Humanity gets its ass kicked by alien invaders and begins a new generation of fighters, including a special forces unit.

It’s a big ball of youth-friendly “meh”.

2021-09-26 ∞

0:45 —

“When I understand my enemy well enough to
defeat him, then in that moment, I also love him.”

A.E. Wiggin
1:15 — Narration. Which I won’t type out.
1:30 — See also Independence Day – (1996 movie)
1:45 — This is going to be yet another movie which doesn’t understand “smart”.
3:45 — I get the impression that he’s a bit of a psychopath..
33:45 — As-salamu alaykum
35:30 — I do want to mention the reaction to there being a girl with them, and how a white knight immediately flinched to rescue her as soon as the mean bad man might have hurt her feelings.
42:30 — Better run off and save the girl; coed units don’t work.
49:00 — Boot camp
51:15 — He asked a direct question and only got a salute.
53:45 — You can work with a twisted ankle in zero-G.
58:15 — His lady friend can’t stay with his unit.
1:02:00 — This movie doesn’t even begin to delve into the complexities of the change in mindset of an actual veteran.
1:14:30 — Māori people
1:15:15 — Water is plentiful in the universe, why go to Earth for it?
1:15:45 — Did she get transferred to his unit?
1:16:30 — We don’t have an unsustainable population growth..
1:24:15 — Telepathy
1:25:15 — Why would he grab the kid instead of just making some noise?
1:34:00 — Maybe don’t scar them for life?
1:37:30 — Why would she drug him?
1:40:30 — The communication thing makes no sense..
1:45:15 — They left him to his own devices? What?

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