Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
Flare Sci-Fi Forums
»
Star Trek
»
General Trek
»
"Give it a chance"
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message:
HTML is enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] "I don't need to see an episode, I just have to know they have Klingons in it. I already know that the ship is slow, has no phasers, no transporter, no subspace radio, no holodecks, no replicators, no photon torpedoes. However, they are giving it transporters and are implying a very fast ship." Wow. That's the worst argument I've heard since I last looked at one of Omega's posts on the Flameboard. They are implying that the ship is fast? Compared to what, exactly? The fact that the Ent-D regularly seemed to get from one side of the Federation to the other within TV seasons, when it should have taken at least a year at high-warp speeds? The fact that on TOS, dialogue regularly stated that the Enterprise was travelling all over the galaxy (eg "We've been thrown clear across the galaxy")? Also, you give a big long list of things that (according to you), the ship shouldn't have, and then reveal that they have two of them? Two out of seven? And one of those is subjective (and the other may not be true at all, after recent comments)? Or are you saying it'll be bad [i]because[/i] it hasn't got phasers, holodecks, et al? Because that makes a [i]huge[/i] difference to good storytelling, doesn't it? Point by point: 1/ [i]Ship is slow.[/i] Argued above. Subjective point of view. Ships in Trek regularly ignore their speed limits, which have little effect on storytelling anyway. 2/ [i]No phasers[/i]. Will replaced by another sci-fi weapon, that'll do pretty much the same thing. Notice any effective difference between TOS and TNG weapons? No? Same thing. 3/ [i]No transporter[/i]. Eaves says there might not be one. In any case, we don't know for certain when it was invented. So it can be in it if TPTB want it to. 4/ [i]No Supspace Radio[/i]. The Horizon didn't have it, true. But what exact year was that? And the Horizon could have been an old ship. Supspace Radio could be a new thing. 5/ [i]No Holodecks[/i]. Lord knows how TOS survived without them. What will we do without our yearly Holodeck accident? 6/ [i]No Replicators[/i]. Again, TOS. Which might have had them (depending on your views on how those food slots actually worked). 7/ [i]No Photon Torps[/i]. And when were these invented? Regardless, they're hardly an important part of the show, are they? [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
© 1999-2024 Charles Capps
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3