[*][/*]Since I havn't seen a post or anything about this I thought I would start one. But in the end it is me just being a nerd and a Military freak all in one.
As I am damned well positive everyone here has seen the re-release of Star Wars, where Greedo shoots first, but by some unknown forces misses by about 2 feet. You know let me rant on this this first.
Star Wars implies that Greedo is a trained killer. First off why would a trained killer not just shoot Han? I am positive you could find some reason, but we have to assume that the bounty on Han is very high, in which case brining in a dead Han would likely still give you a pretty big payday. Also as most people who actually own guns would tell you pulling a gun is a last resort, and sinse you are not local law enforcement, if you ever pull a gun on someone you shoot them. If put into the situation where you need to pull a gun, you need to pull the trigger.
If say the bounty was for a live guy only (Which is very unlikely but whatever) Why not just sneak up behind the guy and handcuff him? Why would you put a gun in his face and force him into a booth to discuss ANYTHING! Hell you don't even need to handcuff him. Come up behind him and put the gun in his back! and force him out of the bar. You don't need to talk to the guy, so WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO HIM!
Number 2 Why did you force him into a booth and allow him to have one of his hand out of your line of sight? What are cops known to say "Hand's up." It should be pretty obvious why, but apparently I need to spell it out. They do it because if you can't see one of their hands, you don't know what it is doing. What if they are grabbing a gun? And as before mentioned, if you ever have to pull a gun, you shoot it too.
Okay I feel better. Now why does Greedo shoot first? I don't know how many people have handled a gun, but for those who havn't let me point out, it is damned near impossible to miss a target 3 feet away. Even if you are "Shooting from the hip" it is impossible to miss, by a few inches, mess less a foot.
George has said "He didn't want Han to be a 'cold blooded killer.'" Seriously? George I don't know if you have ever been in this situation or not, but any idiot should be able to tell you that having a gun leveled at you is a deadly threat, and in the law, you can kill them to defend yourself. Not to long ago there was a news story of a young mother killing a guy who was attempting to break into her house. So if you need Han to be "morally justified" in shooting Greedo, have Han shoot Greedo the second he has a gun leveled at him.
But the "morally justified" idea doesn't hold water because Han shot before Greedo's shot even hit the wall. Human reaction time isn't that fast. Han had decided to shoot Greedo right then, Greedo shooting had no effect on his decision.
This brings me to another point. Everyone remembers "Return of the Jedi" as the one with "The Good Little Bears" beating the Empire. Most people question that, but thats a mute point to what I want to go into. George has said that the "Little Bears" as he views it are the Vietcong, and the Empire was the American Military... Seriously George? So you view the good gusys as the vietcong who killed how many innocent, freedom loving South Vietnamese? George in Every movie people need to sympathize with the good guys, and not like that bad guys, but the bad guys are not you! If you are the bad guy of your own movie, you need help! There is no reason that you should hate yourself so much.
You know this makes me wonder what is happening? What has happened to Hollywood? Where are all the good movies about American Heroes, instead of "The last good man in a corrupt military" or stuff like that. I want to see more movies where the American's are the good guys, and the Nazi's, or the communist, or the murderous barbarians are the bad guys.
Guess thats why I love Act of Valor so much. It wasn't made by Hollywood, it was made by and starred active duty Navy Seals. Which is why I think, we need more military men making movies. Because they know what side they are on.