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Ineffective Stormtroopers

posted a year ago by joe9019 (19)
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I was enjoying the series up until the moment they actually engaged the (mysterious, undead?) Stormtroopers around their encampment at which point any regard for their (super) abilities went completely out of the window as we were treated to a lame shoot-out on a par with something from the A-Team where the bad guys flounder like idiots and RUN AWAY! You absolutely CANNOT fudge the bad guys in any kind of story without completely destroying their credibility and the audiences belief that they are in any way a credible threat. Thrawns speech later about acceptable losses etc was just not good enough, this was the point where they should at least have given our heroes a bloody nose (or actually killed someone important) but no, they RAN AWAY. Very dissapointing indeed and very damaging to my future engagement with the series.

[–] TandyMan (11343) a year ago

It's well past a joke. I can't take Star Wars seriously anymore.

[–] MarcellusWallace (422) a year ago

"I can't take Star Wars seriously anymore."

Really? A show about interstellar space travel, sentient robots, and telekinetic warriors with laser swords is something you can no longer "take seriously"?

[–] joe9019 (19) a year ago

ANY story needs internal logic and integrity or it's just a series of random events that nobody cares about.

[–] MarcellusWallace (422) a year ago

I can't wait until the next episode...

Sorry you do not feel the same.

[–] joe9019 (19) a year ago

I'll still be watching. Hope you enjoy it.

[–] joe9019 (19) a year ago

Hi, just came back to say the last episode was GREAT. I was getting myself ready to be dissapointed but I really enjoyed it. Big fan of the Nightsisters and all that so I really liked the pay-off there, undead stormtroopers were cool and the fights were awesome. Still feel the same about that shoot-out, it could have been handled so much better, but I'm definately on board for things moving forward.

[–] FootOfDavros (8697) a year ago

You forgot about space whales.

Even if you were onboard with ALL of that, this show then introduced space whales. Giant creatures floating in the air and with built in hyperdrives. Built in hyperdrives!

[–] Philhelm (517) a year ago

Luke Skywalker sucking off a space manatee took the cake.

[–] Rorikon (18380) a year ago

It's not built in hyperdrives you fool! It's their cum shots. Why you think they all die once they shoot their wad out to Peridea.

[–] mitzibishi (2013) a year ago

"Lord of the Rings, it's just midgets running away from a giant eye, an old geezer in a grey robe doing magic tricks, and a blonde kid emo surfing down an elephant trunk"

[–] mitzibishi (2013) a year ago

wow that's an old one.

Except your description sounds cool. The people you ripped that ancient comment off at least made it funny and degraded it to its base form.

You should try something like this next time.

"A movie about space wizards, a talking tin can, a walking dog, and a whiney blonde kid who learns a magic trick and you can't take it seriously?!"

[–] MikeCable (1915) a year ago

The zombie troopers were certainly a surprise.

I also tuned out when we had all those troopers firing blasters at our heroes who were able to deflect every single blast which came at them. Gets a bit boring after a few seconds. What if they were surrounded by a circle troopers who then all fired at the same time? Surely they'd get hit.

[–] Rorikon (18380) a year ago

They're called Night Troopers because they'll put you to sleep how bad they are even with death reanimation in their favor. They still can't shoot for shit, they still stand out in the open as if they never got trained, nothing makes them any more special than regular trained storm troopers.