Jokes aside, what I posted is an actual issue with spaceships, and the larger the ship, the bigger the problem. Sci-fi usually just ignores the problem entirely but a ship like the Enterprise-D would overheat and kill everyone onboard.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x05 - "Spock Amok"
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The struggle is real.
Nah, I don't like your explanation. I don't think you solved it at all. I like this one:
Bah foiled by the image posting once again.
A wizard did it.
Same! Sign me up once a version of this wraparound is available!
Loved it, nice fun episode.
Noticed Chapels scars.. Then ignored them nobodys body is perfect.. ( Kate Upton comes close though..
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Maybe Pikes jacket was to green? The green leather upper was.. Off I think. Just stick to fabric.
Oh.. Why is the enterprise still... Well... On? As in the warp nacelles are still lite up, running lights on.. Just.. Show her at rest like the refit in dock.
Noticed Chapels scars.. Then ignored them nobodys body is perfect.. ( Kate Upton comes close though..
)Maybe Pikes jacket was to green? The green leather upper was.. Off I think. Just stick to fabric.
Oh.. Why is the enterprise still... Well... On? As in the warp nacelles are still lite up, running lights on.. Just.. Show her at rest like the refit in dock.
Oh for sure. I'm aware of the issue of heat conductivity. That just reverses the "problem" though, they had to cool down the hull enough to walk on, instead of heating it. I just think it's all a non issue because whatever they did, they made the outside of the ship livable, and everything they did is impossible, so why pick out one specific impossibility? They did it, they used force fields somehow, matter closed. I'm glad they skipped the technobabble.
Did anyone else notice that the Enterprise Bingo PADD played an 8-bit version of the opening bar of the Jerry Goldsmith Trek theme when they ticked off an item? Can be heard around about 31 mins in after they reflavour the chewing gum.
It's not the first time the song has appeared in-universe, it was once played by a string quartet in Ten-Forward on the Enterprise-D. But very cool theme tune cameo nonetheless!
It's not the first time the song has appeared in-universe, it was once played by a string quartet in Ten-Forward on the Enterprise-D. But very cool theme tune cameo nonetheless!
I swear, the BBS here likes to screw with me when it comes to images. It'll work fine a few times and then BAM error out every time for 6 months and I do nothing differently...
Because hero ship. Has to be lit up.
Yeah, we've got that covered here.
Her strategy was a logical means for obtaining her selfish goals.I think you mean her own LOGICAL reasons.
Her strategy was a logical means for obtaining her selfish goals.
A trait she doesn't lose when she has Spock fight Kirk so that she can have Stonn.
What can I say? People like it when things make sense to them.
Just curious did anyone bring this up when ST:TMP did it at the near end of the film? In all the discussions I've ever seen about that film, (which I too saw first run in 1979); nobody had a problem with them walking on the hall to get to Vger after that space probe did effectively the same thing.Except they did, because we watched them walk around in regular uniforms and touch the hull. They did it at the same time they did everything else that we didn't see. Everything's equally impossible, seems weird to be worried about one impossible part of an impossible scene featuring 12 other equal impossibilities
Managing heat even on something like the ISS is quite a feat! Imagine that the external temperatures range from +250F to - 250F from the sun to dark side. Additionally, all the electronics and body heat inside the ISS have a naturally hard time of leaving. In space, there is no conductive loss of heat, which is the main method here on Earth. Instead, it's all through thermal radiation (EM waves). Yet, we manage with the ISS and I'm sure Star Fleet manages with its ships!
Here's some interesting info on the subject regarding the ISS: Staying Cool on the ISS
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast21mar_1
I assumed it was a ceremonial craft.
I think she was crushing on Spock. Which makes me wonder if Korby was some sort of Spock substitute?
I was surprised and disappointed to note that Gerald Fried did not receive a credit for his immortal Vulcan fight music from "Amok Time."
Interesting read. Thank you for the link.
I would hope that Starfleet had worked out a way to utilize waste heat in a more efficient manner.
Someone earlier asked why does it have to come down to sexuality. Because some people dislike depictions of things they are uncomfortable with, and on the other hand, we LGBTQ+ like to be acknowledged as existing.
Someone also said they thought heterosexual was a term being shied away from. I can't recall that ever being commonly used, and even straight is mostly just mentioned when being not gay. In fact, I would say it's always been the least mentioned identity because it is assumed to be default. Straight characters are not in danger of disappearing. What is hopefully disappearing is the idea that people need to define themselves into slots and then justify any divergence from that slot. For example, I found it annoying when Stamets identified as gay on Discovery because it's needlessly limiting of his identity. It doesn't make sense to me in the confines of the world he lives in. However, I know that it really matters to some that he does identify as something, and to say gay in Star Trek is a step forward.
Someone also said they thought heterosexual was a term being shied away from. I can't recall that ever being commonly used, and even straight is mostly just mentioned when being not gay. In fact, I would say it's always been the least mentioned identity because it is assumed to be default. Straight characters are not in danger of disappearing. What is hopefully disappearing is the idea that people need to define themselves into slots and then justify any divergence from that slot. For example, I found it annoying when Stamets identified as gay on Discovery because it's needlessly limiting of his identity. It doesn't make sense to me in the confines of the world he lives in. However, I know that it really matters to some that he does identify as something, and to say gay in Star Trek is a step forward.
Which is why I really don't like it when it comes back to sexuality. Just let people to be people.
I would say I don't care, except I do because it comes up and it's annoying.
One of the interesting things is that Gene Roddenberry wanted to acknowledge the slash fans in a positive and accepting manner in TMP novelization. So he made the entire opening where Kirk is amused rather than offended at the idea of he and Spock being lovers, letting it be known that he's straight and certainly would never be involved with a subordinate but has no issue with it and the Federation celebrates all love.
The reaction to the book from the slash Trek community was visceral and full of words like "Betrayal."
