Not demonstrative, same source as the quote: General Failure

The pic doesn't show Zapp being a failure at all

Agreed, but I'm having a hard time finding a replacement.

I remember a big long thread from months ago that pretty much came to that conclusion.

Jet-a-Reeno!

Yup yup.

How does a blatantly silly and badly drawn battle plan not demonstrate military incompetence?

edited 16th Jan '12 3:59:03 PM by Vox

Keep until an improvement is suggested?

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

Seconding Keep Until Better Image Suggested. Zapp works just fine.

Anyone else?

In the old thread, I suggested a version of a pic that gave a closer view of Zap and his ludicrous battle-chart, cutting out Kif (green dude on the right). I stand by that suggestion. Otherwise, I can't think of any improvements.

I reject your requirement for a witty statement or fanboyish squealing in my signature.

The bigger issue in that image is that it doesn't necessarily look like a plan destined to fail. Clogging the cannons up with wreckage is not by default a failing strategy.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Killing vast numbers of your own troops sounds pretty stupid to me.

I thought we frowned on pics that depend on captions to show why they're an example?

Which it doesn't. You're saying that this:

...doesn't look like an obviously stupid and badly drawn strategem?

edited 15th Apr '12 1:42:59 AM by Vox

All I see is a bunch of triangles (which I assume represent space ships) being directed towards what looks like a planet while the stick figures either shoot at it or move towards it. It's pretty unclear and nothing strikes me as particularly idiotic about it.

I do, however, question the general's lack of pants.

edited 15th Apr '12 2:14:10 AM by GingerSnaps

What is this "sleep" you speak of?

I disagree. *

The stick figures and "boom" convey unprofessionalism to me just fine.

The trope is about efficiency, not about unprofessionalism. Ans there are a lot of real-world tactics that rely on sacrificing a lot of soldiers for a given result - see Zerg Rush.

edited 15th Apr '12 2:36:05 AM by SeptimusHeap

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Then Keep Until Better Image Suggested. It's better than nothing.

edited 15th Apr '12 2:36:59 AM by Vox

Clock is set.

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. No action is to be taken based on this thread.

EDIT: I'm adding this link and the previous one to the page tag with a note that someone needs to have a great suggestion before making a new thread.

edited 3rd Jun '12 8:03:17 PM by Willbyr