Giant Space Drill (rant, spoilerish)
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I don't think anyone is saying matter-energy conversion is impossible.
But trek's application of this science is classic sci-fi SCIENCE!
You know, the whole bringing people back from the dead, splitting one person into Jeckyl and Hyde and the ability to shunt you into an alternate dimension.
So yeah, I'm calling transporters silly, and they were silly from the beginning, since one of the first things we saw them do was split Kirk into good-Kirk and bad-Kirk.
And then, even awesomer, join him back together into a single Kirk!
...and even more awesomer yet ----- TUVIX!
Hey, the Borg can travel back in time 300 years...but they can't aim.
One relatively small hydrogen bomb would have put a certain end to Cochran. Evidently no one in the 24th century knows how to build a warhead that powerful.
Well, being born in the 90's, I'm not well versed in Soviet technology. But I can definitely see parallels. E.g. enemies using "red" substances to create a WMD
I still love those.
Heh heh heh. That's what the GSD really is.
tentacllllle pooooorrrrrn from spaaaaaaace!
I can't wait to hear Nero shout, "Screw you, Vulcans" as he presses the button to start the drill.
No no, a real villain is Never discouraged. "I shall have my revenge! KIIIIRRRRK!"
I do wonder where Nero was storing that hundreds of miles drill on his ship, but what really kind of bothers me is (a couple may be MINOR SPOILERS but have been thrown around so much I'm not going to mask them):
-- The transporter is (in)conveniently being blocked in some way that forces them to use the shuttle and skydive. Gee. Can't use the transporter. Haven't advanced a plot with that one before in Trek. CLICHE TREK.
-- Kirk apparently destroys part of the drill with a Romulan phaser. So, why couldn't the Enterprise blast the drill with phasers and photon torpedoes from space? Something shields it? For hundreds of miles? RATIONALIZATION FOR ACTION ALERT.
-- Vulcan sends out a distress call that is picked up by the Feds on Earth. And, the only ship apparently close enough to respond in time is? The Enterprise (ta da!). Gee. CLICHE TREK.
And, the big one --
-- No Vulcan force on could've attacked the drill site on the ground? Long before the Enterprise gets there? Not bombed it or fired missiles at it or anything? Not even stormed it with their own troops?
Not that the movie won't be entertaining and have rip-roaring action, but if we want to tear a scene down, any scene, there are always many ways.
As far as suspension of disbelief goes, I already buy into "Trek physics" and "Trek tech." And if I could be made to believe Project Genesis (perhaps the most far-fetched tech thing ever for Trek times -- come on, the ability to make an entire planet, or even part of one, an Eden), then I can buy a simple Romulan drill.
-- The transporter is (in)conveniently being blocked in some way that forces them to use the shuttle and skydive. Gee. Can't use the transporter. Haven't advanced a plot with that one before in Trek. CLICHE TREK.
-- Kirk apparently destroys part of the drill with a Romulan phaser. So, why couldn't the Enterprise blast the drill with phasers and photon torpedoes from space? Something shields it? For hundreds of miles? RATIONALIZATION FOR ACTION ALERT.
-- Vulcan sends out a distress call that is picked up by the Feds on Earth. And, the only ship apparently close enough to respond in time is? The Enterprise (ta da!). Gee. CLICHE TREK.
And, the big one --
-- No Vulcan force on could've attacked the drill site on the ground? Long before the Enterprise gets there? Not bombed it or fired missiles at it or anything? Not even stormed it with their own troops?
Not that the movie won't be entertaining and have rip-roaring action, but if we want to tear a scene down, any scene, there are always many ways.
As far as suspension of disbelief goes, I already buy into "Trek physics" and "Trek tech." And if I could be made to believe Project Genesis (perhaps the most far-fetched tech thing ever for Trek times -- come on, the ability to make an entire planet, or even part of one, an Eden), then I can buy a simple Romulan drill.
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maybe hes a romulan dentist.
Why is it any less absurd than a giant cigar and tennis ball trying to contact humpback whales?
There should be a space workbench and space C-clamp too. Otherwise, instead of sustaining a hole, Vulcan may just go spinning off into space.
In the future, Armageddon will be a banned terrorist training film.
Dig it, baby. Star Trek has always been schlock. Right, Dennis?
