Inheritance and destruction

Hubert 2022-08-20 11:39:11

Usually, the reason why the movie needs the audience to "stop doubting" is set at the category level. Why are the bad guys in the baby dragon game alone at home without getting hurt? Because it is a family comedy for children. Why are Jackie Chan's works based on the modern times of the Republic of China still fighting for victory? Because I am telling you a kung fu movie with action as the core... The

only exception is Starship! The original infantry combat method that has a clear gap with the future Star Wars background cannot find any excuses in the sci-fi genre. It is entirely the concept and visual shock of the work itself that set up a breakwater for itself: if you want to come into the theater to watch, don’t follow I said, no matter how the tank was invented for a hundred years, it still used the flesh and blood to carry the submachine gun and the murderous Zerg; the fourth one has been photographed, and the individual weapons have not been upgraded. There is no reason, this is the characteristic of Galaxy. If you have to be entangled in the logical reality of the story, then the series of movies doesn't have to exist at all!

It’s just that this time "Star Wars: Invasion" is a bit special: it turned out to be an animated cartoon! But it is precisely because of this special point that it encounters doubts that have never been seen in the previous three parts.

You know, the reason why the Galaxy series can create its own unique exemption gold medal is entirely based on live-action movies. Because you only have a real-life performance and a scorpion shopping (even if the screen is computer-synthesized), the carcasses of real men and women appear in the same bathroom or the same medical examination table, in exchange for the audience’s response to you, why don’t you throw nuclear bombs, do not engage in carpet bombing, and not use giants. The understanding of the tank flat trip! And when all of these preconditions cease to exist due to the virtual animation, we naturally can no longer identify with the original backwardness of your combat style.

Moreover, the animated version of sci-fi action movies does have fatal shortcomings. Not only the facial expressions of the characters in the communication scene cannot be presented realistically, even the most basic facial features, due to the participation of the computer, inevitably slip in the direction of a thousand people. Fortunately, the director thought of acquired "modifications" such as scars and eye masks, and barely distinguished a few tough guys from the U.S. military who should have distinct characteristics.

However, if you put aside the movie-viewing psychology and the limitations of animation for the time being, just look at the story of the film. So to be fair, it's okay. At least in some key aspects, it shows what a sequel movie should be. For example, the first episode has already involved the Devil Scorpion Queen's "human for intelligence" and the major's scorpion reading, so the sequel story should be extended in this direction. Unfortunately, it was delayed until the fourth generation before finally remembering that there was something else. Although the idea of ​​repeatedly competing for spaceships reminds you of the Alien series, although the scale and power of Devil Scorpion’s rebellion looks like the Three Kingdoms game, Confucian will use the "chick" skill, but similarity or funny does not deny the creative idea. Correctness. After all, the story clasps left in the early years must be given a clear statement to be worthy of the audience.

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Starship Troopers: Invasion quotes

  • Johnny Rico: [Opening Lines] I always get the shakes before a drop. I had the injections. Hypnotic prep. The Federation shrink scanned my brainwaves. Everything checked out. Doc says it wasn't fear. I could have told him that. A horse locked in the starting gate isn't afraid. He's just ready to run.

  • Carmen Ibanez: What the hell is this about, Carl?

    Dr. Carl Jenkins: Wonderful to see you again, Carmen.

    Carmen Ibanez: You commandeered my damn ship.

    Dr. Carl Jenkins: Borrowing it. I'll give it back.

    Carmen Ibanez: You're never gonna take the John A. Warden from me.

    Dr. Carl Jenkins: Guards, I believe Captain Ibanez needs an escort to the Alesia.

    Carmen Ibanez: What do you want with my ship, Carl?

    Dr. Carl Jenkins: Tsk, tsk, tsk. Carmen, that's classified. But I can tell you this. This mission... oh, this mission will turn the tide.

    Carmen Ibanez: You always were such an asshole.

    Dr. Carl Jenkins: And I was always so fond of you as well, Carmen. See you on Terra.

    [Turns to leave, pauses, turns back]

    Dr. Carl Jenkins: Friends always, right?