Re: [OT] Starship Troopers

Been there, been 'et....

Dreenoi on steroids... shudder.

Gracias,
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:53:17 +0900 Edward Lipsett
<translation@intercomltd.com> writes:
>In the CG series  (Roughnecks; I'm just DVDing it now with the kids),
>the bugs only use a very few biological weapons, but basically just
>swarm. 
>Very effective, actually. The trooper weapons take out bugs very
>quickly, but there are always a LOT of bugs, and continuous shots of
>hundreds of bugs converging on our 6-man hero squad which is running 
>out
>of ammo...
>
>Glenn M Wilson wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:42:29 +0000 Jeremey Claridge
>> <jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk> writes:
>> >
>> >> Don't think they're in-built, IIRC; they're _weapons_ -- y'know,
>> >> tool-users and all that? <g>
>> >
>> Why would I *want* my bugs (Hordes of the Things) also armed with
>> effective weaponry?	I can't win with plain old HTH bugs!
>
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