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Old 09-15-2005, 12:34 AM   #6
Tonchi
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Actually, that was one of the (many) major departures of the movie from the book - the movie was very WWII-mass-invasion, but in the book it was a small group of elite soldiers piloting advanced mechs.
I guess you're right. It was nice to read in those days about "inserting" combatants for special missions where their objective was not to blow themselves up along with several city blocks of innocent bystanders when they arrived.
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