Well it was nice knowing you, unnamed side character guy.
Dagroth
3 years ago
This guy reminded me of “Starship Troopers” movie (perhaps because I just watched it a few days ago).
Early on, the infantry soldiers were all “We’re going to kick their asses, huzzah!”.
Then they attempted to land (not even landed, attempted) on a hostile world and all sorts of hell broke loose (like heavy casualties before they even reached the surface, and down there it was even worse).
That movie could well have a title “War Is Hell: The Movie”.
I mean, the original book was also a satire of fascist militarism. It would have been weirder if the movie had been directed by somebody who thought wars were cool.
The original book was actually 100% serious, sadly. It has been adapted many, many times, and any given adaptation has like a 50/50 chance to either play it serious or be a parody.
I don’t think the book was satirical at all. It lionizes militarism, and heaps praise upon the military underclass, the grunt.
But I don’t think any part of it isn’t sincere about the political philosophy of “sometime the only solution is violence, and this is how we’ve found the best way to organize violence.”
I mean, the whole point of the movie was satirizing the unchecked militarism/fascism of the novel…
Ben
3 years ago
So… how do you pronounce “Dranglaex” anyway? Is there a canon answer, or is it one of those “it’s a mythological creature I’ll pronounce it how I want to” situations.
It’s either pronounced “drang-leaks“, or “drang-lair-ks” assuming the spelling makes sense. “ae” Gives you a long “ee” sound, as in “anaemic”, or the “air” in “aerial”.
I read it too fast in the first issue and always do a double take because between issues my head keeps reverting back to pronouncing it to the mis-spelling I keep misremembering: “DRANG-a-lex.”
ouRKaoS
3 years ago
PTSD kicks in in 3… 2…
Thomas Parrott
3 years ago
“Right now, I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!”
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I hope most of the survive…
Well it was nice knowing you, unnamed side character guy.
This guy reminded me of “Starship Troopers” movie (perhaps because I just watched it a few days ago).
Early on, the infantry soldiers were all “We’re going to kick their asses, huzzah!”.
Then they attempted to land (not even landed, attempted) on a hostile world and all sorts of hell broke loose (like heavy casualties before they even reached the surface, and down there it was even worse).
That movie could well have a title “War Is Hell: The Movie”.
“100000 dead in one hour”
“Would you like to know more?”
What do you expect from a movie directed by an avowed pacifist?
I mean, the original book was also a satire of fascist militarism. It would have been weirder if the movie had been directed by somebody who thought wars were cool.
The original book was actually 100% serious, sadly. It has been adapted many, many times, and any given adaptation has like a 50/50 chance to either play it serious or be a parody.
I don’t think the book was satirical at all. It lionizes militarism, and heaps praise upon the military underclass, the grunt.
But I don’t think any part of it isn’t sincere about the political philosophy of “sometime the only solution is violence, and this is how we’ve found the best way to organize violence.”
I mean, the whole point of the movie was satirizing the unchecked militarism/fascism of the novel…
So… how do you pronounce “Dranglaex” anyway? Is there a canon answer, or is it one of those “it’s a mythological creature I’ll pronounce it how I want to” situations.
I’m sure there is a correct way, but since I don’t know it I pronounce it Drain-Lax.
I prefer “drain-glay-ex”, hopefully Tim will settle this.
That’s how I say it in my head.
Thank you for clarifying, Tim! I’ve been saying “Dran Glay Ex” all this time 😛
I’ve been pronouncing it as the “dr-grumble-grumble-baddies” I am glad that I wasn’t too far off.
I do Drang-lex myself.
or just dran-gla-ex; when your mother language is not german based, its easy to pronounces
It’s either pronounced “drang-leaks“, or “drang-lair-ks” assuming the spelling makes sense. “ae” Gives you a long “ee” sound, as in “anaemic”, or the “air” in “aerial”.
I always thought it was pronounced like leaks. Thanks for clearing that up, Tim!
I read it too fast in the first issue and always do a double take because between issues my head keeps reverting back to pronouncing it to the mis-spelling I keep misremembering: “DRANG-a-lex.”
PTSD kicks in in 3… 2…
“Right now, I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!”