What returning to Gears of War says about the series' future

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There's a scene in Generation Kill, the HBO miniseries that follows an embedded reporter as he travels with the Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, in which Sergeant Brad 'Iceman' Colbert can be seen running around a field with his arms outstretched, pretending to be an aeroplane. After watching this display of benign madness, or freedom for a few moments, one of Colbert's comrades turns to the reporter (based on real life journalist Evan Wright) and asks: "What, did you like, give him some Rolling Stone drugs or something?"
"I just asked him what he would be if he wasn't a Marine," says Wright.
The rakish corporal feigns indignation. "Oh my god, he wants to be a ballerina? That's my f***ing dream!"
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