Sexiest Women of Science Fiction, - Page 5

Platapus · 01-06-11, 07:16 PM

A winner!

Gerald · 01-06-11, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

A winner!

I agree with fully,

Sailor Steve · 01-06-11, 07:47 PM

People are starting to repost the same pictures, without quotes. Not reading the thread?

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Originally Posted by MaddogK

Did someone mention Gina Torres , and NOT Vicky Pratt ?

One can only refer to what one has seen.

Gerald · 01-06-11, 08:31 PM

Is there any flexibility in its posting,of course we reading...

TLAM Strike · 01-06-11, 11:23 PM

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Doesn't mean it's not sometimes fun (I prefer TOS, campy though it may be), but claiming it is more that fluff is a sign you care too much about a TV show...

I think you are concentrating too much on the fluff and not the "deeper meaning" of TNG. Yes its crazy plots and people with rubber foreheads but its there to tell a story about the human condition, TOS and TNG were the only two Star Treks to really do that. After TNG it all became technobabble and alien of the week.

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IMHO. Any random pick in my SF library is better than any ST:TNG episode. by a wide margin (I'll admit, I only kept good books, and dumped crappy ones).

I would say that Written Sci Fi is almost always better than TV and Movie Sci Fi. Just because you can do stuff you can't do in a 1 hr show or 2 hr movie. You will never see a ten year military STL expedition to Lalande 21185 in a movie!

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All ST space combat is silly, BTW. Sad for those of us that dig space combat. When engagement ranges are SHORTER than mid 20th century naval combat... you're doing it wrong.

Agree with you there! I've never seen Space Combat done right in any sci fi TV show or Movie except for one early episode of (shudders) Andromeda...

Star Trek, ridiculous.
Star Wars, the same.
Battlestar Remake, good looking, got the weapons right but totally wrong in execution.
Stargate, much like Battlestar.

Fighter planes don't fight in visual range any more neither should space ships!

Actually the only time ST got space combat right was in TOS. Specifically Balance of Terror and The Ultimate Computer plus a few others.

BTW have you ever checked out Projectrho.com? I've dropped that name around here before and I think you would like it.

Sailor Steve · 01-07-11, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

IActually the only time ST got space combat right was in TOS. Specifically Balance of Terror and The Ultimate Computer plus a few others.

"Target coming into range, Captain! Ninety thousand kilometers!"

MaddogK · 01-07-11, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

People are starting to repost the same pictures, without quotes. Not reading the thread?

One can only refer to what one has seen.

My bad, post #44, girl on the right.

Sailor Steve · 01-07-11, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MaddogK

My bad, post #44, girl on the right.

Oh, no. I knew what you meant there. I was the one who brought up Gina Torres, but didn't mention the other because I had never seen that show, nor heard of her.

That was what I meant.

tater · 01-07-11, 01:26 AM

I agree on some early ST (TOS) combat.

First few seasons B5 had it right, too. Centauri ship fires. Cut scene to to Narn ship FAR away on limb of planet cut in half. Way BVR. 10s of thousands of km, min.

Gerald · 01-07-11, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MaddogK

My bad, post #44, girl on the right.

No big deal..

TLAM Strike · 01-07-11, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"Target coming into range, Captain! Ninety thousand kilometers!"

Sulu misplaced that decimal point a few places. The RCS thrusters on the Space Shuttle (the ones they use for station keeping and docking) can be spotted by another ship with present day passive detection systems at ranges in excess of 100 million kilometers.

Growler · 01-07-11, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Sulu misplaced that decimal point a few places. The RCS thrusters on the Space Shuttle (the ones they use for station keeping and docking) can be spotted by another ship with present day passive detection systems at ranges in excess of 100 million kilometers.

ooo... source? I want to read this shi-!! (Seriously - this is cool to me.)

Gerald · 01-07-11, 06:30 PM

This is hard stuff,

Sailor Steve · 01-07-11, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Sulu misplaced that decimal point a few places. The RCS thrusters on the Space Shuttle (the ones they use for station keeping and docking) can be spotted by another ship with present day passive detection systems at ranges in excess of 100 million kilometers.

Sulu wasn't talking about detection range. Sulu was reporting effective weapons range.

Don't you know anything?

Platapus · 01-07-11, 09:02 PM

I always got a chuckle when watching the original Battle Star Galatica when the officer would report that the cylons were 40 microns away.

Talk about waiting until you see the whites of their eyes.

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I agree on some early ST (TOS) combat. First few seasons B5 had it right, too. Centauri ship fires. Cut scene to to Narn ship FAR away on limb of planet cut in half. Way BVR. 10s of thousands of km, min.