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And now... Random Thoughts
- If I lived in Texas and drove a Lexus, I'd call it my TexaLexus.
- Yeah, this pisses me off.. Why? Because I was taught all my life that humans were good people. I must now become a jaded person. Thanks
- Obama is a celebrity? I thought Ronald Regan and Fred Thompson were? I'm so confused.
- John McSame crashed 4 planes in Vietnam! Well, not on purpose people.
- I'm a fan of sci-movies as well as futuristic mind-fuck movies... but films that have no fucking clue about the future piss me off. For example, humans have always touched each other especially for things like ummm... sex and handshakes. Fuck you very much, Demolition Man! And on that same trip DemoMan, apparently we wipe our ass with shells instead of TP. I hate you.
- Also, why the hell has no one ever explained that humans finally conquered that pesky gravity! Everyone in space ships aren't floating? I hate you Mr. Lucas. (and you Star Wars nerds who explain it this way - it still doesn't explain when a ship is cut in half like in episode 3)
- So far 2001 has gotten alot of aspects right. Including how a human body reacts in a vacuum
In Episode 3, they were actually still in the upper half of the atmosphere, right up at the edge like the fighter jet in the Hulk, to where daylight starts blurring into deep space.
ReplyDeleteIt's still slightly implausible, yes -- but Coruscant might also have a stronger gravitational pull, as we don't know what size it is relative to Earth.
If that's the case, would they not burn up in the atmosphere? I'm assuming a planet that has a gravity similar to Earths' also must have an atmosphere similar as well.
ReplyDelete"If that's the case, would they not burn up in the atmosphere?"
ReplyDeleteNo, because they're still within the atmosphere, albeit close to the edge. That's the key point.
"I'm assuming a planet that has a gravity similar to Earths' also must have an atmosphere similar as well."
You don't know either factor to be true. If the planet is much larger than Earth, for instance, it would have greater gravity. We don't know that that the folks who look human in these movies are in fact the same as Earth humans as far as science goes.
I could still argue that you'd masks to breath or whatever (by the way I might have meant episode 2 when Anakin & Obi are piloting Gen Grevious ship and crash land), but I think my larger point is that there are way too many movies and tv shows that simply wash over the gravity issue. Of course they have to, but with the longer-run films and shows, I wish they spent a little more time explainging it. 2001 did.
ReplyDeleteIt's true...almost as many as there are that assumes aliens will speak perfect English.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever flown a tactical jet into heavy AAA and SAM cover? Ever try to land an airplane on an aircraft carrier? Didn't think so.
ReplyDeleteEasy to sit back and be a critic, isn't it?