SF Stuff that Really Annoys You!

JunkMonkey said:
I don't know if you've ever watched a ferry going into port. They're pretty big ships and are hardly ever manoeuvred by tugs.
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It was a Destroyer and TBF I don't actually remember watching it though I'm sure I did.
 
IIRC the destroyer, HMS Troutbridge, always had problems with any sort of manoeuvring....
 
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Galaxy Quest, and probably Star Trek for that matter... The Thermians have an excuse, but once the Star Trek universe has tractor beams, why would a ship undock under its own power? For Babylon 5, having the ship's computer was probably the best that they could do with their tech. Actually in canals, they have a canal employee in charge of navigation, so I imagine that even if a person has to pilot a ship out of the dock, it would be a specialist who then disembarks once the ship is clear.
 
Wayne Mack said:
I always wonder about the mysterious gravity that spaceships usually have. Why isn't everything floating about freely?
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Okay, we need a serious animated space-saga so that we can have a ship without gravity-plating. Or a live-action show where they do an episode in mo-cap so that they can have zero-G.
 
Bramandin said:
even if a person has to pilot a ship out of the dock, it would be a specialist who then disembarks once the ship is clear.
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A pilot. I'd never thought of that before. But ship pilots on earth are employed to take boats out of dock because they know the waters around the port, the shallows, the tides, reefs etc. They take the boat out to a place where the ship is no danger of hitting anything. Open water. Then they hand over to the captain who will, in turn, hand over to another pilot who knows local conditions at the next port. None of that applies in space. There are no local condition. Space is just one big empty.
 
Wayne Mack said:
I always wonder about the mysterious gravity that spaceships usually have. Why isn't everything floating about freely?
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There was a British TV show many years ago - 'Star Cops'? - which was set on a moon base. To get round annoying twerps like me asking why is it everyone on this moon base was walking around in 1G just like on earth, someone specified the set design included a status board thingie with the words "Artificial Gravity = ON" screwed to the wall in a prominent position in episode one. (Though this did snooker them into doing 'slow motion', 'I'm on the moon in a space suit' acting every time they went outside.)
 
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Fiberglass Cyborg said:
One thing that has bugged me since I was about 12 is the sheer number of spaceship designs that are supposed to manoeuver in 3 dimensions using 2 engines, both pointed directly aft.
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Spaceships almost always travel on a 2 dimensional plane, going from left to right or vice-versa. They might make a left or right turn to get in the 'right' direction, but never up or down. That might make sense within a solar-system, but not when aiming for another star.
 
JunkMonkey said:
I don't know if you've ever watched a ferry going into port. They're pretty big ships and are hardly ever manoeuvred by tugs.
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Azimuth thruster. They rotate the direction of thrust 360 degrees in a few seconds. Vessels that maneuver frequently (like ferries or tugboats) have them. Even larger vessels like cruise ships. That way they don't have to pay a tugboat company twice a day. Still need the services of a pilot though (that's mandatory in most ports).
 
Elckerlyc said:
But the Terminator, despite its designation, it not a single-minded killing machine per se. It was sent back in time solely to terminate Sarah Conner. All those annoying humans that get in its way needn't be killed but can be thrown aside casually. Repeat, if necessary.
(Perhaps it is more fun than, you know, actually killing them.)
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Taken to the logical extreme, why didn't Skynet send back a very BIG nuclear weapon, something Tsar bomb-strength (covered in living tissue of course) and just detonate when 'sorta close' to Sarah Conner. ;)
 
I've been watching reruns of Space 1999 and there is just so much annoying stuff.
However one thing struck me, and it's not just limited to S1999, but here are the scenarios...

1. The hero needs to get into a room, but it's locked, so he shoots the door control panel and the door opens.
2. The hero needs to get away from the villain/monster, so he closes the door and shoots the control panel so the door won't open.

I'd like to see a scene where it's scenario 2, but scenario 1 happens :LOL:
 
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M. Robert Gibson said:
I've been watching reruns of Space 1999 and there are is just so much annoying stuff.
However one thing struck me, and it's not just limited to S1999, but here are the scenarios...

1. The hero needs to get into a room, but it's locked, so he shoots the door control panel and the door opens.
2. The hero needs to get away from the villain/monster, so he closes the door and shoots the control panel so the door won't open.

I'd like to see a scene where it's scenario 2, but scenario 1 happens :LOL:
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A show full of stupidities. I particularly liked the way they ducked down behind their desks when they have incoming missiles - as if flying debris is going to be their biggest problem if any of the huge windows between them and the airless moon's surface shatters.

I love the idea of a door opening and closing as the hero and villain stand either side of the door taking it in turns shooting the lock.
 
I didn't watch Space 1999. The Moon leaving orbit because of explosions on the surface was beyond my limit.
 
psikeyhackr said:
I didn't watch Space 1999. The Moon leaving orbit because of explosions on the surface was beyond my limit.
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Premise wise, not possible , no made explosion would be powerful enough to jolt the moon out of its orbit . Also, The moon Traveling at sublight velocity wouldn't reach any stars for hundreds of thousands of years, if at all. And there is the problem that such an explosion of that magnitude would have likely irradiated and roasted the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha. This is jut the tip of the iceberg.

But, if you suspend a certain amount of disbelief , it can be an enjoyable show to watch.
 
Venusian Broon said:
Taken to the logical extreme, why didn't Skynet send back a very BIG nuclear weapon, something Tsar bomb-strength (covered in living tissue of course) and just detonate when 'sorta close' to Sarah Conner. ;)
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Because you'd have a film so short the opening and closing credits would both be longer than the film? :D
 
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