what is the capital of the borderworld union?
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Wedge009
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No sound in space would make movies and games very boring. If you really need a real world explanation, I think someone suggested that the sound in WC is simulated inside the cockpit to give the pilot information through sense other than sight. It would save having to look at the indicators all the time.
It should be noted that air-craft designers already use that technique, as the brain came process more information if it comes from many sources than if comes from just one source, That ranges from the simple "Bitchin Betty" systems to audio feedback of vital flight information.
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Quarto
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What you wrote above, Gryphon, is utter bullshit, and you know it
. No, indeed you do not know about the IFF codes beforehand. But you also do not know about the Bearcats beforehand. All you know is that there's a "Confed shipyard gearing up for war". Most likely, you would assume that "shipyard" is just that - a capship building yard, as opposed to a fighter factory. Therefore, neither the Bearcats nor the mysterious black fighters have any influence on your choice. What we know about Speradon does not indicate that there might be valuable evidence there, but merely that there will be an opportunity to steal some valuable goodies.And regarding sound in space, am I really the only one who thinks that a movie without sound in space could be absolutely bloody awesome? You would get really nice contrast between the interior scenes with sound (including cockpit shots, where you would hear your guns fire and when you get hit), and the exterior scenes with total silence, or just music. Provided it's done by a skilled director who's willing to try new things, it could work out really, really, really great - without even losing any appeal to that huge market segment that loves things that go boom
.[Edited by Quarto on 05-23-2001 at 04:48]
i personally think that Kubrick's filmatization of 2001 was phenomenal, no sound in space, and it gave an eerie silence that no droning "subdued engine" sound ever could... Silence is a thousand times as frightening as a scream.
I would love to see a film where cockpit shots were intermingled with that same action, muted by the indifference of space... what a great idea.
I would love to see a film where cockpit shots were intermingled with that same action, muted by the indifference of space... what a great idea.
O.k. I never read the book so I don't know about that but isn't that exactly what hollywood does take a good story and alter it. And about the errors, less people would have gone to the movie if it had been in spanish and besides that there are a lot of great movies with errors in them. Bravehaert had axewielding scots with watches besides the fact that the pike wasn't first introduced in battle by William Wallice but by Sir Robert the Bruce and all the big battles seamed to take place on the same field. Historically the last battle should have taken place in a swamp. Armegeddon had people in China look at the same piece of the asteroid as people in France and the US and it was daytime (or was it nighttime) in all three places.I happened to think that besides the obvious mistakes they were all great movies.
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For two breast shots? PFFT! So they allow films over there with so much violence and gore yet they slap on an R for a few breasts???
Sorry guys, but I laugh at your government and pressure groups. Over here it was 15+, and then again I think it was only a recommendation not a restriction.
Bandit LOAF
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Wait, you're from the continent where they heavily censor video games and you're complaining about the US rating of SST based on what some idiot here made up? SST was rated R for its violence (and there was *plenty* of violence) and the nude scenes...
starship troopers as a film and not related to the book was okay, the idea of a film where the only shooting noise was in cockpit and the rest silent would be amazing, and it'd shut the critics up
lastly
In space noone can hear you scream
but everyone can hear you starscream
lastly
In space noone can hear you scream
but everyone can hear you starscream
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
*Nothing* can shut the critics up.
People (a term I use loosely, usually not including myself in the set) have this innate propensity to make fun of other people because they held on to beliefs that we now know were "wrong". Some examples are: Once they thought the Earth was flat. Idiots! Once they thought snot was produced by the brain. Idiots! Once they thought that you could transform earth into gold using 14th century technology. Idiots! Once they thought thunder was created by some guy riding the skies and banging it with a hammer. Idiots!
Symbolic communication between members of the species is the thin line that separates us from the monkeys. I say let's make good use of it. Belief in science and religious or occult beliefs need not be mutually exclusive, by the way. That's just my interpretation. But whenever you hear a belief system used in a "description of truth or reality", such as astrology, quantum electrodynamics, Catholicism, Buddhism, or Scientology, be sure to ask.
I fear that the concept of indepentently verifiable observations is woefully underrated these days. "Reality" is but a soup of haphazard quantum events, poorly interpreted by a mishmash of misfiring synapses. And as if that wasn't bad enough, there's five billion versions of "reality" and speculation is rampant. Soberly evaluating someone else's observations can save the day.
Meaning: Nothing can shut the critics up
Symbolic communication between members of the species is the thin line that separates us from the monkeys. I say let's make good use of it. Belief in science and religious or occult beliefs need not be mutually exclusive, by the way. That's just my interpretation. But whenever you hear a belief system used in a "description of truth or reality", such as astrology, quantum electrodynamics, Catholicism, Buddhism, or Scientology, be sure to ask.
I fear that the concept of indepentently verifiable observations is woefully underrated these days. "Reality" is but a soup of haphazard quantum events, poorly interpreted by a mishmash of misfiring synapses. And as if that wasn't bad enough, there's five billion versions of "reality" and speculation is rampant. Soberly evaluating someone else's observations can save the day.
Meaning: Nothing can shut the critics up
Plan, so far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
Oh, and here's a good one:
The God whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accomodate His processes to the convenience of individuals. - William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, 1902
Oh, and here's a good one:
The God whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accomodate His processes to the convenience of individuals. - William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, 1902
The Greek had also invented trigonometry, invented the taximeter, steam engine, but I mean, the ROmans invented the hamburger and the Chinese invented toilet paper, but what does that mean for Dark age Europe?
The more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right. As You know, diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
The more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right. As You know, diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
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