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Started by GalacticBusDriver, February 16, 2013, 12:37:09 AM

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SGOS

The Green Knight 0/10
My God, that was slow.

Shiranu

Quote from: Hydra009 on November 02, 2021, 09:34:11 AM
Eh, they were visually impressive, but I kept thinking how cool but insane it is to have a transport with dragonfly wings.  I worried about what would happen to one the instant it took any damage whatsoever.  I could've gone for something either more bird-like (going all in on the sleek design) or more boxy like the 2000 miniseries (more practical)

Peak aesthetic:


Peak practicality:


Don't care much for the first one, but that second one is sexy.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

Gawdzilla Sama

I think 100th C. technology would have made them safer than some fear they'd be.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
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Hydra009

Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on November 02, 2021, 06:32:23 PM
I think 100th C. technology would have made them safer than some fear they'd be.
True, they can certainly survive a rapid reentry in one piece, much like most Star Wars ships.  Surprisingly sturdy.

But whether 2k CE or 40k or 100k, dragonfly wings is an inherently problematic setup.  Though I have to admit, those orb designs don't make a whole lot of aviation sense to me either.  Maybe we get to the point where technology is so advanced that you can make a flying vessel in whatever shape you want, physics be damned.  Idk.

Mike Cl

Quote from: Shiranu on November 02, 2021, 06:26:21 PM
Don't care much for the first one, but that second one is sexy.
The bottom one reminds me of a movie I saw in the late '50's I think--The Fly.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?<br />Then he is not omnipotent,<br />Is he able but not willing?<br />Then whence cometh evil?<br />Is he neither able or willing?<br />Then why call him god?

Gawdzilla Sama

Quote from: Hydra009 on November 02, 2021, 06:59:46 PM
True, they can certainly survive a rapid reentry in one piece, much like most Star Wars ships.  Surprisingly sturdy.

But whether 2k CE or 40k or 100k, dragonfly wings is an inherently problematic setup.  Though I have to admit, those orb designs don't make a whole lot of aviation sense to me either.  Maybe we get to the point where technology is so advanced that you can make a flying vessel in whatever shape you want, physics be damned.  Idk.
Aerodynamics be damned when you have anti-gravity.

Anybody spot the "salt shaker"?
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Shiranu

#6411
Really the main reason I am sharing this (I figure a lot of this is just common sense) is that there is a comparison between 1991's Star Trek - The Undiscovered Country and 2016's "Star Trek Beyond" (around the 6 minute mark). Both involve Kirk and Spock having arguments.

I never could quite put my finger on it, but seeing the two side-by-side... the new Kirk and Spock look like children. Not because of their age, but their actions; they look like two 5 year olds in the sandbox fighting over a shovel. These are suppose to be two high-ranking military officers behaving like literal children throwing punches over who gets to play with the toy first. In comparison the Shatner/Nimoy conflict involves raised voices, sure, but not screaming... and both sides are trying to use reasonable/understandable arguments to explain their position.

Tl;dw - 1. Movies are expensive af so you have to make the content target the biggest demographic; that just also happens to be the youngest.
2. As a result the conflict between characters is about how you would expect a 5-16 year old to handle conflict.
3. The directors themselves behave like children online, and a character is always going to be influenced by his writer/director.

But yeah, I would really recommend watching around the 5:50 mark to see the comparison, because it's one thing to know there is a difference and another to see it side by side. I really cant help but wonder how much this actually might influence society as a whole, because when you really look at it about 95% of movies follow this model and that's what people grow-up thinking conflict resolution should be about; shout and punch your opponent till they cant disagree with you.

"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

Shiranu

Related but unrelated to my first post...

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I just realized that the Klingon Empire is an analogy to the Soviet Union, and watching "The Undiscovered Country" for the first time it is a VERY loosely veiled analogy to Chernobyl.

It was also co-written and directed by Nimoy who also did "The Voyage Home" and it's environmental message... I didn't realize it has been 6 years since he passed away and jesus christ what a national treasure he was.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

Hydra009

Quote from: Shiranu on November 03, 2021, 12:51:31 AMI never could quite put my finger on it, but seeing the two side-by-side... the new Kirk and Spock look like children. Not because of their age, but their actions; they look like two 5 year olds in the sandbox fighting over a shovel. These are suppose to be two high-ranking military officers behaving like literal children throwing punches over who gets to play with the toy first. In comparison the Shatner/Nimoy conflict involves raised voices, sure, but not screaming... and both sides are trying to use reasonable/understandable arguments to explain their position.

Tl;dw - 1. Movies are expensive af so you have to make the content target the biggest demographic; that just also happens to be the youngest.
2. As a result the conflict between characters is about how you would expect a 5-16 year old to handle conflict.
3. The directors themselves behave like children online, and a character is always going to be influenced by his writer/director.
This has worried me as well.  Exacerbated by the popularity of "reality" TV that features extreme versions of this sort of childish behavior prominently.

Hydra009

Quote from: Shiranu on November 03, 2021, 01:44:26 AMHOLY FUCKING SHIT I just realized that the Klingon Empire is an analogy to the Soviet Union, and watching "The Undiscovered Country" for the first time it is a VERY loosely veiled analogy to Chernobyl.
Yep.  And the Romulans are essentially spacefaring Romans.

For a long time, I thought the Borg were at least partially a metaphor for communism (abolishment of classes, lack of private ownership, etc) but it's apparently just an inverted Federation - instead of individuality, they have a collective, instead of peaceful coexistence, they have unrelenting expansionism, instead of personal freedom, they have no freedom whatsoever, etc.  Even the name is just a shortened form of the word cyborg.

SGOS

Quote from: Shiranu on November 03, 2021, 12:51:31 AM
I never could quite put my finger on it, but seeing the two side-by-side... the new Kirk and Spock look like children. Not because of their age, but their actions; they look like two 5 year olds in the sandbox fighting over a shovel. These are suppose to be two high-ranking military officers behaving like literal children throwing punches over who gets to play with the toy first.
As much as I enjoyed that movie, I found the childish behavior unsettling too.

SGOS

Last Night in SoHo 7/10
I love time travel and body swapping, and this does both.  The device has been used a lot, but what interested me here was that the cinematography handled it in a new an interesting way and affords some 1960s nostalgia.  Beyond that, the actual plot seemed all too familiar, which wasn't bad because I'm such a fan of traveling through time.


Shiranu

Quote from: SGOS on November 03, 2021, 07:12:52 PM
As much as I enjoyed that movie, I found the childish behavior unsettling too.

Yeah, all in all it's honestly not the worst movie in the world but... eh.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

drunkenshoe

#6419
What We Do at Shadows. Well, I was told "please, check out the series, now!", lol, so  I've watched the movie first and it is hilarious! Thumbs up.
"science is not about building a body of known 'facts'. ıt is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good." - tp