Stargate : Universe
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yup! 
reminds me of the nights dawn trilogy series of books hehe
but wormholes and hyperspace etc imo are firmly in scifi territory. they can write their rules for how they may operate in their show/timeline
but i dont know of many/any shows that uses real space ftl completely disregarding the theory of relativity.
hence me asking if they have made up some puedo-science excuse for it being able to do what it does.
i.e star trek - sub-space bubbles.. the ship doesnt move, but it pulls the destination close to it.. warping space
B5, Stargate, BSG - Hyperspace, implemented in different ways, but essentially transport to another layer of space time, and exit when you've arrived
i just want an excuse\work-around really, lol
reminds me of the nights dawn trilogy series of books hehe
but wormholes and hyperspace etc imo are firmly in scifi territory. they can write their rules for how they may operate in their show/timeline
but i dont know of many/any shows that uses real space ftl completely disregarding the theory of relativity.
hence me asking if they have made up some puedo-science excuse for it being able to do what it does.
i.e star trek - sub-space bubbles.. the ship doesnt move, but it pulls the destination close to it.. warping space
B5, Stargate, BSG - Hyperspace, implemented in different ways, but essentially transport to another layer of space time, and exit when you've arrived
i just want an excuse\work-around really, lol
SystemParanoia said:
Somethings been bothering me.
Destiny travels FTL in normal space... yet according to the theory of relativity time dilation should be absolutely obscene at these speeds.
yet.. time seems to be un-affected
anyone know what excuse the produces have come up with for that ?
Funnily enough, although thats pertinent what bothers me more is - WTF is that 'smoke' that the ship seems to be either flying through or is giving-off from the front of the craft itself???Destiny travels FTL in normal space... yet according to the theory of relativity time dilation should be absolutely obscene at these speeds.
yet.. time seems to be un-affected
anyone know what excuse the produces have come up with for that ?
im said:
SystemParanoia said:
Somethings been bothering me.
Destiny travels FTL in normal space... yet according to the theory of relativity time dilation should be absolutely obscene at these speeds.
yet.. time seems to be un-affected
anyone know what excuse the produces have come up with for that ?
Funnily enough, although thats pertinent what bothers me more is - WTF is that 'smoke' that the ship seems to be either flying through or is giving-off from the front of the craft itself???Destiny travels FTL in normal space... yet according to the theory of relativity time dilation should be absolutely obscene at these speeds.
yet.. time seems to be un-affected
anyone know what excuse the produces have come up with for that ?
SystemParanoia said:
Somethings been bothering me.
Destiny travels FTL in normal space... yet according to the theory of relativity time dilation should be absolutely obscene at these speeds.
yet.. time seems to be un-affected
anyone know what excuse the produces have come up with for that ?
For a start, doesn't the theory of relativity discount FTL travel anyway - nothing can travel faster?Destiny travels FTL in normal space... yet according to the theory of relativity time dilation should be absolutely obscene at these speeds.
yet.. time seems to be un-affected
anyone know what excuse the produces have come up with for that ?
Taking a different tack, on board destiny they are all in the same reference frame so experience time dilation equally. I suppose they are in contact with Earth though and there's no apparent difference. Must be magic.
im said:
shoggoth1 said:
For a start, doesn't the theory of relativity discount FTL travel anyway - nothing can travel faster?
Correct - all plausible means of humans getting anywhere that would ordinarily require FTL travel use Wormholes/Sub Space/Folding of Space etc as their work-around.
huffysteve said:
Bollah said:
I'm liking this program for Julia Anderson, prancing around in a small top and knickers, with a massive rack, om nom nom 
Is that the girl the two guys were peeping on with that camera thing ? If so i agree with you on the small top and pants prancing about-ness 
huffysteve said:
Bollah said:
I'm liking this program for Julia Anderson, prancing around in a small top and knickers, with a massive rack, om nom nom
Is that the girl the two guys were peeping on with that camera thing ? If so i agree with you on the small top and pants prancing about-ness Was a little disappointed that a GIS didn't pull up anything juicy on her though.
Whilst enjoying the new look & feel of this series there is 1 aspect of it that I feel lets it down and harks back to the bad old days of the Jack O'Neil era, namely those bloody mystical stones!
What a rubbish plot device to get cast members back and forward to Earth and totally out of sync with the new grittier and realistic edge they are trying to portray.
What a rubbish plot device to get cast members back and forward to Earth and totally out of sync with the new grittier and realistic edge they are trying to portray.
The stones are a bit cheesy but if they only use them for communication then it should be bearable. I've only seen the pilot and the desert planet episode so far.
I find the new approach very awesome. The characters in Atlantis (and SG1 to some extent) were caricatures but in Universe most people seem 3-dimensional... It seems like the producers have taken a good long look at BSG and Caprica, and learned from it - I am really impressed so far.
The soundtrack is also very good.
I find the new approach very awesome. The characters in Atlantis (and SG1 to some extent) were caricatures but in Universe most people seem 3-dimensional... It seems like the producers have taken a good long look at BSG and Caprica, and learned from it - I am really impressed so far.
The soundtrack is also very good.
im said:
shoggoth1 said:
For a start, doesn't the theory of relativity discount FTL travel anyway - nothing can travel faster?
Correct - all plausible means of humans getting anywhere that would ordinarily require FTL travel use Wormholes/Sub Space/Folding of Space etc as their work-around."Engage the Higgs supressors Scotty" damn,wrong series.
Aww come on, it's science fiction, who cares about how the FTL is supposed to work and any related time-dilation quibbles...
The funny coloured cloud looks pretty/cool, so why not...
The stories are fairly compelling so far, characters much more believable than SG1 and SGA, it's not entirely "tecno-babble" driven like so many SG1 and SGA episodes, Mckay would have fixed the ship and have it home by now if this was SGA...
I'm certainly enjoying it.
The funny coloured cloud looks pretty/cool, so why not...
The stories are fairly compelling so far, characters much more believable than SG1 and SGA, it's not entirely "tecno-babble" driven like so many SG1 and SGA episodes, Mckay would have fixed the ship and have it home by now if this was SGA...
I'm certainly enjoying it.
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