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Subject: Palace Hotel...a sorta thought out review.

About me: I am a vicious wolf of a man.

But really am sweet at heart. =)

I was really saddened by Robt Mclees' story in Evolutions.

Palace Hotel makes no sense.

1. Why is Chief a dick all of a sudden?
Really man? It would have taken you six seconds to pick up those wounded men...or at least take their dog tags. And cussing the corporal out for not being a Spartan? What?

2. Cortana is all -blam!-y.
For some reason. Cortana has to make a stupid comment when ever the Chief speaks. At this point aren't they supposed to be close?

3. Pronouncing every word phonetically for some reason.
Why is it half way through talking out the plan they begin calling things phonetically. LAAV becomes Ell Aey Aey Vee...for no reason. El em Gee, El Ar Vee. WHY ARE THEY STRESSING EVERY SYLIBLE? Hell, the Chief even SAYS be quiet because Jackals can hear really well! So lets just carefully pronounce EVERY part of our plan!

4. Ear drum popping.
I now feel bad for every Marine who has ever sat in a gauss hog, because apparently they all have no eardrums. And wait, if being under the gun when it fires makes you deaf...how is the person firing the gun perfectly fine?

5. John's Special Relationship.
So John just abandons the squad and meets with someone we never saw on that level...who apparently was a childhood friend of John's when he was four.

And John remembers saving her in the lake. And taking the picture, and saying he would MARRY her.

But he can't remember his OWN LAST NAME? What?

Selective memory I guess. I also love how a Master Chief is telling a Lieutenant what to do. While I'm sure the Chief has more experience... you never boss around with an officer. What I can only hope is that this lady got owned by the Scarab to end this stupidity.

  • 03.03.2011 7:25 PM PDT

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Never read or saw or whatever it was for this, but i can say one thing about number 4.

Have you ever fired a shotgun? Because its not that lound when your the one firing, but standing next to a shotgun going off is a -blam!-ton louder. Thats because the soundwaves are produced at the end of the barrel and are traveling out away from the barrel, and off to the sides, not so much back towards the person holding the gun.

So it would make sense that a person sitting under the muzzle of a guass canon would go deaf, while the person firing would be fine.

[Edited on 03.03.2011 7:30 PM PST]

  • 03.03.2011 7:30 PM PDT

Don't remember 1, or 2.

3, I can agree with somewhat.

4, not sure?

5, When did he abandon the squad? from what I remember of it (Being a while since I've read the book), they rallied up at that point to make a plan, which is when he runs into her. Also, the memory is brought back by the picture, and Parisa explaining the picture.

  • 03.03.2011 7:37 PM PDT