oh don't get me wrong, i think the 51 is one mean looking bird but i got that secondhand used POS ivanov so my opinion is biased. i'm sure i'll be suffering form new valk syndrome if/when i get a good one.
zero story was meh in everyway. like you said, it would've been better had it been more of a military perspective instead of whatever the heck it was perspective, plus i don't think the wacky subtitles helped. more action scenes would've helped but with a story that bad, i don't think anything could've really saved it.
anyway, i ordered the ivanov the other day, hopefully i'll like mine as much as you do.