From: j.clarke.873638@gmail.com   
      
   In article <54bf24a5$0$36539$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, dtravel@sonic.net   
   says...   
   >   
   > On 1/20/2015 12:38 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article <54beb1d2$0$19658$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional   
   > > Traveler  wrote:   
   > >> On 1/20/2015 9:26 AM, John Reiher wrote:   
   > >>> On 2015-01-20 00:52:44 +0000, Tim Bruening said:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Major Nit: Near the end of Starship Troopers, a large number of troop   
   > >>>> ships approach bug infested Planet P to land troops in order to   
   > >>>> capture a "brain bug".  The bugs are firing some sort of plasma weapon   
   > >>>> up at the troop ships.  The troop ships make absolutely no effort to   
   > >>>> defend themselves!  They don't take any evasive action, or fire   
   > >>>> defensive missiles at the bug plasma balls, or raise any shields!   
   > >>>   
   > >>> It's worse than that. The orbital velocity of the ships would be around   
   > >>> 2 km/s and those plasma farts are barely doing 100 mph! They wouldn't be   
   > >>> over the danger zone for more than a few seconds and they can easily   
   > >>> outrun the farts. It's Hollyweird science!   
   > >>   
   > >> It was recreating WWII amphibious assaults IN SPACE!!!  (Those last two   
   > >> words should be said in an echo chamber.)   
   > >   
   > > Sounds like typical military strategy. The Generals and Majors aren't   
   > > there, so why bother wasting money on things like shields, evavsive   
   > > movement fuel, defenseive missiles, etc.?? Simply send in a pile of   
   > > cannon fodder as always and hope that some will get through - that   
   > > leaves more money to pay for the tea and choccy biscuits in the air   
   > > conditioned offices back at HQ for the higher-ups to sit in comfy   
   > > chairs congratulating themselves on a "job welll done".   :-\   
   > >   
   > The thing to remember about Starship Troopers (the movie) is that Paul   
   > Verhoeven and Edward Neumeier (the script writer) were trying to make   
   > the military look as stupid as possible in it.  So they made no effort   
   > to apply even the most basic common sense to what the Federation did.   
      
   One hopes that Verhoeven's place in Hell is to inhabit a closed room   
   containing Robert Heinlein and swords. (Heinlein was a competitive   
   fencer).   
      
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