Angry Nerd Enough With the Space Marines!

摘要

James Cameron owes us all an apology. His film Aliens is a sci-fi action touchstone that has been shamelessly copied in dozens of other movies and videogames (Halo, I'm looking at you). In fact, its influence has been pernicious. But everyone needs to please stop calling in the space marines. The troop tropes are everywhere-the airdrop from space, the sleek body armor, guns the size of Great Danes. Not gonna happen, mil-geeks. Never mind that differences in gravity could have the marines pinned to the ground under newly unliftable M41A Pulse Rifles long before they got a chance to duct-tape an M240 Flamethrower onto them. And body armor?