I'm only a former infantry conscript of a third-world country, but you don't have to be a career soldier to see how ridiculous this scene in the Mandalorian is
>Stormtroopers zerg-rushing, standing up without cover, no camoflauge, deploying two squads separately instead of at the same time, no flanking
>mortars explode 5-10 meters away from target, no effect
>machine gun planted on a right rock without any cover, two machine gunners, one shoots, the other just sits doing nothing (like what?)
>Heroic character running over high ground (pic related) instead of GOING BACK BEHIND THE ROCKS FOR COVER. Only the machine gun is shooting at her, no one else
>Standing up and running on a very high cliff, making herself an easy target for a sharpshooter, or anyone with any rifle training. No crawling, no crouching, no idea of cover
Seriously, what were they thinking when they filmed this? Did no one even ask if any of this made any sense? America has the largest amount of firearms in any country and very large military, couldn't they get an ex-military consultant to advise them with military fight scenes?
As I said, I used to be a conscript in infantry, in a place which can be compared to American Marines in terms of retardation, and I can see how bullshit this scene was
Why can't American filmmakers grasp the basics of combat?
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Canonically the storm troopers have always been idiots. But I agree and would prefer if they are a greater threat and more competent and clever with military tactics.
It’s sci-fi, it’s not supposed to make sense.
>if they are a greater threat and more competent and clever with military tactics
this is what I'm getting at. That action scene was so boring and cringe-worthy because of all the stupidity of the stormtroopers. If the director doesn't want the enemy to be threatening, why would he even include this scene at all? Because "it just has to have an action scene"?
And this mindset is the reason why 90% of all scifi is shit
They are just pretending to be retarded. However they're highly committed to that lie. Raising audience expectations means you have to do everything better in the future, and vice versa.
Disney cutting corners again, user. No doubt the final two episodes will be more of the same.
It's very strange that they refuse to choreograph firefight scenes to include any hint of realism. Star Wars spergs are the kind of guys who love technical and tactical stuff. The more realistic it the sci-fi stuff looks and feels, the better. So I'm puzzled as to why the showrunners seem to deliberately avoid giving the audience what they want.
>Star Wars spergs are the kind of guys who love technical and tactical stuff
I think this was true pre-Disney acquisition. Nowadays they seem to pander to the lowest common denominator of a manchild
>The more realistic it the sci-fi stuff looks and feels, the better.
This is objectively true.
If the Imperials were portrayed with even an ounce of competency, the good guys would have to actually show up and work for a victory instead up knocking over another gaggle of bumbling retards and skating by on plot armor.
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i think they intentionally portray combat wrong to give civilians incorrect assumptions
the biggest one is people returning fire through an open window
>urban combat
>fighters shoots from a window
>soldiers return fire
>fighter manages to duck back to "cover" before the volley catches them in the window
in reality the soldiers would just shoot the wall around the window. the bullet penetration would send spalling and bullet fragments all over the room. if you shot at a grunt from a window and then "took cover" like that you would be swiss cheese in an instant
and its like that for everything. modern bullets hit you so fast it liquifies tissue. you dont keep shooting john mcclain style with a sucking chest wound you just die
there have been half dozen storm troopers bat ...massacres so far
when the drop ship landed i saw the stormies come out and felt sorry for them .
The part that made me laugh the hardest was the sniper was in plain view the entire time yet Mando didn't see her until Boba pointed her out. He just ran right past her though she was splayed out on a rock face with her fucking orange helmet.
Being a former sniper, I was saddened to see how they wasted that opportunity. She could've had an actual hide and made herself known to Mando by signal mirror after getting the hand signal from Boba. Then when the stormtroopers landed, she could've just terrorized and pinned down those dudes while the two Mandalorians IMT'd around, hurling frags at their mortar and "machine laser" systems. It could've been something like that scene in Thin Red Line where John Cusack does the call for fire.
This is to say nothing of them not using the guns on their transports or just deploying the dorktroopers first.
Yeah its crazy its almost like its a fictional story and not about the adventures of Nepalese conscripts fighting Pakis.
Sorry that its a story about a fictional space saga and not about IRL "hide behind a rock and shoot mortars at each other" warfare
>infantry
Is that why you watch children's television?
ok mr. "I went through a TCCC course one time"
>Canonically the storm troopers have always been idiots.
?????
Star Wars is a franchise targeted towards children. I know the truth hurts, but they don't care about any of what you said.
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>it's for children so it doesn't have to make sense
What do you call this kind of non-argument? Just Disnoid consumer apology?
It's not even sci fi, it's science fantasy. Space western is most accurate for this. Sci fi is too autistic to get made unless it's by a based autistic in his basement
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Who cares
>engaging enemy from cover
>aim through scope at machine gunner
>don't shoot him even though you're aiming right at him, just look at him
>he suppresses you
>you run from cover along the ridgeline instead of retreating to your next stand which would force them to dismantle the MG again
>against all odds you reach cover unscathed
>you then push it until it falls down the hill, THE COVER YOU ARE HIDING BEHIND
yeah it's retarded
Agreed. The answer is simple. These film makers have never fired an icky gun before.
Not that user but you do need to adjust your expectations. Yes, it's shit. No, it will never get better. Find different media to consume
>He resorts to the "muh children's tv show" defense
Concession accepted.
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Jesus fucking christ it's only a fucking toy commercial
Not to an undeducated enlisted person in the Army . Thats all they have in life
Honestly when was the last time any movie or series actually used any kind of tactics?
The only one that comes to the top of my mind is Heat.