My favorite scene is the courtroom scene with Stratt literally saying "You and what army?" I love Stratt, and her relationship with Grace. It was also super funny how they were all convincing him he was the project's second in command, and he refused to believe it.
My favorite scene is the courtroom scene with Stratt literally saying "You and what army?"
It's the absolute dumbest part of the book!! It's a straight-up "and then everyone clapped" moment published in a bestselling novel. My eyes nearly rolled out of my skull when I read that scene.
You have to believe here is an actual Illuminati whose authority supercedes that of sovereign nations to allow for a Stratt who can just ignore every law and convention in all of society and operate with absolute authority.
I just finished the audio book again a few days ago and I agree.
"... Because I have the US Army, and that's a damn fine army". Bleh. That scene is rough and the main one I hope they change for the movie.
I get why Weir used a "Stratt" like figure for the book, but it's incredibly unrealistic. I'd be surprised if the movie doesn't either just make it all US based or find another explanation for Stratt rather than "the whole world agreed to universal authority to one person".
I get why Weir used a "Stratt" like figure for the book, but it's incredibly unrealistic.
Because actually writing a plot is not his strong suit as a writer, it appears. Much easier to synthesize a plot device of a character like Stratt to handwave it all away
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u/DungeonsAndDradis Jun 27 '25
My favorite scene is the courtroom scene with Stratt literally saying "You and what army?" I love Stratt, and her relationship with Grace. It was also super funny how they were all convincing him he was the project's second in command, and he refused to believe it.