I don't get the Captain Robau Love
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So would you. Difference is, there would be no epic thread recognizing your awesome badassery.
"His heart rate's elevated..."
On his doomed march to Nero's throne Robau is scared shitless , though he does not show it. He tells off Nero. Looks him straight in the eye, and takes a spear in his chest while standing his ground-- like a fucking champ. You don't get manlier than that.
Also, on a personal note, that's the type of heroism I most believe in and admire. Not "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women." Just taking a stand and facing the enemy even if it means your death.
On his doomed march to Nero's throne Robau is scared shitless , though he does not show it. He tells off Nero. Looks him straight in the eye, and takes a spear in his chest while standing his ground-- like a fucking champ. You don't get manlier than that.
Also, on a personal note, that's the type of heroism I most believe in and admire. Not "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women." Just taking a stand and facing the enemy even if it means your death.
Not get....?
The OP is NOT OF THE BODY!
and apparently entirely too sober.
I recommend....something green. *hic*
The OP is NOT OF THE BODY!
and apparently entirely too sober.
I recommend....something green. *hic*
It's called getting Fetted.
This is it. Robau was the first "non main character" starship captain that was unequivocally a badass. I mean, there have been other good ones, other officers, even other captains, but he is definitely the top of the heap, and even though he has minutes of screentime, he has joined the ranks of the majors who had years to win us over.
That's badass.
I don't hate on the others like some. Esteban was in command of a science ship, and though he was trained, he obviously had not been in a real battle before. He had spent his career doing science work. He just got overwhelmed.
Harriman was just green, but other works (books, Of Gods and Men) revealed the glimmers of potential he showed in Generations got honed into a mighty instrument of command later.
The difference with Robau? He did it from the get go, right out of the gate.
That is why he is a badass.
This is what made the silly, "Facts about Captain Robau" thread last as long as it has. In the beginning, it was a way to pass time because we knew nothing about this new film. Now, it has become a staple because the character of Robau showed us- in the first few minutes of the movie- that heroism, courage, integrity are all alive and 'badass'!
-The man knew he was going to die. He made preparations by making George Kirk the captain.
-In the face of certain death he stood his ground, "What gives you the right to attack a Federation starship?" (sic?)
-Until that point only stars of series and movies showed us such courage. Guest captains were usually insignificant, wimps or insane.
AVE CAPUT ROBAU MAXIMUS!
He can't. Dude's dead. His corpse probably got blowed up real good, too.
^ Maybe not....
In the ST:Nero comics, Nero orders that Robau's body be thrown into the replicator for 'recycling' but they are captured by Klingons before this could occur. The last we know of what happened is that the Klingons have the body now
And on the third day...
Their probably worshiping it now.
He can't. Dude's dead. His corpse probably got blowed up real good, too.
You're just ASKING to be struck dead...aren't you, foolish mortal?
Me neither. It's fine to look cool, just be sure to, you know, actually do something cool to back it up. Boba only looks badass from the waist up, anyway. The dude's wearing sweatpants & sneakers.
I laughed for 5 minutes.
So true.
The oddest thing about Boba Fett...at least to me...is he's considered the most badass bounty hunter in the SW universe...yet the most action he sees in any of the films is when he's a ten-year old boy in Episode II. He does more brave shit as a kid than he does in EMPIRE or JEDI.
True. But he did jack-shit in EMPIRE other than stand next to Vader and walk behind Han's carbon-frozen body. Shooting at Luke a couple of times doesn't really turn him into a grade-A badass. Don't get me wrong, I like Boba and his mythology...I just don't think he's AS super-badass as many SW fans do.
Oh, I agree that he's a good example of Lucas not capitalizing on a character's potential. And in the "Holy Trilogy" to boot... imagine that.
The hype level on Boba was amazing... including pre-TESB with the already-released action figure that could actually shoot your eye out until they released the version where the rocket was permanently jammed into the figure.
The hype level on Boba was amazing... including pre-TESB with the already-released action figure that could actually shoot your eye out until they released the version where the rocket was permanently jammed into the figure.
An unpainted prototype of that original rocket-firing figure was once sold at the BriansToys website for $15,999. 
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