Nothing to do with politics or the race for 2012, but the following critique of the Star Wars universe is worth a quick click. Some of the comments are also a hoot.
WARNING!!! Do Not Be Consuming Any Beverages When Reading
A couple of samples:
Blasters
A tactical nightmare: They’re incredibly loud, especially for firing what are essentially light beams. The fire ordnance is so slow it can be dodged, and it comes out as a streak of light that reveals your position to your enemies. Let’s not even go near the idea of light beams being slow enough to dodge; that’s just something you have let go of, or risk insanity.
Stormtrooper Uniforms
They stand out like a sore thumb in every environment but snow, the helmets restrict view (“I can’t see a thing in this helmet!” — Luke Skywalker), and the armor is penetrable by single shots from blasters. Add it all up and you have to wonder why stormtroopers don’t just walk around naked, save for blinders and flip-flops.
August 21st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I’m waiting for the Star Trek:TNG smackdown.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I wish we would increase NASA funding. The new report about NASA reveals that we won’t be able to get back to the moon till at least 2028 at current funding levels.
We should at least double funding to around 40 billion.
(and for the record I’ve never been a big fan of anything that begins with ‘Star’, I’ve only seen two Star Wars movies, wasn’t a big fan, maybe a handful of Star Trek episodes, thought they were just okay, and so on and so forth)
August 21st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
#1,
Yes, that is what is known as “a target rich environment”.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Best FPP ever… exactly what I needed at the end of the day.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I came across this game yesterday and I am ADDICTED to it.
Seriously – y’all have to check it out.
http://www.redistrictinggame.org/
I was able to gerrymander districts to snuff out two Democrats. It’s a lot of fun!
August 21st, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Good ones. I didn’t see this mentioned in the article, but what’s always bugged me the most is the totally arbitrary and random nature of the effects of the weapons.
Blasters, for instance: sometimes they shoot right through things. Sometimes, they hit something and leave a big, sizzling burnt mark. Sometimes, the blaster shot hits something and then just disappears like nothing ever hit it in the first place. And sometimes, the blaster shot ricochets off of anything and everything.
And light sabers: sometimes they encounter resistance against something and don’t cut all the way through. Sometimes, they can cut through anything like butter. Sometimes, they make a bloody cut. Sometimes, they apparently cauterize the cut and the subject doesn’t bleed. Sometimes, they vaporize the subject entirely.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:40 pm
This article is so negative. I don’t want to read it.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Thanks, marK. That was great.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I clicked over and read the whole review. It is quite funny and entertaining.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:29 pm
We DO need to increase NASA funding, explore strange new worlds, boldly go, yada yada yada.
I do want to thank you for posting the link. I’ve had many problems with the whole Sarlaac thing. How is an entity with a limited life-span going to be devoured for a thousand years? Sounds a little like Hutt propaganda to me.
SJR
The Pink Flamingo