As I mentioned further up thread, Roddenberry originally went out of his way to make the science in Star Trek as plausible as possible.
Perhaps, but I see little reason to dispose of the infant with the bathwater. Should we make Spock able to fly and Kirk bullet-proof as well? Reflect on why you'd object to that, and perhaps you'd empathize a bit more with my position.
In a film where people are travelling in time, I can't say it causes me a great deal of concern...
Indeed they are. As were the original components of the Enterprise as well, according to Roddenberry.Aren't all of it's parts built on Earth though?
Actually, some episodes have depicted compact anti-grav devices and I don't have much doubt of 23rd century science and industry. My complaint is based entirely on what I perceive as an underestimation of that same era. Are you arguing that we can't have spread industry out across the solar system by the time the Starship Enterprise is constructed? That such fabrication must remain as planet-bound as that which built the Saturn V and Skylab? Trust me, Devon, I'm not the one doubting here.
Perhaps, but I see little reason to dispose of the infant with the bathwater. Should we make Spock able to fly and Kirk bullet-proof as well? Reflect on why you'd object to that, and perhaps you'd empathize a bit more with my position.
In a film where people are travelling in time, I can't say it causes me a great deal of concern...
So they're building the flagship on the Earth HQ, so this means all ships are built there? I doubt it.
No ... underestimating. Capiche? Y'know like doing it the same way a Saturn V was launched? I could swear I mentioned something about that in my post, but I guess I'm just losing it with the passage of decades. Was the launch of the Saturn V "total fantasy loony land?" I'm arguing for something better than that. Something that depicts a sprawling, exciting future in outer space. The vision that Roddenberry and Solow and Jefferies had for the original Trek. In fact, I want to go one better than that, since we're at least partially rebooting things. Instead of components manufactured on the ground and lifted to orbit, I want to see those components manufactured on the Moon, in L5, in close Solar orbit, AND down on Earth and brought together in Earth orbit. Where locations in outer space are treated like New York, Norfolk, Aberdeen, and Holland are today. Where humanity left the cradle before it even learned to dance among the stars; human culture and industry first spread throughout the Solar System.
Flagship? What makes you think the Enterprise is the Federation's flagship? That doesn't happen until after Kirk's five year mission, as I recall. If anything, I'd think the Constellation, commanded by a commodore, has a better shot at being the flagship of that era. Or maybe the Constitution. Regardless, Orci made an announcement that it was necessary to align or tune the warp engines in a planet's gravity well, thus they think of this as standard procedure. So yes, this does probably mean all ships are built there.
No capiche. You compared it to making Kirk bullet-proof - i.e. turning it into a looney tune.
Meh, sounds needlessly complicated.
Doesn't sound better, just alternate.
I don't think Earth is the only thing with a gravity well. And not all ships have warp engines. It doesn't matter if it's the flagship, it is clearly one of the best of the best. It probably is the flagship, imo, but whatever.
No, I'd be saying how the Great Bird really blew that one.
I'm going to venture a huge guess that if Gene had said the opposite, that his ship WAS built on the ground, you would hail it as a Science marvel and would build a giant statue to Gene in your back yard
Read the article. She was hired for "post-production."
She wasn't there to help them with problems during the writing stage.
Thanks, SonicRanger. I live close to a town called Granite Quarry, North Carolina. Appropriately named.
