No, it’s actually quite terrible in both regards, video game insta-kill knives notwithstanding. It either takes six good hits to the chest, all the while struggling with the target and creating one hell of a mess, or a hard to line up stab between the first vertebrae and the skull to sever the spinal column from the brain. The first isn’t that quiet or quick and the second is finicky at best. At that range, why not just dome them with a silenced .22lr pistol like the Welrod or a Ruger? Hell, a garrotte would be better than a knife, you’ve still got a struggle but there’s almost nothing the victim can do except gasp for air. My point is that knives are the meme weapon of stealth that should never be considered unless they are literally the ONLY THING you have on hand.
Ruger was founded in 1949 and as best I can find the lowest-caliber Welrod was chambered for .32 ACP, besides which a .22 would have the same issues as a knife as far as needing precision to kill instantly. You're exactly right that a knife is only silent if you get it right the first time, but A: it's a tool that's useful for things other than stealthy kills as well and thus a better use of a human's limited carrying capacity, and B: the SAS trained like madmen so that they would get it right the first time.
If you notice it, you can see that in the afterlife the Italian girl's pasta is severed right at the level of her neck. I bet the SAS girl went for the throat...
I wish I could feel wonderful about this. But the fact Lt. Calhoun refused to apologize or acknowledge the horrible way she treated Felix late in the first film keeps ruining the romance for me. Classic abusive behavior.
You have to understand, it's not her fault, she has the word affliction ever possible for a videogame character, a traumatic backstory.
You have to understand, it's not her fault, she has the word affliction ever possible for a videogame character, a traumatic backstory.
Past trauma does not justify present evil. You can understand wickedness (and make no mistake, what Lt. Calhoun did to Felix was very wicked, very cruel). But one should never commend it or encourage it.
Could someone who's seen the movie recently enough to remember remind us what Calhoun did to Felix that was so "wicked" and clearly deserving of holding a grudge? I don't remember her doing anything that bad, and Felix clearly didn't hold whatever it was against her.
Considering who these comments belong to, I'm ready to just assume whatever he's talking about is bullshit, but I'd be interested in having more context.
Could someone who's seen the movie recently enough to remember remind us what Calhoun did to Felix that was so "wicked" and clearly deserving of holding a grudge? I don't remember her doing anything that bad, and Felix clearly didn't hold whatever it was against her.
Considering who these comments belong to, I'm ready to just assume whatever he's talking about is bullshit, but I'd be interested in having more context.
It sounds like they're talking about when Felix called her a "dynamite gal," which set off a PTSD flashback of her fiancée (who also often called her a "dynamite gal") being eaten by a Cy-Bug on their wedding day because she didn't do a perimeter check. This flashback is shown immediately after Felix accidently sets her off, so we know why she suddenly tells him to leave as it happens. Felix didn't deserve that, but calling Calhoun's reaction abusive, let alone evil, is a huge stretch.
And for all we know, she may have apologized offscreen.
It sounds like they're talking about when Felix called her a "dynamite gal," which set off a PTSD flashback of her fiancée (who also often called her a "dynamite gal") being eaten by a Cy-Bug on their wedding day because she didn't do a perimeter check. This flashback is shown immediately after Felix accidently sets her off, so we know why she suddenly tells him to leave as it happens. Felix didn't deserve that, but calling Calhoun's reaction abusive, let alone evil, is a huge stretch.
It's possible I need to see the movie again but, I remember her leaving him out in the middle of nowhere, where he very likely could've have been devoured by those bugs running loose. Or died of starvation and thirst or simply gotten lost forever in the system, never to be seen or heard from again.
I would've understood had she angrily told him, "Don't ever call me that! I know you don't mean anything by it, but I can't stand it! Don’t push me on this!"
And if Felix had stubbornly, relentlessly pressed the issue, well, then his punishment would have been far more justified. Disproportionate, yes but, it would have been more his fault because he refused to heed her warning.
But, she didn't even give him the courtesy of a warning, not even a warning delivered with gritted teeth. Instead, she ejected him from her vehicle with unrighteous fury and deserted him, like a little kid being dumped in the most dangerous part of town, where all the psychopaths and murderers dwell.
And all for what? A freaking compliment delivered with the utmost adoration and love? Ohhh yeah, what a sweetheart. I hope I marry a lady like this one someday.
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"And for all we know, she may have apologized offscreen."
And what was so disgusting about her apology it needed to be censored and handled offscreen?
"I'm so sorry for what I did to you back there, Felix. You were just being your sweet, adorable self and I treated you so horribly. I can't believe I was so mean to you, you could've been killed out there, please forgive me."
This is what Pixar was trying to protect their child audience from? What the ever-loving eff!
