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Inspirations for 2320 or Interstellar Wars

I found the commercials interesting more for what you can glean about the cultures that created them. The Slovenian and Canadian ads were very matter of fact, quick cuts, and both ended with the soldiers in question helping families and children. The Indian ad, in contrast, was cut like a music video, and seemed to emphasize the benefits (and fun) of a military career. And then the Russian one, which felt like an appeal to former glory, very stately and majestic, empahsizing the power of the vessels, but with no human touch.
 
Originally posted by Colin:
I found the commercials interesting more for what you can glean about the cultures that created them. The Slovenian and Canadian ads were very matter of fact, quick cuts, and both ended with the soldiers in question helping families and children. The Indian ad, in contrast, was cut like a music video, and seemed to emphasize the benefits (and fun) of a military career. And then the Russian one, which felt like an appeal to former glory, very stately and majestic, empahsizing the power of the vessels, but with no human touch.
Sometimes, Hard SF is about vehicles, that is why the Russian is quite impressive. Having powerful ships is just sometimes cool but yes, I have to say the Slovene & Czech one is my favorite.
 
I just like that it protrays people in a wide milieu of environments and have a killer soundtrack...something that would inspire me in military games, rather than a lone individual or abstract combat.

Also, a low tech Army is how imagine fighting in IW & 2320AD. Lasers and StarWars-like effects, I would save only for the rise of 3I.

As to division, speaking from both cases, the people feel no amenocity toward the break-up, but feel it was neccessity to get on in the world in the case of both nations. Afterall, the invasion of Slovenia was more of a farce than the tragedy that occurred elsewhere in the Balkans. And, the Czechs are not part of the Balkans.

But each is not without its irony, being very small nations, we probably have seen the entire Army and its equipment with the clip.
 
Originally posted by Border Reiver:
A certain amount of misplaced loyalty demands....

Airmobile
Light Role
Mechanised Infantry
Armoured Infantry

I'd just like to point out that I've lost count of the number of times I've had to capture or defend that bloody bridge in the final frame. These are the current crop of adverts. I preferred the last campaign with the "what would you do?" or "what are you thinking?" theme. Hilarious.
I still remember the "It's not all work, work, work..." ads from the 80's.

G.
 
I like that one better than the "Army of One" Bullhockey.
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When I entered, it was "Be All that you can Be" --with the unspoken caveat, "just remember who 'They" (our superiors) be"
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ROFL!!!!

Most of my unit never did do the rah-rah thing... and anybody that did was considered especially 'hoo-rah'. That last being being defined as someone someone that has swallowed the Army line so bady that they'll get the rest of us killed...

And I thought that the "Army of One" bit was a dumbass slogan. I distinctly remember my drill sargeant telling me (from about a foot and a half away) that I needed to be school-qualified to go running around by myself. I later learned that school was Ranger school, but the Army always did need a school to make you dumb enough for Stupid Jarhead Tricks
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But then again, Uncle Sugah's Welfare Chillin's were still looking at the Soviet 3rd Guards Shock Army back then. I can remember October '83 when the Blackhorse Cav rolled to the Inter-German Border with the tubes forward and a sabot up the spout. It came *that* close to being the 'showdown before the blowdown'.
 
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