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I'm enjoying the actiony summer popcorn fodder for what it is, gently caress you guys. If you're arguing over whether or not an A4 or whatever is the most acceptable model of RPG for this post apocalyptic scenario maybe you should stop posting and think about the life choices that lead you to this point. Just sayin.
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I'm glad the mole got found out, so we can be done with that bullshit, but the new wrinkle of the bubble boy on the Russian cruiser obviously being a host/asymptomatic carrier of the virus/immune could be just as dumb and disruptive.
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Jul 7, 2014 11:14
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I'm glad the mole got found out, so we can be done with that bullshit, but the new wrinkle of the bubble boy on the Russian cruiser obviously being a host/asymptomatic carrier of the virus/immune could be just as dumb and disruptive. Yeah really thanks the loving stars for that development. Moles are a detriment to almost every story they're in.
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Jul 7, 2014 11:16
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Why didn't they just finish off that goddamn Russian ship? Since the Russki captain's dead-set to get that strain, there's going to be another encounter eventually, with shots exchanged.
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Jul 7, 2014 12:00
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They probably didn't want to reveal their true position and get themselves fired on by the Russians in the process, the Russian ship's weapons systems weren't damaged by the blast.
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Jul 7, 2014 13:42
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why didn't they just finish off that goddamn Russian ship? Since the Russki captain's dead-set to get that strain, there's going to be another encounter eventually, with shots exchanged. Like you said, so we get another encounter.
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Jul 7, 2014 15:46
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why didn't they just finish off that goddamn Russian ship? Since the Russki captain's dead-set to get that strain, there's going to be another encounter eventually, with shots exchanged. Because it would have doomed humanity as they probably won't create a cure without the "carrier/patient zero" and the englishman still has his wife/kid on board.
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Jul 7, 2014 15:55
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Should've just blown it up anyway. Doesn't sound like there's much of a world left to save.
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Jul 7, 2014 16:52
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I'm tired of crazy bad guys killing their own men to intimidate the enemy.
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Jul 7, 2014 17:46
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Revitalized posted:I'm really liking the Gitmo guy the brought on board. Tex? Stanton. Stanton Parish. And he's immortal.
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Jul 7, 2014 20:33
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mcbexx posted:Stanton. gently caress, that's who that guy is! That's been bugging me for a week. Thanks! But now I'm reminded of Alphas...and Gary. drat you, sir! 
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Jul 7, 2014 20:41
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Wandle Cax posted:They probably didn't want to reveal their true position and get themselves fired on by the Russians in the process, the Russian ship's weapons systems weren't damaged by the blast.
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Jul 7, 2014 20:41
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Nobody is going to poo-poo that whole 4 feet of aluminum foil equals destroyer on radar part? That for me is more of a sticking point then why or why didnt they fire on the Russians.
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Jul 7, 2014 21:33
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Blackchamber posted:Nobody is going to poo-poo that whole 4 feet of aluminum foil equals destroyer on radar part? That for me is more of a sticking point then why or why didnt they fire on the Russians. I don't know anything at all about how radars actually work so eh. 
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Jul 7, 2014 21:53
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Blackchamber posted:Nobody is going to poo-poo that whole 4 feet of aluminum foil equals destroyer on radar part? That for me is more of a sticking point then why or why didnt they fire on the Russians.  all about it soon but honestly it was part of their plan so if it wasn't going to be "duct tape aluminium to some poles" they would've just done some other "spoof radar signature" trick for someone to about and say they did wrong and how the Russians should be the real protagonists of the show because 
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Jul 7, 2014 22:18
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Sober posted:I'm sure someone is gonna I expect someone to about using the wrong brand of foil, or clarify that tin foil works better than aluminum, or that it was shaped wrong or something.
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Jul 8, 2014 00:00
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Made no loving sense. For one, the aluminium foil would have been a passive reflector, just like the ship's hull to begin with. The ship scramming would have resulted in two dots on the Russki radar, at least until they were out of the line of sight. Which they apparently have been to begin with, after they told the Russians to gently caress off, which means the Russian radar would have stopped seeing them, as soon they shut down their comms and active radar, aluminium foil be damned.
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Jul 8, 2014 00:56
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mcbexx posted:Stanton. John Pyper-Ferguson. He also played roles in every BSG series. Every series. Including Blood and Chrome. Most notably he was Thomas Vergis, the business rival of Daniel Greystone. He was also one of the big bads on Jeremiah, but he had a really weird accent. Other than that he's pretty constantly awesome in anything he shows up in.
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Jul 8, 2014 01:57
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Combat Pretzel posted:Made no loving sense. You have to love that they put it out there that going with full EMCON status somehow makes the ship invisible and how putting up a roll of aluminum foil will somehow mimic the ship (which is bullshit), but they nonchalantly throw out a term like "engage Prairie-Masker," which is a real thing, mind you, and don't spend a single second to say "so he can't hear us on sonar." Evidently John Q. Public was expected to have read Red Storm Rising or something.
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Jul 8, 2014 02:01
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edit - never mind, doesn't matter.
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Jul 8, 2014 02:33
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It's like some of you have never seen a Michael Bay production before.
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Jul 8, 2014 03:57
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BIG HEADLINE posted:You have to love that they put it out there that going with full EMCON status somehow makes the ship invisible and how putting up a roll of aluminum foil will somehow mimic the ship (which is bullshit), but they nonchalantly throw out a term like "engage Prairie-Masker," which is a real thing, mind you, and don't spend a single second to say "so he can't hear us on sonar." Evidently John Q. Public was expected to have read Red Storm Rising or something. also they explicitly use sonar for depth-finding during "EMCON-1A" in which it is called out earlier in the episode that no sonar should be used, wolol Also, the radar thing was total bullshit. EMCON doesn't do a drat thing about your radar trace. It would have just resulted in two blips on the radar screen, one that looks like a destroyer, and one that looks like some idiot pasted some aluminum foil between two sticks.
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Jul 8, 2014 04:09
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Wait do you mean this show isn't realistic? What on earth is this garbage?
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Jul 8, 2014 04:35
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eriktown posted:also they explicitly use sonar for depth-finding during "EMCON-1A" in which it is called out earlier in the episode that no sonar should be used, wolol On the plus side, Reynolds Wrap now has a new bullet point for their new aluminum foil box.
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Jul 8, 2014 04:49
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eriktown posted:also they explicitly use sonar for depth-finding during "EMCON-1A" in which it is called out earlier in the episode that no sonar should be used, wolol Yeah. When they said 'that red dot could be any ship,' the better solution would've been to ~magic up~ some similarly-sized ship in the harbor ("oh hey, look it's an old Fletcher class that seems to be sitting in Gitmo's waters for no reason, let's let some of the Junior Officers crew her for a ~team building~ exercise") and park it in front of the DDG. That would've been far more plausible, if still being bullshit. Let's also not forget that while Russia might be lagging behind on the UAV front, they've managed to tackle those catapult/hand-launched ones that could've kept an eye on the ship even while over the horizon. But hey. TV show. Good guys must win, bad guys must look dumb/get humbled, etc., etc.. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Jul 8, 2014 |
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Jul 8, 2014 05:00
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Astroman posted:So wait, you're disappointed they made the private contractor guards humans who let their prisoners go instead of evil moustache twirling BLACKWATER/Jennings and Rall style thugs? Yes, because watching evil gitmo detainees becoming traitorous, headscarf wearing, RPG firing, hostage takers straight after being released is pretty drat political when there is currently a debate over how to shut down Camp X-Ray. And portraying a PMC as a good guy on par with the navy is different to simply having the protagonist as a good guy, it was more flat out propaganda.
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Jul 8, 2014 13:02
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Combat Pretzel posted:Made no loving sense. They should have spent a few weeks in a tense stalemate while the Russians gradually ate through their food supplies. Then collect all the rum on nearby Cuba and let the Russians "capture" it, watch them get snot flying drunk and then raid/bomb them. Better 
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Jul 8, 2014 13:43
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Sri.Theo posted:And portraying a PMC as a good guy on par with the navy is different to simply having the protagonist as a good guy, it was more flat out propaganda. You might be onto something there. Kinda anti-PMC if hes only as good as the Navy.
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Jul 8, 2014 14:24
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Meh. This is Hollywood. I hope not, but the PMC is probably an Al-Qaeda mole. Probably gonna start loving poo poo up once the Russian arc is over.
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Jul 8, 2014 14:41
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Blackchamber posted:You might be onto something there. Kinda anti-PMC if hes only as good as the Navy. So far Tex is pretty loving Aces, so...
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Jul 9, 2014 04:49
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I get a little confused with Rhona Mitra looking a lot like Evangeline Lilly... it's eerie.
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Jul 9, 2014 08:25
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My understanding is that there are only 7 more episodes to go. So not really a lot of time to establish story lines, or introduce characters etc. before the season ends. I guess a decision has to be made soon as to wether or not the series will be extended ?
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Jul 9, 2014 09:57
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Gotta love the tepidness when it comes to developing TV series these days. Networks practically want to order episode by episode. Just run a drat season and review.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:24
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R-Type posted:Gotta love the tepidness when it comes to developing TV series these days. Networks practically want to order episode by episode. Just run a drat season and review. This is what they're doing, no? There's already been a 10-episode season buy? Can't say I miss the days of 22-26 episode seasons filled with... well, filler. 10-13 episode seasons seem to work great for a lot of shows.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:38
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WarLocke posted:Can't say I miss the days of 22-26 episode seasons filled with... well, filler. 10-13 episode seasons seem to work great for a lot of shows. Seriously, not that I don't love West Wing but holy crap those were long seasons.
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Jul 9, 2014 20:45
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WarLocke posted:This is what they're doing, no? There's already been a 10-episode season buy? Totally agree. The only show I can think of that does full seasons without stinkers of filler episodes is Person of Interest.
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Jul 9, 2014 20:50
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And Nikita
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Jul 9, 2014 20:51
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Sober posted:And Nikita Ah, right. Although season 3 took quite a dip in quality compared to season 2.
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Jul 9, 2014 20:55
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Oh lord this is boring
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Next week on The Last Ship: Some plot devices from Far Cry 3!
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