Poll: WOLVERIIIINES!!!

[FalloutJack]

SNIP

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. The end result is that they pussed out and made the already-laughable concept even more ridiculous.

 

[Kennetic]

4.) When the "Wolverines" begin their attacks, it is truly one of the silliest things I've ever seen in a movie. So I'm supposed to believe that these kids know how use these weapons they must have stolen from the soviets? Even if they stole the manuals it would be in russian! Unless they're just gun freaks I doubt an average teenager could use an M-16 properly without training of some kind. And for all of you fans of this ridiculous movie...before you go on about how all they have to do is shoot the thing and they know how to hunt, etc, etc...weapons need maintenance. So not only do these kids know how to fire russian made weapons without training, they can disassemble them, clean them and put them together, too? Bull[unwrite]. I can't even say I can do it and I've at least had experience with machine guns.

HUH?: I've never been deer hunting. I've never been hunting period, actually. While I will admit living off of the land is probably a good skill to have, I just can't work up any enthusiasm for shooting a deer. (Now if I was starving and had to hunt for dinner I'd [unwrite]ing strangle a deer if I had to) But even if I did I'll be damned before you can get me to drink its blood. And do these bozo's really have time for that?

Notice the number of hunting rifles. Kids might know a thing or two about firearms. Ak-47 operates just like any other autoloading rifle: Insert magazine, load a round, squeeze trigger. Simple. Also, Ak-47s are some of the most reliable firearms ever made, they don't really need maintenance to function properly. Also, the never been hunting part pretty much sums up that this author has no clue how firearms work.

 

[malestrithe]

Also, the never been hunting part pretty much sums up that this author has no clue how firearms work.

How does it sum up him or her knowledge about firearms?

I've never been hunting, but that does not limit my knowledge of firearms at all. I've target practiced with everything from .38 specials to 12 gauges Shotguns. I've even fired M-4, ones that are fully auto and not burst modified. I've even fired blunderbusses, and a 50 caliber elephant gun.

Now because I've never killed an animal with it, does that mean my experience does not count?

 

[Zhukov]

I've only seen the original.

It was incredibly dumb.

 

[Kennetic]

Also, the never been hunting part pretty much sums up that this author has no clue how firearms work.

How does it sum up him or her knowledge about firearms?

I've never been hunting, but that does not limit my knowledge of firearms at all. I've target practiced with everything from .38 specials to 12 gauges Shotguns. I've even fired M-4, ones that are fully auto and not burst modified. I've even fired blunderbusses, and a 50 caliber elephant gun.

Now because I've never killed an animal with it, does that mean my experience does not count?

My point was that the author assumes that these kids know nothing about basic firearm operation when they most likely have sufficient knowledge through hunting. Hunting isn't the only firearms training people get, but if you do hunt then you basically have to have the very basic understanding of firearm operation so you don't shoot yourself or your buddy.

 

[Agayek]

Spoiler: This will reveal how the bad guys manage what they do in the movie and will be a big spoiler

The Korean's have a magical maguffin (the thing that doesn't exist to my knowledge in today's world) that allows their items to not get fried (and this is maguffin is what becomes the focal point of the movie as special forces team with The Wolverines to try to capture this magical item to get the US air/vehicle support once again).

Spoiler: Possible spoilers via implications

They actually have those. It's called a Faraday Cage [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage]. Basically, make an enclosure to hold your electronics that has conductive material (usually in the form of a net/mesh) wrapped entirely around it on all sides, and electro-magnetic fields are stopped cold from being able to penetrate it. That's the core of how all EMP shielding works.

The reason you don't see it very often is that you can't have anything penetrate the mesh, or it breaks the conductivity (and thus the cage). It's just not practical for most things to be shielded against such a rare occurrence.

That said, important military/government installations almost certainly have shielding in place around the most important areas, in order to prevent this exact scenario.

 

[aceman67]

The one thing that makes the remake better then the original is making...

Spoiler

the Mayor's son not a traitor, like in the original.

Other then that, both movies have their pros and cons, and I liked both equally.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

I've only seen the original.

It was incredibly dumb.

With you on that one, I watched it with friends. The only way it's okay to me is as a so bad its good in a goof around with friends sense of things.

 

[tippy2k2]

Spoiler: This will reveal how the bad guys manage what they do in the movie and will be a big spoiler

The Korean's have a magical maguffin (the thing that doesn't exist to my knowledge in today's world) that allows their items to not get fried (and this is maguffin is what becomes the focal point of the movie as special forces team with The Wolverines to try to capture this magical item to get the US air/vehicle support once again).

Spoiler: Possible spoilers via implications

They actually have those. It's called a Faraday Cage [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage]. Basically, make an enclosure to hold your electronics that has conductive material (usually in the form of a net/mesh) wrapped entirely around it on all sides, and electro-magnetic fields are stopped cold from being able to penetrate it. That's the core of how all EMP shielding works.

The reason you don't see it very often is that you can't have anything penetrate the mesh, or it breaks the conductivity (and thus the cage). It's just not practical for most things to be shielded against such a rare occurrence.

That said, important military/government installations almost certainly have shielding in place around the most important areas, in order to prevent this exact scenario.

Seriously, that is pretty freaking sweet. I've always wondered what we could possibly do against a weapon like that in today's world but I see that people who are smarter and better funded than me have already figured that out