Every meal a banquet, Every paycheck a fortune, Every formation a parade, I love the Corp!
It's going to have to go a long way to get close to my favorite Marine Corp. commercial:
Posted on 03/13/2011 10:09:41 AM PDT by Neoavatara
Battle: Los Angeles is one of those movies and geeks and nerds have dreamed about their entire lives. What would it be like if an alien force came to earth, was openly hostile, and the war began? How would we fight?
This is a war movie, in the truest sense. Its closest Hollywood analogue would have to be Black Hawk Down...which says a lot about this current film. This is not Will Smith in Independence Day, happily flying around killing bad aliens. This is war, in it grittiest Hollywood iteration.
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Sorry for the double post.
There have been several SF novels in which a logical reason was given why the aliens had military tech little better than ours, and this can make for a great story.
But just ignoring the tech gap is stupid.
Sounds like we finally found out who produced The Obama Show.
Or how to create a cheap cheesy knockoff POTUS.
Every meal a banquet, Every paycheck a fortune, Every formation a parade, I love the Corp!
It's going to have to go a long way to get close to my favorite Marine Corp. commercial:
I just can’t stand anything with Helen Hunt in it.
Wasn’t “Earth girls are easy” also set in LA?
Hudson: “Game over man! Game over!”
Hicks: “Are you finished?”
For example, as I wrote before the aliens move about on foot, with hand held (though surgically implanted) “rifles” that fire some sort of energy bursts that fry those in the line of fire. Kind of like shooting photon bullets or something. They have air assets that are better than F-18s and the like. But they do not seem to have sensors or thermal imaging to see through buildings.
In the original The Day the Earth Stood Still there was a hint of nanotechnology before the idea may have even occurred to anyone. If you recall, the ramp extended and then retraced from the saucer without a hint of any break or opening in the metal. That shows a different level of technology, not just more gears and better processors.
Of course you paint yourself into a corner if the aliens truly are unbeatable. Either you copy WOTW or the bad guys win. I could see a scenario where the government realizes we can't win, and attempts to send an ark into space with humans aboard in hopes of continuing the species. After a harrowing escape the aliens let the ship go because they aren't concerned with people leaving the planet.
Besides Battle Los Angeles, the original War of the Worlds, Independence Day, the original V miniseries, the remake of Invaders From Mars, and Skyline all are set in or near Los Angeles. There are probably others I am leaving out.
Battle LA, War of the Worlds, Independence Day, and Invaders From Mars all have Marines from Camp Pendleton fighting the aliens. Them! also had I think Army troops against the giant ants fighting it out in the LA River.
Like this opening shot of Opie walking along the lake....
The lake is actually in Franklin Canyon, just north of LA and Beverly Hills... The site and lake are still used for filming and that path you see them walking on, is still there...
Er....All the best shows and classics are or were filmed in the LA area...
Duh. But a funnily brainless flick, nevertheless. Pure fluff, but fun.
Thanks for the brief, I'll stay away from the link tho.........
That's a really good question.
That could be factored into Netflix... cool.
I've thought you were a pain in the butt on this blog stuff but now I see where you're coming from..........I offer you my apologies.
Some do, some don't. It balances.
I offer you my apologies.
Accepted, but no worries.
If folks don't get my point the failure in communication is mine.
I was only pointing out how many times LA has been destroyed on film by extraterrestrials!
“As a resident of southern California, it was kick seeing LA destroyed (again.) “
Part of that was shot in Shreveport LA.
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