Quote Originally Posted by Forsaken Lover View Post
So they're smart enough to wipe out a majority of the marines but then they get killed by the handful of survivors? That doesn't help their case ya know. If they were so smart, they should have been able to finish off the suddenly less well-equipped and outnumbered humans which included Bill Paxon pissing himself, a civilian woman, a leader who was paralyzed with panic... People need to stop making it out like these were legitimate badasses. They were the proto-Mobile Infantry from the movie version of Starship Troopers.
Let's be clear here, they were not killed by the survivors. There is a failure in one of the systems on the planet and they are killed by the accidental destruction of the colony. I don't think anyone is claiming the survivors are badass killers who make the Aliens look stupid except you.
After the initial Alien ambush, the atmosphere is one of desperation and loss. The survivors manage to throw up a hasty defense and then they...run away. They only ever talk of escape.
I'm honestly wondering if we're talking of the same movie here, the only time you could call the Marines badass is at the beginning, which is obviously supposed to be over the top to highlight how little they understand about the dangers they're walking in to.