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| Re: Interesting Frankie Quote | |
| Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net> | Date: 6/14/11 1:01 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Interesting Frankie Quote (mnemesis) : Maybe he was awakened once before. Maybe the ship was hit by an asteroid 7 : years after the final scene of Halo 3 and he woke up and puttered around : for awhile fixing things, added some thrusters to his suit, tinkered with : the helmet, and then said, "Okay, this time, don't wake me unless : it's REALLY important." Maybe a space goat awakened him and, bathed : in a holy and mysterious light, bequethed unto him a divine set of : thrusters, entreating him to, "go back to sleep and awaiteth thine : wakening. baaa." Who knows. : The line was poignant when it was delivered. Just because future events might
Yes, it does, when the poignancy of that line is derived directly from the importance of those future events. "Wake me when you need me" is poignant because it is an embodiment of the dutiful soldier that the Chief has always been. Because the moments when he has been needed are such dire circumstances. If the future circumstances of that awakening do not rise to the level of importance of previous occasions, then the poignancy of the line has been not merely blunted, but ruined. If they wanted to make a joke of it, that would be fine, but there's no hint of humor here, either. A "-tap-tap- Are you in there?" sort of approach, as used before, would have been far more appropriate if that is the case.
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