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[Duke 2.0]

 Not to mention engineers have been naming frictionless and super strong substances that for years. All theoretical.

[Leafsnail]

Can't you have blades AND guns on any decent mech?  And have guns attached and hands?  Ah well... if they wanna base their robots on comic books and cartoons, so be it.

[Cthulhu]

Amen.  Any movie where the xenos-sympathizers win is not a movie I want to see.

Except FernGully.  FernGully was awesomer than awesome.  Hexxus=Best Villain Ever

[Sean Mirrsen]

Cthulhu, sometimes this can happen too.

[Karlito]

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As far as the arrows not piecing the windshields and then suddenly piercing the windshields, I was under the impression that it didn't work the first time because they were firing up at the helicopters, but in the battle at the end they were firing down.

[Leafsnail]

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As far as the arrows not piecing the windshields and then suddenly piercing the windshields, I was under the impression that it didn't work the first time because they were firing up at the helicopters, but in the battle at the end they were firing down.

My friend said this as well, but I'm not entirely sure how that makes any difference.  Actually, why didn't any of them mount up for the original battle anyway?

[Karlito]

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As far as the arrows not piecing the windshields and then suddenly piercing the windshields, I was under the impression that it didn't work the first time because they were firing up at the helicopters, but in the battle at the end they were firing down.

My friend said this as well, but I'm not entirely sure how that makes any difference.

Well, the first time the arrows only got the force of their draw, but the second time they got the force of the draw + the speed of the dive + anything gravity has to add in the last few meters.

[Realmfighter]

Well, the first time the arrows only got the force of their draw, but the second time they got the force of the draw + the speed of the dive + anything gravity has to add in the last few meters.

I don't know the details, but i don't think a arrow with 100 KG of force will get enough more to penetrate something that it wasn't able to in the first place with just gravity on its side.

[Cthulhu]

I have to agree with realmfighter.  The loss of energy on the ascent would at the very least cancel out the speed of the dive and gravity, if not eating into the speed it would've had being fired directly as well.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I didn't see the movie yet, but just judging by description - firing down onto a military-made windshield has the advantage of being more perpendicular to it, because in most cases the glass is slanted to deflect projectiles coming from the front. You'd get the same effect when fighting a T-34, for instance. Fire at it from the same height, and even a Tiger shot will bounce off. Fire at it from above, and the difference in angle will make it susceptible to even the comparatively light Panzer II.

[Sensei]

Maybe... uh... they drew them harder because they were really pissed off?

Yeah, I can figure ways around an arrow piercing both your eyes and damaging your neck while leaving the brain and skull intact, but not this one.

[Realmfighter]

I didn't see the movie yet, but just judging by description - firing down onto a military-made windshield has the advantage of being more perpendicular to it, because in most cases the glass is slanted to deflect projectiles coming from the front. You'd get the same effect when fighting a T-34, for instance. Fire at it from the same height, and even a Tiger shot will bounce off. Fire at it from above, and the difference in angle will make it susceptible to even the comparatively light Panzer II.

You have to take into account the fact that this is a god damned arrow.

Its being fired at a military craft that should deflect bullets.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Good arrows are no less strong than bullets. Having more mass and less tendency to blunt on impact helps break glass.

[Duke 2.0]

 Except for, you know, less force.
 And well made? We are talking industrial revolution standards here. I really don't think they could have made arrows dense and strong enough to pierce military-grade equipment.

[deadlycairn]

Ergh. Lets not argue about the scientific details. The movie had helicopter lizards, just sit back and enjoy the show. 

And even if the plot has been done before, it was well executed, which is more than can be said of some movies. Definitely my movie of the year. The 3d was AMAZING.