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Post by mndwrp on Jul 4, 2006 16:14:25 GMT -4
whenever i hear any comments on the moon landings that are along the lines of "theres no proof .. you weren't there personally .. " for some reason it always reminds me of creationists who say there is no evidence of evolution ..... in both cases theres a ton of hard evidence and if you cant be bothered to look for it and understand it then whats the point ..
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Post by mndwrp on Jun 19, 2006 12:38:03 GMT -4
That has to do with one of the central premises of the show (and the original '70s version) - that Earth and the Colonials are somehow related. They call themselves colonists, after all. as i understand it the earth is supposed to be the lost 13th colony .. so in their story the earth was colonised a long time ago by these guys who went off on their own and lost contact with them .. so how long ago in earth time did these guys get here ? on a more practical note .. i can understand that it would be more expensive for the show to redesign everything
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Post by mndwrp on Jun 19, 2006 12:09:54 GMT -4
i really like BSG also .. great show .. the oly thing that bugs me about it is the technology and everyday items are way too human to be from another culture of humans that evolved somewhere else .. they even have those decorative german beer mugs with a cap on top ..
good show though .. season 3 begins in october if i'm not mistaken ..
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Post by mndwrp on Jun 19, 2006 10:21:07 GMT -4
the same is true for space travel in sci fi shows. you cant have a show that goes " all right lets go the the next planet .. put on your seatbelt and be patient .. we'll be there in 10 years" the narration has to go foward faster than that to make it good entertainment so .. light speed go !! .. its sci-fi right ? ;D
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Post by mndwrp on Jun 19, 2006 10:14:02 GMT -4
Aliens are one of the problems I have with TV sci-fi. Most of the time they're too humanoid and communicating with them is too easy. i totally agree with that .. but remember that it is still entertainment meant to be enjoyed by humans .. if every time they encounter a new alien they have to spend 10 years trying to decipher and understand their culture in order to talk to them .. it would make pretty boring shows .. so here comes the little tool that translates it all on the fly ! the farscape solution to this was a bit more elegant than cold technology, the translation is done directly in the brain of those injected with "translator microbes" .. so anyone injected can pretty much understand any form of verbal languages. at the beginning of the series, the puny human who finds himself on the alien ship can't understand a word theyre saying .. until he's injected i find it a cool sci-fi idea, unlike the Universal translator device used in star trek .. where the hell is that device anyway .. in their ears and mouths ? on their little communicator pins ? i never got that bit ...
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Post by mndwrp on Jun 19, 2006 9:22:04 GMT -4
Firefly had some really good stuff in it .. i had a hard time with the whole cowboys in space thing .. it was a bit overdone but it would have been interesting to see where it was going had it been given the chance.
Farscape had much more profound concepts about space/time travel and the characters from another world actually seemed alien (even if theyre still basically humanoid)
but i dont want this to become a fight on who's show is better, it's a matter of taste. theyre both great shows well worth watching but i wanted to give a heads up to people who might not have seen the little show from australia .. Farscape
cheers !
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Post by mndwrp on Jun 19, 2006 0:10:22 GMT -4
hey there the show is FARSCAPE It's the story of an amercian shuttle pilot accidentally thrown across the universe by a wormhole. He gets rescued by a living ship full of escaped prisonners running from a militaristic galactic empire. thats the basic premise .. the first 10 minutes of the first episode .. the general story arc is epic in nature and had me on my knees, begging for more, after each episode .. the show was on for 4 seasons for a total of 88 hour long episodes plus a 4 hour mini-series it's all available on dvd or a torrent near you (i am not involved in any way with the production or the dvd sales ;D i just love a good space fantasy !) check it out ! FARSCAPE www.farscapeworld.com/
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