Dave Spoils Rogue One (No Spoilers)

We took the kids to see Rogue One, the new Star Wars movie, and while I wouldn't recommend it-- it is loud, frenetic, and exhausting-- I will admit that it's a serviceable storming-the-beach-style war movie, with lots of aerial cover, ground tactics, and important missions . . . and because it's detached from the actual Star Wars trilogy, anyone and everyone can die; my biggest problem with the film (besides lack of interesting characters, cheesy dialogue, and far too many scenes) is that you've got an advanced space-faring culture that's invented and perfected faster-than-light travel, but they have yet to stumble on the USB thumbdrive . . . a major part of the plot is stealing the schematics for the Death Star, which are stored on a bulky DVD ROM cartridge, that has no online access, so you have to pull it out with a manually controlled arcade-style grab-the-prize gadget . . . I know I shouldn't try to make sense of things like this during such a silly film, but it's so long that you've got time to ruminate . . . and why are all the fighter ships manned-- wouldn't you have some drones flying missions as well?
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6 comments:

  1. LeckyDecember 18, 2016 at 9:41 AM

    I thoroughly enjoyed it, kids loved the film. Tough to do in two hours what took Band of Brothers ten hours but I thought they pulled it off.

    Check out www.coinhole.com,https://youtu.be/Y8Jqgk_K4kM - looks fun and you don't have to lug that big lumber around all the time.

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  2. LeckyDecember 18, 2016 at 9:42 AM

    Here's the video:

    https://youtu.be/Y8Jqgk_K4kM

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  3. zmanDecember 18, 2016 at 9:46 AM

    I said the same thing about the drive. And why does this civilization insist on building rickety platforms over bottomless chasms? I liked Rogue One a lot more than the most recent installment of Star Wars.

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  4. DaveDecember 18, 2016 at 9:58 AM

    that game looks awesome-- especially for sea isle and obft.

    rogue one is pretty good, certainly no jar jar binks moments, but lots of rickety ladders and platforms-- they must all hire the same architect.

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  5. LeckyDecember 18, 2016 at 11:29 AM

    If you think about information security your best bet, even in the most advanced society, is probably still analog - put the most valuable stuff in physical format, in a tower, with an army, on an island, on a planet surrounded by a force field. Or the empire was on a nostalgia kick for cassettes and vinyl...

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  6. DaveDecember 19, 2016 at 4:22 PM

    i (grudgingly) suppose that could be true

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