tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193341385872999900.post2764970059814726054..comments2023-10-29T10:26:33.571+00:00Comments on Too Few Tanks: Back to the '90s: Retro Week Cometh!Peter Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151357767975663350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193341385872999900.post-29568257447814498202012-04-28T20:09:55.019+01:002012-04-28T20:09:55.019+01:00You're completely right about R. Lee Ermey. I ...You're completely right about R. Lee Ermey. I hadn't seen Full Metal Jacket at the time, so I missed out on the gag the first time I watched the show. He's in The Frighteners, too, a Michael J. Fox comedy directed by Peter Jackson, as a ghost of his recruitment sergeant persona.<br /><br />I think the space battles were quiet, but not quite silent - they liked to have the thud-thud-thud of machine guns or the big guns on the carriers. I did like that they actually declared that the human and alien fighters were slightly different. I think Earth's was faster and tougher, and the Chigs' had a more nimble fighter. Mm, I'm reminded of the Pacific theatre now. I shall have to see how like WWII it is as I watch it. I hope it'll be here Monday. I quite agree about space battles - Return of the Jedi was my favourite Star Wars film for years because of that big battle at the end!Peter Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151357767975663350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193341385872999900.post-6426603704572198222012-04-27T09:44:31.256+01:002012-04-27T09:44:31.256+01:00I loved Space Above and Beyond. As I recall didn&#...I loved Space Above and Beyond. As I recall didn't they have the awesome R. Lee Ermey as the USMC drill Sergeant, in whice he basically repeated his role from Full Metal Jacket but mentioning spacecraft warfare instead of just land and naval stuff. I thought it was so cool. <br /><br />I loved the space battles too, weren't they silent? They had that kinetic nature of fast crafts that could 'turn on a dime' that started with Babylon 5. I think that's what a lot of sci-fi forget in that space battles are like car chases in thrillers and dog fights in WWII flicks. If you don't have a good space craft battle you're short-changing the fans Star Trek NG I'm looking at. DS9 tried to bring that element but it wasn't all that great. One day though, in the future maybe ;)40kaddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763647828123242837noreply@blogger.com