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I'm not really clear on why the turbolift would fall in the first place... Is that a gravity plating thing? I guess gravity plating must work without power?

Also Picard knew it was going to fall... are we to infer he'd rather be pancaked than spend another moment with those kids?

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[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

I know the writers just think of them as elevators, but why are we generating artificial gravity in a turnolift shaft just so we can overcome it with another generated force?

[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 10 points 11 months ago

Kinda related, I've been saying for years we need more "the gravity plating is out" episodes where everything is floating around, bumping into shit, causing problems. We got one scene in enterprise and that's it. :/

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

The expanse really nailed the whole gravity thing. The explanation was entirely within the realm of science, and the low/zero g scenes looked amazing.

[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

oh man, when the entire fleat gets stopped in place and it's a massive problem because everyone went flying and now zero g is making their blood pool badly even with minor injuries...... they turned what most shows would've shown as a minor inconvenience and showed how awful it would really be.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah that was awesome,

Ot when old mate went racing through the ring and his ship stopped

[-] teft@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

The music that guys plays on ship is awesome. I have the belter version of highway star in my music and play it every now and then.

[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

I really need to watch the expanse.

[-] benfell@infosec.exchange 2 points 11 months ago

@DharmaCurious @SkyezOpen

It's an interesting show, but make sure you've got good sound: I found the accents difficult to parse without it. The series was abruptly terminated, so don't expect a neat ending.

[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

I use subtitles for everything, because I'm hard of hearing, but thanks for the warning!

And that sucks. It's based on a book series, yeah? If I'm super invested, hopefully I can get my fix like that.

[-] benfell@infosec.exchange 1 points 11 months ago

@DharmaCurious

It wouldn't surprise me, but I don't know off hand whether The Expanse was based on a book series.

[-] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

The ending was decent. It ended right where the book series it's based off of has a 30-year time skip, so it worked out pretty well for them. They have plenty of time to come back to it and still keep continuity with actors too FWIW.

[-] benfell@infosec.exchange 1 points 11 months ago

@DharmaCurious @SkyezOpen

It's an interesting show, but make sure you've got good sound: I found the accents difficult to parse without it. The series was abruptly terminated, so don't expect a neat ending.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean, as far as the older shows, it was probably too expensive to produce “gravity-free” episodes?

I did really enjoy them using the gravity being turned off in Subspace Rhapsody though!

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

that is extremely hard to film.

[-] skulblaka@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

So that you can stand on the lift, and not get head trauma every time you want to travel to a lower deck I'd assume.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

You would just generate gravity in the lift pod itself.

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