| scifi channel movie scientifically impossible [message #791117] |
Thu, 28 February 2008 20:43 |
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On Dec 13 2007, 1:04 pm, z <gzuck... [at] snail-mail.net> wrote:
> On Dec 12, 4:05 pm, Don Bruder <dak... [at] sonic.net> wrote:
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> > In article
> > <728319a9-0460-479c-ba86-9a74e9965... [at] i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
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> > z <gzuck... [at] snail-mail.net> wrote:
> > > On Dec 12, 10:45 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi... [at] mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > > "z" <gzuck... [at] snail-mail.net> wrote in message
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> > > >news:50d58a2a-4426-43c0-9918-8e4d2cda0506 [at] s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
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> > > > > OK, I can accept that there might be 40 foot long freshwater giant
> > > > > squid living in lakes. Might be.
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> > > > > I can accept that fishingboatengines will suddenly make horrible
> > > > > clanking noises and send up clouds of smoke (like Jaws!) just when you
> > > > > need them the most. Could be.
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> > > > > But I can't believe that after that, when the skipper goes below to
> > > > > see if he can fix theengine, it's going to turn out to be "just the
> > > > > fuel pump"
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> > > > And this worries you compared to Transporters, Phasers, Warp Drive, Worm
> > > > Holes, etc.
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> > > > Most science fiction requires readers/viewers to suspend disbelief at least
> > > > in a few areas to move the story along. If you can't handle this sort of
> > > > thing then you probably should avoid science fiction and maybe all fiction.
> > > > I am not sure I see much difference between science fiction and the sort of
> > > > stuff that happens on most popular TV programs (CSI, Bones, Chuck, House,
> > > > etc.....).
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> > > > Ed
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> > > My favorite quibble is the one people made with "The League of
> > > Extraordinary Gentlemen". We have a vampire, Mr. Hyde, the Invisible
> > > Man, etc. all riding through Venice on Captain Nemo's Nautilus. And
> > > what gets people skeptical? That the canals of Venice would be too
> > > shallow for aboatthat size.
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> > It's the same thing as when horse-folks (like myself) watch a flick that
> > has to do with horses, and the glaring screwups leap off the screen
> > shouting "HEY! LOOK! I'M A MASSIVE SCREWUP!" - A character saying "Wow,
> > that horse has a nice trot", when the horse is cantering, for instance.
> > You or some other "John Q. Public" may not know the difference between a
> > trot and a canter, and you'll swallow it without question *BECAUSE* you
> > don't know. Those of us who work with horses know exactly what the
> > difference is, and frequently don't even need to *SEE* the horse to know
> > that he's cantering rather than trotting (That's how distinct the two
> > gaits are - You can literally hear the difference and know without
> > question which gait is in use)
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> > Suspending disbelief is easy when it's a subject that isn't as familiar
> > as the back of your hand - I can swallow House and his medi-babble
> > because I'm not in a medical profession - The errors of what he says
> > aren't "obvious" to me. They may even be completely invisible to me.
> > *BECAUSE* I'm not medically trained. But I *CAN'T* swallow somebody
> > riding a competition reining pattern in an australian stock saddle - It
> > isn't something that's impossible, but it just isn't done. And to
> > someone like myself, with a literal lifetime of horse experience, it
> > stands out like a neon sign in a dark room.
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> > --
> > Don Bruder - dak... [at] sonic.net - If your "From:" address isn't on my whitelist,
> > or the subject of the message doesn't contain the exact text "PopperAndShadow"
> > somewhere, any message sent to this address will go in the garbage without my
> > ever knowing it arrived. Sorry... <http://www.sonic.net/~dakidd> for more info- Hide quoted text -
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> The other week some show (I've mercifully blanked the memory out of my
> mind) which ought to know better was talking about antibiotic
> resistant bacteria, and managed to refer to the bacteria as a "virus"
> at one point. Fer crissake, didn't anybody associated with the show
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Oooh, got a late entry: happened to be in Canada on Feb. 17, and the
first story on the sports news on TV that evening started with "They
call it The Brickyard. It's the site of the Daytona 500..."
Jeezus.
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| Re: scifi channel movie scientifically impossible [message #791153 ] |
Fri, 29 February 2008 07:29 |
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Brickyard is in Indianapolis.
cuhulin
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| Re: scifi channel movie scientifically impossible [message #791197 ] |
Sat, 01 March 2008 21:31 |
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cuhulin [at] webtv.net wrote in news:23385-47C7A655-361 [at] storefull-
3257.bay.webtv.net:
> Brickyard is in Indianapolis.
> cuhulin
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that was his point. KB
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