Themightytom wrote:
Well he managed to shoot the ... part of the hallway.. that shuts off all of Destiny's lights, and the lighting wasn't exactly great to begin with. there's some value in walking up to vigilant guards so casually they don't realize anything is wrong until you're already shooting them. They wouldn't teach that in Tactical School, but you know what, he wouldn't be a badass if he did now would he.
Sure, he did some intelligent things. However, totally exposing his entire body is stupid no matter how you slice it.
he managed to get through the gate and plant a bomb on Dr. Sleeparound, and get to the cliffs in a matter of moments.
I'm aware of his accomplishments. I already covered that it was doable because the Destiny crew was apparently trained by Walmart security.
He pulled off his booby traps with increasing success, culminating in predicting where James' team would be coming from and using the first team as bait for the second. they wouldn't teach that in a school either because who would be nut enough to even try it?
I'm glad you brought this part up. I didn't address it in my original post. It was like they wanted to make Simeon a badass but they didn't want him to kill anyone important either. This is more of a pet peeve than anything else. The main characters didn't do anything special that should have saved their lives but they were spared.
You'd make a boring TV show Sith, your badasses would be following tactics that dictate "Don't Ever Try Any of This" and Simeon would be sitting in his cell recovering from torture. He knew he had sensitive intel, he realized his enemy knew it, and he took an immediate poorly thought out gambit that worked not for its skill but for its audacity. ultimately he didn't escape but he inflicted casualties and denied the enemy information. That's badass in my book.
Wow. You failed to comprehend my post at all. I even clarified at the end of my post, but you still didn't grasp it. (Edited)
No, in my version Simeon would have escaped. He just wouldn't be walking through hallways like he thinks he's a Terminator. He wouldn't miss easy shots on main characters because the main character would be utilizing cover, and the Destiny crew wouldn't suddenly suffer from low IQs to make the escape possible.
Lets not forget Rush is a genius here. Young's objection to Eli wasn't so much that he wasn't trained, so much that he wasn't a killer. Eli couldn't apply his intelligence to the problem of killing whereas Rush has established a track record of killing as a side effect to his intelligence.
Ok, I can accept that Rush could develop an effective plan. However, they failed on delivery because it required Simeon who just defeated highly trained soldiers to walk out in the open and then hip fire at someone shooting at him.
that's what i was doing when I saw that. I would agree he is most vocal here. But to me you're the most vocal and most helpful in one package. I have never looked at an SG:U review anywhere but here so I wouldn't know about any of that stuff. Now I'm going to go check out that sgusucks website.
