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Plus I mean, Mobile Infantry. As opposed to the more commonly seen static variety. Anyway the superior Starship Troopers is clearly John Steakley's Armor 
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Balsa posted:What I want to know is why control consoles in Star trek can even explode?! I mean, I get the wall panel ones, since its got poo poo running behind it. but the bridge and its control panels should not be able to kill anyone.... Very bad human factors engineering, Starfleet Academy needs some help...
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banned from Starbucks posted:Hoverboards from Back 2 the Future 2. They dont even work on water unless you've got power. But the tech does work within the confines of the story, albeit you and I don't know HOW it works but they behave in a consistent way within the rules of the fictional universe and aren't inherently stupid or dangerous? I mean I do have questions i.e. how high above holes can it float (i.e. if you rode if off a cliff would it hover?) but it seems like they're sweet. Plus you can get a Mattel one for your nerd cave
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Gundam is a series that treats the giant robots like actual military hardware for the most part. Aside from that one show with all the super goofy national stereotype designs, and the one where they're literally model kits, but that's for most part the exception to the dozen and counting shows that go full on war drama. Most giant robot animes that go into stuff like that also tend to have said robots be hangar queens that suck up a lot of time and money for maintenance and repairs, let alone upgrades. See that's the thing, I cannot imagine the supply system you would need to keep those fuckers running. I know that's not the point of the show but gently caress me the poor bastards that have to work on those things I can't imagine how they keep them going. Can just imagine the staff meeting where some poor fucker is getting raked over the coals for not having enough giant transforming robots mission capable for the days flying DUDE ITS FIFTY FEET TALL AND GOES INTO SPACE ITS ALL I CAN DO TO KEEP IT FUCKIN SERVICED
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muscles like this! posted:They kind of go into that in one of the alternate universe stories, Iron Blooded Orphans, where the main characters run their own PMC but don't start out with a ton of funding. Yeah, it always struck me as being along the lines of the folks who wonder about the upkeep of the Death Star bathroom-- glad to know it's not only me wondering! I'll have to check that series out - thanks!
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muscles like this! posted:Its on (US) Netflix. Thanks, appreciate the info!
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