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Summary: Some really clever ideas
Review: Roughnecks used the look and feel of the movie, plus a lot of the storylines of the book to retell the story of the Mobile Infantry fighting a war against an alien invasion. But they also introduced some unique ideas of their own and this episode had one of the better ones.One intriguing idea that the series introduced was that of an alien race that did not use technology at all, but "bred" or "grew" whatever it needed. So their ships are biological, their artillery is biological, and they have various kinds of fighting bugs as well. That was a clever idea. But this episode introduced another clever idea as well--the idea of giant "sleeper bugs" that could sleep in space for perhaps thousands of years, looking like an asteroid, until one day waking up to head off to a new planet to invade. I don't know if that is a unique idea of their own, or if the writers got it from science fiction literature, but it is clever. The one downside is that they never really show this sleeper bug very well. Something that I liked about this series that this campaign showed off well is that the story does not always progress in ways you would expect, but in some ways is more "real." For instance, at one point the troopers manage to get the Zephyr off the ground only to crash it only a short time later. I did not see that coming. One downside is that the commentary tracks occasionally leave something to be desired. The filmmakers often re-cover the same background and explanations that they have on previous discs and we don't need to hear all of that stuff again.
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Summary: Zephyr
Review: The long awaited DVD that completes the series. Although I believe it was called the Ice Asteriod Campaign, but eh Zephyr is better. Now only if they will release the clip shows and the lost episodes that were never aired. ::sigh:: maybe one day
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Summary: Ice Planet Arc -Zephyr...
Review: The World Wide Web and some dedicated websites (to include Amazon.com) can be instrumental in obtaining a large concensus that can sway a major producer of DVDs to complete a series. Kudos to the above (and you "Roughnecks" know who you are)! This story arc had become the lost episodes of the Starship Troopers Chronicles, and was previously referred to as the "Ice Planet" story arc. This arc will fill-in most of the loose ends (Zander's plight is explained, new bugs are introduced, etc.) and takes place between The Tesca Campaign and The Klendathu Campaign. So now we face the Frozen Drool Campaign of anticipation.
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Summary: Finally!
Review: This and the final episodes (those which never were presented to TV) are the missing pieces to the Roughnecks Chronicles. I was surprised they made this one. Happy too! The down-sie is the lack of other languages or extra commentaries that the previous ones had. I pray the lost episodes make it to DVD too.
BUY THIS!!!! :)
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Summary: Finally!
Review: This and the final episodes (those which never were presented to TV) are the missing pieces to the Roughnecks Chronicles. I was surprised they made this one. Happy too! The down-sie is the lack of other languages or extra commentaries that the previous ones had. I pray the lost episodes make it to DVD too.
BUY THIS!!!! :)
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