15 August 2020

Space Nerd Bonus Points


What's wrong with this picture.

Shit like this is why Star Wars fans get their lunch money stolen by Hard-Science Fiction Fans.
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6 comments:

  1. Beans15 August, 2020 12:20

    Well, first, it's Star Wars, which is less realistic than the old 1930's Buck Rogers.

    Then, well, with a moon that large that close with another moon behind it like that, the tidal effects due to both moon's gravitational effects affecting said planet where roundy-bot and Mopey-trooper are sitting would make the North Atlantic during peak North Atlantic Winter Storm Season seem like a quiet day on Walden's Pond.

    Don't even get me started on the lighting.

    Or the stupid robot. If you have control of gravity, why not just make your robot (yes, a robot, not an android, there is a difference) float. I mean, if the Zhodani can have flying robots, then most assuredly the ass-hats in Star Wars can have them.

    But then again, Either Zhodanis or Imperials in Battledress would kick the arses out of Clone/Storm Troopers. So would real-life WWI German Storm Troopers, at least in a 1G environment with Earth-norm atmosphere.

    I could go on, but...

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    1. Angus McThag15 August, 2020 21:09

      Star Wars does have some floaty droids. Imperial Probe Droid from Empire, for example.

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    2. Angus McThag16 August, 2020 02:05

      Both the clones and the battle droids seem to favor tactics that went out of favor on our world in the US Civil War.

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    3. Beans16 August, 2020 02:59

      Yeah, and then you have... the Gunguns. Greek Pike Phalanx with glowy energy weapons.

      The Spartans would have eaten all of them for lunch.

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  2. Technomad16 August, 2020 01:58

    How do you know the closer thing is a moon?

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    1. Angus McThag16 August, 2020 02:04

      Anything that big and in orbit is going to cause a tidal mess. Even if it's made from aluminum foil inflated with hydrogen.

      But it's a moon. We see it in other shots from space.

      Regardless, why is it lit differently from the other thing you don't doubt is a moon?

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