. That's a bad mix. It will backfire. I was at Comic Con throughout the years Twilight had its run and it's a franchise loathed by fanboys. I believe I mentioned this before that people who attend Comic Con all get these huge durable bags for everyone to stuff their exclusive freebies that get passed out at Comic Con that could become collectibles. The studios advertise their movies and TV shows on these bags. It's random what people get. They've become collector's items themselves and are traded and sold. Every year there was always a Twilight themed bag. You would see those bags stuffed in garbage cans all over the convention center. You also see on the first day grown men pleading for a trade. It was a sad scene.

It sounds like a repeat of the dreaded speculator boom of the early 90s in the comics industry that led to problems like the Clone Saga, there was a crash and it corrected itself though.

Well guys pardon me because I am a little out of time. See I went and saw the Xmen movie followed by edge of tomorrow. Back to back.
Xmen was fine although the future Sentinels felt to much like the robot Loki used in Thor. All your favorite characters are there to get killed and then resurrected. Really it was just a bit wanting.
edge of Tomorrow.... Its fitting that they released this movie on the anniversary of D-Day. Because that was it was. They replaced Nazis with these Aliens called Mimics'. Replaced the alies with the United Defense Force. Then set to D-day Normandy but with Hitler... Or rather ET knowing where the troops were coming and when. The slaughter ensues.
our boy Tom Cruise plays.... Himself at the beginning, well not literally. He plays a Major in the US UDF contingent press office. A spineless Talking head who apparently got his posting because the war closed his advertising agency and he had been ROTC. Upon being offered to play Ernie Pile and break news of New Operation Overload, he ticks off the commanding British Overweight General, who promptly busts his arse to Private hands him a rifle with a powered exoskeleton attached and send him to the front. Because apparently you need no training to serve in the military or especially the Infantry.
yeah Hollywood... I mean they have one of Tom's new Squad mates go into the Invasion wearing his exoskeleton armor and a teddy bear taped to his armor. That's it.we are spared most of him... Because he is a riot armor type. All except a but check shot we could do without thank you very much. Seems the General is very much a grudge type as he assigned Tom the dumbest squad in the history of Hollywood War Movies.

anyway so our Private Tom is sent to the front of Omaha beach where everything is going to hell and after having his squad killed well still trying to figure out where the safety is and what end the bullets come out of he stumbles on the alien general and in desperation manages to kill it and himself with a Claymore mine, some how the alien Goo... That come from the Alien general sets this all in motion.
Groundhog Day.
he starts it all over again from being busted to Private.
on second time around he encounters our Heroine the "Angel of Verdun" aka Full Metal B----.
they die.
reset.
boy meets Girl girl meets Boy Boy shows off his skills at figuring out there the safety is and killing aliens until they die...
eventually after more game overs then I can count you figure out she had the same Deja'vu thing at Verdun and knows what it is. See the mimics come in three flavors your basic grunt, the commander Alpha and the stationary Brain Omega and when you kill a Alpha the Omega hits the reset button as its a poor looser. But if you get slimed by Mr. Alpha as he dies it trips up Omega into thinking your Alpha. So if you KO... Reset.
mission goal? Kill the Omega. Because if Normandy fails there is no more continues for the Human Race.
the movie was fair the action and FX were top marks acting was okay but there military advisers should have been Shot. The writer never spent a single day in uniform and was terrible.
Speaking of uniforms... Soup sandwiches everywhere it looked like the Crye Precision outlet store had a clearance sale and the costume designer was all about it.
Tropical Multicam for that guy, regular for them black for her. There was no rhyme or reason. Stuff that is normally subdued was bright stuff that's normally bright subdued.
Tom spends part of the movie in a bustardized United States Marine Corps Class A, they had no clue what they were doing. As the Uniform is all wrong.
they seem to have half a brain for the British uniforms.
mechanical design gets good marks. But they screwed something's up. On the right arm of the exoskeleton is mounted a FN SCAR-L with the stock and pistol grip removed yet Tom fires it all the time minus the suit. No sights no stock just spray and pray.
The Angel of Verdun goes in swinging a Hybrid Cricket Bat/ sword.