"perfect moment in time"

[mythme]

What exactly was the deal with that so-mo "moment in time" sequence in "Insurrection" which Anij demonstrated to Picard? Was it a latant power in the Ba'ku or something aquired by their planet in addition to the slow aging, or what? Whatever it was, it was a rather clunky plot device IMO.

 

[Aldo]

Really? I thought it was a beautiful moment in the film.

 

[RyanKCR]

I kinda liked it too, even though that was quite a dull film. It was teaching that sometimes we need to just slow down a look at the beauty around you. It was a sci-fi way of saying stop and smell the roses once and a while.

 

[CoveTom]

^ Off topic, but where is that quote in your sig from?

 

[Aldo]

^^^It's from Galaxy Quest.

 

[Huntingdon]

That bit has never made any sense to me. It feels like they just wanted to show a special effect and threw something in without connecting it to the rest of the plot.

 

[Green Shirt]

Huntingdon said:
That bit has never made any sense to me. It feels like they just wanted to show a special effect and threw something in without connecting it to the rest of the plot.

Agreed. I could think of a lot better "perfect moments in time" instead of blowing a dandilion, or watching a bird flap its wings.

 

[DonIago]

It was also a set-up for later in the movie when Anij (and/or Picard?) slows time after she's been injured in the cave-in. To show that she can do it then, without any previous setup, would have been far more clunky.

 

[GodThingFormerly]

klingongoat said:
I could think of a lot better "perfect moments in time" instead of blowing a dandilion, or watching a bird flap its wings.

Yes, but depicting an eternal orgasm would have forced a revision of the film's MPAA rating. On the other hand, stretching out that moment when you realize the supermarket cashier has given you too much change would have been the perfect substitute.

TGT

 

[Timo]

It was also a set-up for later in the movie when Anij (and/or Picard?) slows time after she's been injured in the cave-in. To show that she can do it then, without any previous setup, would have been far more clunky.

...Not that this bit ever made any sense. Picard and Anij were trapped in a situation where they could not survive for long. What does Anij do? Make their plight even longer by slowing down time!

By making the dust fall more slowly, Anij is effectively making her heart beat faster in comparison with Riker's efforts to free her - she's wasting heartbeats. And breaths. And valuable story time.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Kegek]

^
I presume she's slowing down relative time - that is, time with her and Picard. This would allow to her cling to life longer with respect to outside time.

Not the most comprehensible part of the film (the ability to slow down time probably has something to do with the planet's technobabble eternal youth properties), and not the sweetest (that would be Geordi watching a sunrise), but not bad. It was a nice touch in a film which wasn't sure if it wanted to be a tender love story, a moral quandry, or popcorn action-adventure, so threw them all together and opted for the last one.

I bet the Hummingbird was annoyed as hell, though.

 

[Timo]

I presume she's slowing down relative time - that is, time with her and Picard. This would allow to her cling to life longer with respect to outside time.

But in that case, the dust should be falling faster than usual, not slower than usual...

Anij's survival is going to be measured in heartbeats. And if there are fewer dustfalls per heartbeat, it means there are more heartbeats per dustfall. And dustfall is the standard of measurement by which Riker and friends are digging the rubble. More heartbeats per dig-out attempt -> lower chances of survival.

What we should have seen is Anij and Picard becoming all slo-mo, while the world around them stayed constant. Or then the world speeding up. But I admit the hummingbird scene was so sweet...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[EyalM]

I don't understand why people who have all the time in the world would need a time-slowing ability? It's like Eskimos developoing the ability to make things cold.

 

[Kegek]

Timo said:
But in that case, the dust should be falling faster than usual, not slower than usual...

With her, Picard, and the surrounding area. A pocket of slowed down time relative to the rest of the universe, like a gravity well, only without the gravity.

 

[sbk1234]

I wonder what the ages are of the people who liked that moment compared to those who didn't like it. Me, I'm a 40 year old, way past my youth days. I liked it. In my own way, I could find a way to relate.

 

[CaptainJon]

EyalM said:
I don't understand why people who have all the time in the world would need a time-slowing ability? It's like Eskimos developoing the ability to make things cold.

I LOVE IT!

 

[Kegek]

^
It's a bit more like living in a Winterland which gives you the ability to make things turn cold.

 

[Therin of Andor]

^ Mr Freeze!

 

[Kegek]

^
Oh, great. From Insurrection to Batman & Robin. It's the 1990s all over again...

 

[DonIago]

^Awesome. I'm going to go watch some DS9 and B5 now.