...so we get to see very little of the Starship Enterprise...it's a teaser, right? But we do get to see a guy who's welding and actually is getting dirty. This had me thinking...
Some of you guys have been in the Navy, the Air Force, Armored Divisions...when you do maintenance, you get dirty. Ever see them do maintenance in Star Trek? Two guys walk around with a clipboard and a tri-corder stopping here and there, taking readings and nodding their heads. That's it. Ship the size of a city and I swear that I have never seen anybody break a sweat keeping it running. Nobody scraping, nobody painting...what's the deal?
And this new movie is a retro take on Kirk and Spock's early years...remember the problem that they said they were going to have with "Star Trek: Enterprise"? How do you convince people that this is advanced future technology when the viewer already has a cell phone that's smaller than Captain Kirk's communicator? "Spock...can you hear me now?"
Suspend disbelief...suspend disbelief...just enjoy the movie....
Ship the size of a city and I swear that I have never seen anybody break a sweat keeping it running. Nobody scraping, nobody painting...what's the deal?
That's why Star Wars is better -- it has a "retrofitted future" look to it. Star Trek looks to clean and polished, as it was, well, built brand new.
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I have it from a reputable source that the reason stuff doesn't get smaller in the future is it's too easy for humans to set your 1" X 1" tricorder down and forget where you laid it.
And because no one has pockets in their uniforms there is no place to put your stuff.
So 85 Psychiatrists, 32 Behavioral Scientists, and 168 Engineers, in a study that lasted 8 years, concluded that no piece of equipment aboard a Star Ship would be smaller than a tribble. It only makes sense because you know how hard it was to lose one of those.
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I have it from a reputable source that the reason stuff doesn't get smaller in the future is it's too easy for humans to set your 1" X 1" tricorder down and forget where you laid it.
And because no one has pockets in their uniforms there is no place to put your stuff.
So 85 Psychiatrists, 32 Behavioral Scientists, and 168 Engineers, in a study that lasted 8 years, concluded that no piece of equipment aboard a Star Ship would be smaller than a tribble. It only makes sense because you know how hard it was to lose one of those.
I've heard the analogy that if auto technology had developed like computer tech, cars would only cost one dollar and get 1 million miles a gallon. Of course, they would all be the size of Matchbox cars.
Although that tricorder may not be very small, it probably has way more computing ability that our largest current megacomputer.
And yeah, they didn't get dirty doing maintenance on the Enterprise. The only person to ever get dirty was Kirk on a planet, and he usually ripped his shirt too.
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb
That's why Star Wars is better -- it has a "retrofitted future" look to it. Star Trek looks to clean and polished, as it was, well, built brand new.
Big difference, basically apples to oranges. Let's take a closer look. Star Wars was basically a story of rebels trying to overthrow a government. Their budget was a bit on the restricted side, so they patched and fixed what they could with what they could find. So the rebels always looked like their ships were a bit shoddy. They were a bit rag tag. Now take a look at the Empire. Everything of the Empire was clean, polished, and shiny. They had the budget. They were able to keep it looking sweet and always in good shape.
Now take a look at Star Trek. The Enterprise is funded by Star Fleet, which has a huge budget. Therefore, much like the Empire in Star Wars, they are able to keep things looking nice and neat. They have the resources to fix things properly. They are not a rag-tag bunch of rebels.
That being said, I do recall the Enterprise being messed up on a few occasions and it looked pretty rough for a while there. The crew also got worked over. But, that ship was either blown up or fixed and the crew made it home. They got a new ship, cause, they have an unlimited budget.
Also, the rebels in Star Wars were the bad guys. There, I said it. Let the futuristic flame war begin. :P
Originally Posted by auld argonian
Reminds me of Tim Allen's character in the movie "Galaxy Quest".
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