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Absurd Alhazred posted:Just watched this again two days ago. Imagine that this came out in 1997. That whole movie is like a commentary on the war in Iraq. Only it was made years before.  Granted the book was very different.
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My facebook feed is full of christmas lights and pictures of expensive food. Must be an enlisted thing 
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zombie303 posted:That whole movie is like a commentary on the war in Iraq. Only it was made years before. The book plays the whole thing straight. A way to balance that is to subsequently read Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War".
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Absurd Alhazred posted:The book plays the whole thing straight. A way to balance that is to subsequently read Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War". i like the part in forever war where everyone is gay when he comes back from space-nam
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VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:i like the part in forever war where everyone is gay when he comes back from space-nam And if you want they can turn you  !
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VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:i like the part in forever war where everyone is gay when he comes back from space-nam And Mandela gets called "that old queer" for being straight. 
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:And Mandela gets called "that old queer" for being straight. They end up sending him to some planet for weird straight people to live out the rest of his days, don't they?
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Absurd Alhazred posted:They end up sending him to some planet for weird straight people to live out the rest of his days, don't they? Ultimately the idea of sexuality gets phased out by how humanity changed into Man, and this is long after sex stopped being used for procreation. Everybody is offered a sexuality change (not gender change) if they want it, and I think one of the gay guys takes it to try out ladies.
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The protagonist gets a chance to live out every COs dream and straight up murder an enlisted man at a court martial and he pussies out at the last second, then later in the book his support staff have to clue him into the fact that pretty much his entire command has been discussing fragging him first chance they get. Edit: as opposed to murdering enlisted men through indifference and poor map reading skills
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VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:i like the part in forever war where everyone is gay when he comes back from space-nam The part where he considers how his troops had to learn an archaic dialect to talk with their weirdly not multiracial commanding officer (who is also a sexual deviant) was a great moment.
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I liked that fishing expedition they went on when he was on the hospital planet. Him and a bunch of other people all wade out into the water to gently caress with some massive prehistoric fish monster thing and like 4 people lose limbs during it and they're like "eh we can grow new ones".
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LCL-Dead posted:This is all one book? Yeah. Covers thousands of years through time dilation due to travel at relativistic speeds.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Yeah. Covers thousands of years through time dilation due to travel at relativistic speeds. I'm a shithead for having not read it yet then.
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is this the book where the sergeant injects an IV into his arm of pure grain alcohol then proceeds to spend the next 100 years in space shitfaced
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LCL-Dead posted:I'm a shithead for having not read it yet then. It's a great read. Not the most firm science, but Haldeman takes a shot at it. He covers ship-to-ship battles at relativistic speeds and what happens when a small fighter going a decent percentage of the speed of light hits a planet. Also gets into acceleration/deceleration and how they handle that without turning people into a fine paste. Reverand maynard posted:is this the book where the sergeant injects an IV into his arm of pure grain alcohol then proceeds to spend the next 100 years in space shitfaced I think that's Armor.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Yeah. Covers thousands of years through time dilation due to travel at relativistic speeds. ...Directed by Christopher Nolan?
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Zeris posted:...Directed by Christopher Nolan? Starring Benjamin Button.
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The book was really good until I got to the part where Space-DFAS gets his pay right and then I couldn't really suspend disbelief anymore. No but really it's the best military sci-fi book ever.
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Stanley Goodspeed posted:The book was really good until I got to the part where Space-DFAS gets his pay right and then I couldn't really suspend disbelief anymore. Yeah they get it right and it is a hefty amount of backpay, but he's still semi-poor due to inflation and practically unemployable. E: You know what I'm saying too much just go read the drat book EBB fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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Cojawfee posted:What's with the explosion of supplement pyramid schemes on Facebook? The guy I was talking about also sells products from some pyramid scheme. Then someone else I know that's not in the military sells some energy patch pyramid scheme. Non-sales people are getting sold into the idea they can easily make extra cash for the holidays? Back in my day, everyone in Okinawa was selling Herbalife until they figured out the only way they could break even was to try and get someone else to start selling it.
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zombie303 posted:That whole movie is like a commentary on the war in Iraq. Only it was made years before. Starship Troopers the movie and book are two completely different things. They both own in their own unique ways.
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Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades are both loving awesome books as well if you like the whole space marines wrecking poo poo thing.
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50 Foot Ant posted:Armor is a good book too. I was going to drop that one in here. Everyone should read Starship Troopers--> Armor by John Steakly--> Forever War by Joe Haldeman in that order. It has a much greater impact if you read them in that order.
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Also "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" is pretty loving cool as well. Has pretty much the coolest AI, who literally has an orgasm from shelling the earth with a railgun
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was pretty cool aside from the annoying libertarian schlock.
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Cojawfee posted:The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was pretty cool aside from the annoying libertarian schlock. Calling it now, next Bioshock game will be on the moon.
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No loving way that's real.
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Unzip and Attack posted:No loving way that's real.
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Fart Sandwiches posted:if its not I have a new tattoo to get do it anyway
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Cojawfee posted:The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was pretty cool aside from the annoying libertarian schlock. My favorite thing about Heinlein is the way the protagonists in his books always have some kooky ideology, and it's usually mutually incompatible with ones in most of his other books. When I first read Troopers I thought he might actually have fascist leanings. Then I read Red Planet and wasn't so sure. Then I read Time Enough For Love and realized he was loving with me. Edit: lol forgot I was in GiP
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Edit: lol forgot I was in GiP you really hosed up now son, enjoy your upcoming enlistment and deployment to iraq war 3: with a vengence
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:you really hosed up now son, enjoy your upcoming enlistment and deployment to iraq war 3: with a vengence Another one fell for the recruitment honeypot. 
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Hey son, do you like science fiction books? Come on in here and sign a few forms.
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I'd reenlist to die horribly in an interstellar war tbh
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Dude once told me he mowed down like 30 insurgents in Iraq with an M2, and he was so amped up he immediately reenlisted for another 5 years. The next day, he was just like "FUUUUUUUUUUCK"
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Blue Footed Booby posted:My favorite thing about Heinlein is the way the protagonists in his books always have some kooky ideology, and it's usually mutually incompatible with ones in most of his other books. When I first read Troopers I thought he might actually have fascist leanings. Then I read Red Planet and wasn't so sure. Then I read Time Enough For Love and realized he was loving with me. Read Double Star (one of his Hugo winners) and have your mind blown.
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