Shoulder launched missle flies 400 miles into space in a few seconds?
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davidlau17 — 10 years ago(June 30, 2015 01:20 PM)
True, there's no reason why some guy on Earth should've been Elysium's only line of defense, but that's a different complaint than the one brought up by the OP.
This movie did have lazy writing in places, but generally, I think people are a bit overly critical of it. -
CynicalVision — 10 years ago(January 17, 2016 05:04 PM)
'True, there's no reason why some guy on Earth should've been Elysium's only line of defense, but that's a different complaint than the one brought up by the OP. '
I always thought the whole point of using him was plausible deniability. Shooting down refugees is something they probably wouldn't be able to get away with, so they just give the responsibility to a mercenary and keep their hands clean.
Only dream I ever have is it the surface of the Sun. Every time I shut my eyes it's always the same. -
mooncalled2 — 10 years ago(July 01, 2015 12:49 PM)
The best would definetely not be to rely on a single person sitting somewhere on earth to shoot some missile at the right time. That is just stupid
That would indeed be tragic, if that were the case. Luckily, it
was
explained in the film that Delacourt had gotten in trouble with President Patel before for arbitrarily shooting down shuttle craft from Earth without permission. In order to circumvent asking the President for permission, which she knew he wouldn't grant, Delacourt had Kruger shoot the shuttles down from Earth. She still got in trouble, but by having Kruger shoot down the shuttles from Earth rather than doing so from Elysium, there was no chance President Patel would stop the action. Getting in prior trouble for using excessive force came out in her meeting with President Patel and the Council after the shuttles were shot down. Do you not recall that scene?
besides the ultrafast mini missiles.
How can you demand to know the possibilities of something set 156 years in the future?? If Neill Blomkamp writes that there will be
ultra fast
missiles capable of being launched like a bazooka 156 years in the future, who are you to dispute him? You would have to live the next 156 to know for sure. That's why it's called
Science
FICTION
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IvyTempleton — 10 years ago(March 25, 2016 05:55 AM)
Yet he wore that ridiculous robe and looked homeless. If that was to fit in why? Or did he just like looking homeless? It's his thang maybe?
It's not like all the residents had brains or anything. They wandered around the streets doing absolutely nothing. Like, wah the rich people left what do we do now? We can't survive without the rich! Help us we're poor. -
eonaxes — 10 years ago(February 08, 2016 10:55 AM)
this was one of the very dumbest things in this movie. Why do you need to rely on an unstable mercenary to shoot down space shuttles that ALREADY LEFT earth's atmosphere? Elysium should have its own defense system or if not that there should be a properly installed rocket launching system on earth thats guarded by droids.
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legend_001 — 9 years ago(May 27, 2016 06:42 AM)
this was one of the very dumbest things in this movie. Why do you need to rely on an unstable mercenary to shoot down space shuttles that ALREADY LEFT earth's atmosphere? Elysium should have its own defense system or if not that there should be a properly installed rocket launching system on earth thats guarded by droids.
Maybe you should pay attention next time, it was very clearly explained why.