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Exz, you criticize every movie I like...
it's starting to seem suspicious.
are you some kind of heretic?
this isn't a threat, but...
*whistles, placing a hand on the handle of the energy hammer*
Al! What the heck?! Death or glory?!
I was talking about it in the book thread!
I definitely don't like it.
The idea might be good, but I was just turned off by it, then gutted and smeared all over the wall with all sorts of cheap attempts to create... originality?
All this "war will make you men," or "our guys are there! we need to save Mishka Zislis! men!", or "I survived because I didn't act like an idiot (that's the author's little word) in front of the blaster (another one)," or - even worse, the cheapest trick - "I'll press a button, and an intergalactic thing will pop out and save everyone, like in the movies"...
And I'm not even talking about the "numerous and terribly original aliens" with idiotic names, at least half of which are just pebbles from many other science fiction works...
I was especially amused by the character, who, with the air of a rejected expert and authority, talks about aliens, and who will "finally be appreciated for his worth"...
And of course, the mockery of stupid Americans... no, "Amerikaner" (another word)... yeah, that's right... it's fashionable...
...and if it weren't for these attempts by the author to "tell the story decisively and harshly," and his stupid slang and names, the book would be pretty good.
But, to each their own, but personally, I felt irritated while reading these pathetic attempts to "write powerfully."
However, his other book, "The Unknown Enemy," is worth reading. I liked it; in it, these attempts are mostly well-masked, so this author gives me mixed feelings. You know... like "The X-Files" or... Zhelazny. Sometimes it's an excellent series/book, and sometimes it's utter nonsense.