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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [qb] Yes, because anything with "laser" in the name must be a laser as we understand it, even though its observed properties are nothing like those of lasers... [/qb][/QUOTE]Then again, "observed properties" is a bit of a misnomer isn't it? In the movies (and I'm talking in general science fiction terms here) we hear sounds in space, but we all know there isn't. We can see ships manuver at speeds faster than light, but never have to worry about "ourselves" only being able to see at the speed of light. We see ships that dialogue says are kilometres apart dogfighing as if they were metres apart. We see the Federations best ships of the 23rd century looking like they were held up by string. Eveyone knows that these inconsistencies arise, but if we accept these conventions, they make the movies more dramatic, more lively, more exciting. Even in movies set in the modern era, we stretch the truth, bullets set off sparks everywhere, airplanes fly impossibly close together without having accidents and having to land on Chinese soil, Tom Cruise can jump off a speeding motorcycle into another person doing the same thing. I contend that the visuals of all science fiction, indeed much of modern television is inherently flawed, and not representative of "reality" even as defined by the appropriate movie. Furthermore, I contend that a films dialogue or text is often more "canon" than the visuals, having gone through less abstraction and dramatisation. Just an off topic thought. (As for Prismatic EdipisReks, I'm sure that Trek fans would gladly concede that photon torpedos are light-based if Wars fans conceded that lasers are well....lasers. Afterall, Trek fans do have over 500 hours of weird particles, exotic weapons, and technologies that pick and choose from. The loss of one is hardly relevant) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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