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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Irishman: [qb]I mean, where is the "Trek" in DS9? They weren't trekking anywhere, [/qb][/QUOTE]You mean compared to the massive amount of "trekking" that the Enterprise-D did, as it went from a starbase to a colony, to a settlement. And occasionally went and looked at a nebula. Woo! [QUOTE][qb]it seems too derivative of B5 for my tastes. The action happened on a station over 1500 meters in diameter, and we saw not much more of it than the Enterprise D! [/qb][/QUOTE]Well, if we only saw 0.5% of the Enterprise-D, and 0.2% of DS9, that's not much of a difference. Besides, how many different quarters sets do you want to see? [QUOTE][qb]I think the producers of DS9 were afraid that fans wouldn't watch it, that's why they stuck O'Brien on there, to try to get some of the TNG fans onboard.[/qb][/QUOTE]Well, to paraphrase Shakespear: Duh. [QUOTE][qb]As for inane technobabble: how does one distinguish from well-done technobabble and that of the inane variety. I happen to like technobabble. If I'm watching a courtroom drama, I expect to hear legalese. If I'm watching a WWII film, I expect to hear period babble. By the same token, if I am watching a futuristic sci-fi movie or show, I expect to hear technobabble. If it's done well, it will explain itself during the course of the show. I never had a problem with Voyager's technobabble.[/QUOTE][/qb]Because it destroys all rules of drama. Problems have to be built up. Solutions have to be forshadowed. Lots of Voyager plots are summerised thusly: Chakotay: Oh no, there's a big blue thing that will destroy the ship and the universe if we can't stop it, and NOTHING CAN STOP IT! *everyone runs around for 40 minutes. Neelix makes a bad joke. We stare at Seven's breasts.* Janeway: Hang on. What about if we reverse route the tetrion field through the warp reactor? That should create a stabilisation beam that will wipe out the big blue thing? Everyone: Yay! Narrator: And so, the day is saved, thanks to...confusing technobabble! Court room dramas aren't a fair equivalent. They are based on real world laws, procedures, precedents. You don't have a murder case that ends with the prosecuting attourney saying: HeroAttourney: Hang on. I know that this man has looked innocent all along. But, actually, if we look at subsection 3.2 of the milky milky munch law, then we find that he's actually not. Everyone: Yay! Narrator: So, once again, the day was saved, thanks to... an obscure law that no-one knew about in advance! And in summary, Cartman's post actually summed everything up pretty well. Have a cake! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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