Will Riker would like it way too much.
What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?
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Will Riker would like it way too much.
"We are all of us in the gutter. Some of us are looking at the stars."
At least they're not lingering on the sidewalk where the children can see.
If I knew how, I'd put up Devo's music video of "Whip It" right now...
I was quoting Oscar Wilde via The Pretenders.Misquoting Rush to me will earn you no points!
Those three smileys together look like a yellow caterpillar.
Thanks!
"Lord Darlington. No, we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
— Lady Windermere’s Fan, by Oscar Wilde (1893) [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/790/790-h/790-h.htm]
— Lady Windermere’s Fan, by Oscar Wilde (1893) [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/790/790-h/790-h.htm]
I can see the logic for phaser bolts in ground battles. It does make sense that a military/defensive force would make weapons that wouldn't give away their position with the origin of the beam.
However, I think phaser bolts for space battles makes for an utter mess, especially when you're trying to differentiate between them and photon torpedoes. It just becomes a mess of blue/red balls flying around without any real visual language that helps the audience keep track of who's firing at who, whether it's making a difference, and a cohesive idea of any real strategy.
To me, the low point to this sort of thing was the Discovery season 2 finale with the battle against control, which was just a visual mess from start to finish. It's just a bunch of small craft flying around specks of light and exploding from time to time while the Enterprise and Discovery get rocked and fire from time to time. I just binged season 3 of The Orville and arguably the weakest part for me were the space battles since it becomes impossible to differentiate the Orville from all the other ships, there are points you don't know where the hero ship is, and the battles devolves into blue balls of light and green balls of light flying past each other.
However, I think phaser bolts for space battles makes for an utter mess, especially when you're trying to differentiate between them and photon torpedoes. It just becomes a mess of blue/red balls flying around without any real visual language that helps the audience keep track of who's firing at who, whether it's making a difference, and a cohesive idea of any real strategy.
To me, the low point to this sort of thing was the Discovery season 2 finale with the battle against control, which was just a visual mess from start to finish. It's just a bunch of small craft flying around specks of light and exploding from time to time while the Enterprise and Discovery get rocked and fire from time to time. I just binged season 3 of The Orville and arguably the weakest part for me were the space battles since it becomes impossible to differentiate the Orville from all the other ships, there are points you don't know where the hero ship is, and the battles devolves into blue balls of light and green balls of light flying past each other.
I have the same complaints about the Star Wars prequel space battles.
I could follow Discovery better than those or later Orville.
I could follow Discovery better than those or later Orville.
Sorry, looooooooooong day.
A beam makes sense in certain tactical situations. Like, when you have contact with a target and you want to deliver energy to heat it up, to kill its shields, break apart the hull, or disintegrate it. Another is when you intend to deny occupation of lines in space. Outside of these kinds of scenarios, a beam is just wasting energy, you're literally just beaming it off into space.
Bolts make sense when you are trying to minimize unnecessary discharge, when you aren't certain you have a lock on the target, when you want to attack as many targets or lines in space as possible, per unit time.
Both have their uses.
TOS S1 had the original phaser bolt by the way, ship to ship in "Balance of Terror" and "Errand of Mercy." The purists seem to have forgotten that.
Bolts make sense when you are trying to minimize unnecessary discharge, when you aren't certain you have a lock on the target, when you want to attack as many targets or lines in space as possible, per unit time.
Both have their uses.
TOS S1 had the original phaser bolt by the way, ship to ship in "Balance of Terror" and "Errand of Mercy." The purists seem to have forgotten that.
I did love the classic TOS colored and foleyed main phasers of the Enterprise during the AI/Control battle. That battle was a cacophany of confusing effects and loud noises but the screeching of the 1701's main phaser banks and using the classic TOS sound effect was just gorgeous. The shade of blue was identical as well!
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