Mythbusters - Trek Edition

[Meredith]

Can anyone think of any good Trek Myths that could be busted with todays technology?

Sorry but after watching Mythbusters for a few hours last night I was a in the mood for mythbusting. Maybe we could request the Mythbusters look into it.


Myth 1. The Gorn Killing cannon that kirk builds in Arena. I can easily see Adam and Jamie building this and testing it against Buster in a Gorn mask. Is it plausible, or will it get Busted in true mythbuster style?





Can you think of any good ones?

 

[Kirby]

The only thing I can think of is Brannon Braga's 50 foot woman scenario. I'm pretty sure that one wouldn't make it on TV.

 

[SchwEnt]

Wow I was just watching Mythbusters last nite. Hold on, lemme think...

Slingshot around the Sun, see if you really get chronometers running backwards?

If you reverse the polarity of the phase-induction coil through the deflector array, does it really generate an anti-gravitic pulse?

Genetically engineer some supermen, see if superior ability truly breeds superior ambition?

If tricorder signals are fed back to the unit, does the feedback really cause it to build up and explode?

Is it possible to build a mnemonic memory circuit out of stone knives and bearskins?

Does incandescent light amplified through a rubindium crystal from a subcutaneous transponder actually produce a rudimentary laser beam?

I'm being such an ass...
This is a good thread, I gotta come up with something serious.
I really like the OP's anti-Gorn cannon idea. I'd like to see that.

 

[Ziz]

Adam would be Kirk, because he tends to jump right into the action.
Jamie would be Spock, because he takes things slower and thinks more before acting.
Grant would be Scotty, because of his engineering genius.
Kari would be Uhura, for no other reason than she's the only girl in the main cast.
Tory - Hmmm...not quite McCoy because I don't think he's as close to Adam and Jamie as Bones was to Kirk and Spock. That leaves Chekov and Sulu - pretty much a toss-up.

 

[Captain Robert April]

Tory is the perpetual redshirt.

 

[Ziz]

Nah, Tory is Chekov/Sulu because no matter how much he/they get abused, he/they survive in the end.

Buster is the perpetual redshirt.

 

[Captain Robert April]

Someone needs to forward a link of this thread to Adam.

 

[Wheo]

This sounds like a really good idea. Ah, it'd be so awesome to see that. Even if the myths do get busted, it'd still be epic.

 

[MANT!]

Hmm...the Gorn Cannon..
The computers exploding due to illogical feedback..

there's a show here somewhere...

 

[Ziz]

Someone needs to forward a link of this thread to Adam.

I already posted a link to it in the OT forum at Discover.com/Mythbusters.

 

[SicOne]

This week, on "Mythbusters"...

Are you more likely to die before the opening credits wearing a red shirt?
A

 

[Meredith]

I think DS9 had some interesting myths, the episode Civil Defense was full of them. What with the exploding ore and rising gas etc....


Does Voyager have any?

BTW, Love the MB team in Trek uniforms, Buster as the red shirt, LOL

 

[Gaius Baltar]

does travelling at warp 10 really cause you to evolve into a giant lizard
how many shuttlecraft did voyager really have
what was really contained inside neelix’s food
can holographic klingons really defeat holographic german WW2 soldiers

 

[Ziz]

BTW, Love the MB team in Trek uniforms, Buster as the red shirt, LOL

Thanks. It was just quick-n-dirty, as you can tell by the lines around some of the heads. Some of them are also out of proportion. Maybe I'll go back and tweak it someday.

 

[Triskelion]

I'd love to see a MB TrekBusting episode. Like, Myths from all the series. TOS myths, TNG myths, DS9 myths, etc.

Barring that, any science fiction trope myths would be cool. Time travel, Transporters, replicators, interstellar travel.

They have to build a phaser!

Trek myths, such as, the Vulcan neck pinch and the manipulation of pressure points. (Give Grant a red shirt).

Analyze the properties of the Enterprise. How well would the old girl hold up in flight?

Cloaking tech.

Or Starfleet survival training.

Adam and Jamie dress as a Klingons; Adam eats worms.

Oh, there's a veritable plethora of myths to be busted. (And here's another vote for the Gorn cannon).

Ah, here's one: the probability of humanoid evolution occurring on other planets, but examining the factors that went into human evolution, such as the upright spine. Build an android like Data that can play the violin and paint, and pass the Turing test by hitting on Kari successfully.