The doomed voyage of the X-Wing: What really happened

posted at 1:59 pm on October 12, 2007 by Bryan

I knew it! Palpatine lied, people died!

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Well there seems to be a Truther movement growing up around that crash, “raising patriotic questions” about precisely what really happened.

Your government is lying to you.

Ace nailed it. I demand a recount.

Spirit of 1776 on October 12, 2007 at 2:01 PM

I knew Lord Vader was responsible…

doriangrey on October 12, 2007 at 2:02 PM

Now if they could only find some way to incorporate that Quebecois kid with the light saber and the big imagination…

Mindcrime on October 12, 2007 at 2:03 PM

LMAO that was a way cool funny for a friday lunch break Brian nice job.

P.S. do you know when you are going to open up registration for hotair. A friend of mine has been trying now for a few weeks.

Kevin43 on October 12, 2007 at 2:03 PM

Why are those moonbats laughing? I thought they support the troops.

Can I question their patriotism now?

IreneFingIrene on October 12, 2007 at 2:04 PM

I KNEW it! Fire does not melt plastic!

TallDave on October 12, 2007 at 2:08 PM

Dont lase me bro !

William Amos on October 12, 2007 at 2:09 PM

Sah-weeeeeeet!

thejackal on October 12, 2007 at 2:11 PM

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

Blacklake on October 12, 2007 at 2:13 PM

For your information, that was NOT Lord Vaders ship.

It was one of Lord “Nostrilits” Waxman’s Stormtroopers….

Dr. Gecko on October 12, 2007 at 2:14 PM

Thanks for the laugh on a cool rainy day!

BL@KBIRD on October 12, 2007 at 2:14 PM

[Insert heavy, mechanical breathing sounds here]

thirteen28 on October 12, 2007 at 2:16 PM

It’s really only missing the TIE fighter sound. Other than that, pretty sweet.

lorien1973 on October 12, 2007 at 2:20 PM

12 parsecs… My butt.

Trooper on October 12, 2007 at 2:22 PM

I am not suprised. According to Wikipedia, the bug attack on Buenos Aires was an inside job. Would you like to know more?

BohicaTwentyTwo on October 12, 2007 at 2:23 PM

I didn’t know this movie was about the beaten wife syndrome:

Also, as Verhoeven mentions in the DVD commentary, the humans are the aggressors and the bugs the victims: when the bugs bomb Buenos Aires, they are not attacking the human race but reacting to human colonists encroaching on bug planets.

I actually thought it was a good movie. Humans are to blame. Of course!

lorien1973 on October 12, 2007 at 2:28 PM

Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers was a travesty; Robert Heinlein’s book was pretty much the exact opposite of the b.s., infantile “political” commentary Verhoeven’s movie was attempting to make. (I use “attempting” in the sense of “That brain-damanged pan troglodytes is attempting to fish termites out of a termite mound with a stick of dynamite.”)

Mindcrime on October 12, 2007 at 2:31 PM

This is a wonderful use for the internets.

askheaves on October 12, 2007 at 2:32 PM

lorien1973 on October 12, 2007 at 2:28 PM

Well certainly, we need to try to understand the ROOT CAUSES of why the bugs hate us. The ROOT CAUSES can most probably be traced back to humanity’s imerialistic Interstellar Policies.

BohicaTwentyTwo on October 12, 2007 at 2:36 PM

Well certainly, we need to try to understand the ROOT CAUSES of why the bugs hate us. The ROOT CAUSES can most probably be traced back to humanity’s imerialistic Interstellar Policies

Or, they could be traced back to the Raid Roach Motel.

Mindcrime on October 12, 2007 at 2:40 PM

BohicaTwentyTwo on October 12, 2007 at 2:36 PM

That is so weird. I never picked up on that either time I watched it. This is worth a blog entry, too. That destroying a city is somehow, in the producer’s mind, a rational response to the situation. No talking, no compromise, just blow up millions of people and say – well you made me do it. Eh?

lorien1973 on October 12, 2007 at 2:41 PM

That TIE fighter had no windows or markings…and where’s the debris from that X-Wing?

looks like the Rebels pulled off a false-flag inside job…Get Senator Paul-patine!

JetBoy on October 12, 2007 at 2:41 PM

Guys, while I agree that this is an important finding, you aren’t looking at the bigger picture…I’m gonna make a Death Star out of cinderblocks and chickenwire and see if my hypothesis checks out.

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 2:45 PM

Mindcrime on October 12, 2007 at 2:31 PM

I disagree, the Starship Troopers movie was so awful it made it positively delightful!

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 2:47 PM

Mindcrime on October 12, 2007 at 2:40 PM

BLOWBACK!!

Note To Hotair Overlords: I apologize if you consider my Starship Trooper comments threadjacking a Star Wars thread, but if you reprimand me, I will only assume you are part of the Global Military Industrial Lights and Magic Complex.

BohicaTwentyTwo on October 12, 2007 at 2:51 PM

BohicaTwentyTwo on October 12, 2007 at 2:51 PM

Nah. It’s awfully hard to hijack a thread when the post consists entirely of “I knew it! Palpatine lied, people died!” That’s almost an open thread.

Almost.

Bryan on October 12, 2007 at 2:54 PM

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 2:45 PM

Heh heh heh, sent Rusty over at The Jawa Report an e-mail about your Death Star video, it’s great…

doriangrey on October 12, 2007 at 2:57 PM

Many Bothans died to bring us this video.

James on October 12, 2007 at 2:59 PM

Nah. It’s awfully hard to hijack a thread when the post consists entirely of “I knew it! Palpatine lied, people died!” That’s almost an open thread.

Almost.

Bryan on October 12, 2007 at 2:54 PM

Heh heh heh leave it to a former NASA employee to have the inside goods on what really happened to that X-Wing fighter, Are you in the Whistle Blowers Protection Program yet?

doriangrey on October 12, 2007 at 3:00 PM

doriangrey on October 12, 2007 at 2:57 PM

I didn’t make the video BTW, I just dug it up, its an old one.

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 3:05 PM

I didn’t make the video BTW, I just dug it up, its an old one.

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 3:05 PM

It’s still pretty cool….

doriangrey on October 12, 2007 at 3:06 PM

And no one was really on the X-Wing when it “exploded” in a controlled demolition. And the rebels are actually valiant freedom fighters.

Neo on October 12, 2007 at 3:06 PM

Palpatine lied, Porkins died!

Krydor on October 12, 2007 at 3:13 PM

Sweet! Yeah, it’s weird they didn’t put in the TIE fighter’s distinctive propulsion noise. But other than that, it’s awesome.

Splashman on October 12, 2007 at 3:15 PM

Palpatine lied, Porkins died!

Krydor on October 12, 2007 at 3:13 PM

Win. I think I made a Jek Porkins joke on one of the earlier threads.

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 3:16 PM

Bad Candy,

Exploding X-Wings DEMAND Porkins jokes. Now, if some enterprising soul would cut in Porkins awesome death scene, then it would rock. I would, but I’m not allowed to open my Original Trilogy (not the stupid “REMASTERED” one) until Christmas because it’s from my daughters who have no idea they bought it for me.

Krydor on October 12, 2007 at 3:21 PM

The first time in history that a laser beam destroyed plywood! Call Rosie!

csdeven on October 12, 2007 at 3:31 PM

Those stupid “remastered” ones suck. I hate when people screw up original classic things…

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 3:33 PM

Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed.

I find your lack of faith to be disturbing….

ericire12 on October 12, 2007 at 3:38 PM

Stay on Target!

Mike Honcho on October 12, 2007 at 3:50 PM

Did it fly?

Negative…it just impacted into the surface.

James on October 12, 2007 at 3:53 PM

Bad Candy on October 12, 2007 at 2:47 PM

I agree. As shameful as the movie was to Heinlen and his book, Doogie dressed as the Gestapo can’t be beat. I can’t even watch the commercials for his new show without hoping he’ll turn to the camera and say, “We’re in it for the species people!”

BohicaTwentyTwo on October 12, 2007 at 3:53 PM

Someone said a dirty!

Kini on October 12, 2007 at 4:19 PM

Lawsuit, I say…Lawsuit!

Wanderlust on October 12, 2007 at 4:37 PM

Exploding X-Wings DEMAND Porkins jokes.

James on October 12, 2007 at 5:11 PM

looks like the Rebels pulled off a false-flag inside job…Get Senator Paul-patine!

JetBoy on October 12, 2007 at 2:41 PM

I always knew he was the Dark Side.

steveegg on October 12, 2007 at 5:51 PM

I saw Rove piloting the Tie Fighter.

Alden Pyle on October 12, 2007 at 6:03 PM

I enjoyed that short clip. Thanks gang!

But, I feel for those who tried that project. A lot of work & prep goes into them.

Coronagold on October 12, 2007 at 6:48 PM

So no one here is yet mentioning the involvment of Dick “Darth Vader” Cheney?

Oops…

Do I have you now? ;-)

kevcad on October 12, 2007 at 6:50 PM

Every time I watch Starship troopers (not a lot but more than twice) I can’t help but think this is just the kind of society the left want for all of us… No borders, 1 source of information, limited citizenship (earned or brought) and all done for the state…

PS cool video,

Gwillie on October 12, 2007 at 7:34 PM

Oh and Co-ed showers

Gwillie on October 12, 2007 at 7:36 PM