Star was has been ridden to death, then some, and then some more, until only bloody goop was ground across the floor. By Jar Jar Abrams nonetheless, who never managed to tie any story together at the end in his life.
All trying to ride on the former glory of movies barely anyone who watches them even knows anymore. Fan fiction level space opera, written by a teenager who thought he got sci-fi because he put a knights and magic" fantasy story in the "future^Wpast.
The first two and a half movies were fun when I was a kid, but that's about it. They appear silly now.
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all st
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all stand in parade formation in a clearing when springing a trap? Has no one heard of perimeter security?
That was the nice thing about Rogue One: it finally seemed like characters there actually had some common sense regarding combat. I almost had a heart attack when I saw an actual, planned and executed ambush. Finally some tactics!
This. Exactly this.
Exactly none of the main-sequence Star Wars movies display the slightest grasp of military science. Nor do any of the animated spin-off series. All the battles are like those of Illiad:mobs of individual heroes rushing full-tilt at one another to engage in single combat.
Obviously, that's because the people who've been writing these things are, each and every one, confirmed civilians scribbling action scenes, not ex-military-command-officers with extensive combat and combat-pl
The clone army isn't made up of professional military personnel bred to the task. It's a whole bunch of speed-grown copies of a bounty hunter, all less than ten years old, programmed by civilians in a galaxy that hasn't had an army for generations, led by amateurs (Jedi "generals").
Where, exactly, do they get any grasp of military science?
Seriously, who cares? (Score:3, Insightful)
Star was has been ridden to death, then some, and then some more, until only bloody goop was ground across the floor. By Jar Jar Abrams nonetheless, who never managed to tie any story together at the end in his life.
All trying to ride on the former glory of movies barely anyone who watches them even knows anymore. Fan fiction level space opera, written by a teenager who thought he got sci-fi because he put a knights and magic" fantasy story in the "future^Wpast.
The first two and a half movies were fun when
Re: (Score:5, Interesting)
The first two and a half movies were fun when I was a kid, but that's about it. They appear silly now.
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all st
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Nidi62 mused:
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all stand in parade formation in a clearing when springing a trap? Has no one heard of perimeter security?
That was the nice thing about Rogue One: it finally seemed like characters there actually had some common sense regarding combat. I almost had a heart attack when I saw an actual, planned and executed ambush. Finally some tactics!
This. Exactly this.
Exactly none of the main-sequence Star Wars movies display the slightest grasp of military science. Nor do any of the animated spin-off series. All the battles are like those of Illiad:mobs of individual heroes rushing full-tilt at one another to engage in single combat.
Obviously, that's because the people who've been writing these things are, each and every one, confirmed civilians scribbling action scenes, not ex-military-command-officers with extensive combat and combat-pl
Re:Seriously, who cares? (Score:2)
The clone army isn't made up of professional military personnel bred to the task. It's a whole bunch of speed-grown copies of a bounty hunter, all less than ten years old, programmed by civilians in a galaxy that hasn't had an army for generations, led by amateurs (Jedi "generals").
Where, exactly, do they get any grasp of military science?