Things in movies and TV that really make you wonder

[SSgt Burton]

The chamber coil was overloading the "video" communication system.

Otherwise if they displayed their own bridge on the Reliant, full of Khan and his cronies, the jig would be up no?

It would seem that using "voice only" communication between starships is very uncommon, so Khan's party had to have an "excuse" to buy them a few more seconds to lock their weapons.


But I'll give you that ST:II is not without its flaws...

Starfleet is all about deep space exploration, but when searching for Ceti Alpha VI they couldn't determine that it was GONE? What they couldn't count the number of planets in the system and notice there were only 5 and not 6?

And somehow the "devastating event" that blew up Ceti Alpha VI, magically caused another FREAKING PLANET to alter its ORBIT... that when stabilized miraculously matched the orbit of Ceti Alpha VI (also leading to the confusion of the two planets)?

The Genesis Cave is deep underground on Regula... where is the sunlight coming from? :lol

When Chekov discovers that they are in one of the Botany Bay cargo containers, why doesn't he order an emergency beam out? Why do they have to go outside first?

Nobody (especially Spock) thinks of beaming the unstoppable Genesis device off Reliant and into deep space like they did with Rejac and Nomad. :rolleyes

Khan's "60 seconds Admiral" actually lasts nearly 2 minutes. However the film editor was quite clever about it- Khan's countdown ("45 seconds", "15 seconds", "time's up Admiral") is shown at 30 second intervals giving the "illusion" that 2 minutes was actually 1 minute.

When the Enterprise first enters the Mutara Nebula, everyone lurches forward... except Kirk who doesn't budge.


Still my favourite movie though.


Kevin

 

[Treadwell]

I'd think that when contacting another starship and video isn't available, the "call" would still go through as audio only, without either party going "eh, it can wait 'til we got the picture".

(Meaning the Enterprise should have been saying "WTF" immediately. Yeah, Kirk, not only are YOU getting old, apparently so is your crew! )

"We are continuing our search for a lifeless planet..."

The team is IN ORBIT around a lifeless planet(oid). Okay, they did Phase I underground. What's wrong with using the surface for Phase II?

(STII is somewhere in my top 10 or 5 favorite films, BTW.. )

 

[SSgt Burton]

I'd think that when contacting another starship and video isn't available, the "call" would still go through as audio only, without either party going "eh, it can wait 'til we got the picture".

(Meaning the Enterprise should have been saying "WTF" immediately. Yeah, Kirk, not only are YOU getting old, apparently so is your crew! )

Yes but Saavik DID think something was wrong and pointed out the regulations- Kirk in his arrogance (that he would know if something was wrong) chose to ignore her and Spock backed him up. The crew is supposed to follow Kirk's lead without question.

I never thought of using Regula for phase III. Guess they didn't want to mess up the Genesis Cave. Maybe Regula was too small for the grand experiment? They wanted to put on a bigger show? :lol

Kevin

 

[epilepticsquirl]

My other pet peeve is how in a lot of space based sci-fi shows the writers seem to fail to grasp the concept of there being three dimensions in space. Star Trek is particularly guilty of this, I don't know how many times in all of the various Trek series where they come up against some sort of obstacle that they can't go around because it's basically too wide to go around all the while forgetting that they can go above or below it or even at an angle.

While true for the most part, they did touch on this in STII:TWOK. Poor old Khan was thinking 2 dimensionally; that's when they order I dunno what degrees on the z axis.

 

[rodneyfaile]

A silencer (suppressor) does not make a pistol inaudible to someone right down the hallway.

 

[Cut Snake]

OK, since we are on a Wrath of Kahn bash....

Kahn recognised Chekov, and vice versa.

After watching this recently, I felt the need to rewatch TOS from the beginning.

Chekov doesn't appear on the Enterprise untill season 2, wheras Kahn's TOS episode was in season 1. I tried to tell myself that be just happened to work a different shift and we didn't see him on-screen due to that reason. Kahn would have seen his HR file, but Chekov would have never seen Kahn.

Maybe I just overthink things..... or do I?

 

[Solo4114]

If both The Doctor and River Song travel in time, why is it that every meeting between them is "later" in The Doctor's timeline, but "earlier" in River's? Why does he know her better and better, but she knows him less and less?

And when exactly does he give her the modified 10th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver?

 

[SSgt Burton]

Kahn recognised Chekov, and vice versa.

This "huge" mistake has been explanied away several times.

The simplest answer is that Chekov was not a member of the "Bridge crew" until season 2 of Star Trek. This "could" mean that he was on the ship in season one working in another part of the ship. After Khan nearly hijacked the Enterprise, every crew member should recognize him on sight.

However this doesn't truly explain it as Khan said he "never forget(s) a face". This would mean that Khan and Chekov ran into each other and the meeting was memorable...

Walter Koenig explained that Khan had to use the bathroom, and Chekov was taking way too long. When Chekov exited the bathroom Khan stopped him and uttered, "I will never forget you for this!" :lol


Kevin

 

[Cut Snake]

"I will never forget you for this!" :lol


Kevin

lollol:lol

 

[cboath]

A silencer (suppressor) does not make a pistol inaudible to someone right down the hallway.

I've always wondered about that.

Exactly what does a silenced gun sound like?

 

[terryr]

In post apocalyptic/wilderness type movies they have barely enough to live, yet they are always shaved. Women shave their legs and pits, and men their beards and even entire bodies, except for a 'badboy two day stubble'. And they have hairdos.

 

[SSgt Burton]

I've always wondered about that.

Exactly what does a silenced gun sound like?

I think I've heard it sounds like a cap gun. Certainly not as loud as a gun, but definitely not that "putt putt" sound you hear in films.


Kevin

 

[SSgt Burton]

In post apocalyptic/wilderness type movies they have barely enough to live, yet they are always shaved. Women shave their legs and pits

This is one mistake I'm willing to forgive. :lol


Kevin

 

[Gigatron]

In post apocalyptic/wilderness type movies they have barely enough to live, yet they are always shaved. Women shave their legs and pits, and men their beards and even entire bodies, except for a 'badboy two day stubble'. And they have hairdos.

And along this same path - their teeth are always sparkling white. Movies that are supposed to take place hundreds of years ago; the actors are dirty, their hair's all crudded, but it always looks like they just got back from a dental cleaning. There are movies where they do address the lack of toothpaste and brushes, but usually, it's something that gets overlooked.

And, in the future, why does, whatever it is that wipes out humanity, always kill all the seamstresses and clothiers? Isn't there at least one fashion designer that lives, so that we don't have to wear tattered smocks and togas?

And how do all the sporting goods stores survive the nuclear fallout? I mean, they must - every post-apocalyptic warrior, wears football shoulder pads.

-Fred

 

[terryr]

And most of them are in the desert, and yet never mention water. The Road Warrior has dozens of people dressed in leather or coveralls fighting for gas, but have no problem with dehydration.

 

[Commander Max]

How on earth can you run an engine without the supercharger running?
The amount of plumbing it would take would be a headache today.

For a post apocalyptic world they can still build and maintain internal combustion engines? If oil is so scarce how are the engines even running(engines need lubricating oil)?
Then there is refining the oil...oh boy.

 

[micdavis]

How do they get from Hoth to Bespin with no light speed?

....and if you say Bespin was close by, I'll reach through the computer and strangle you.

 

[MFP 2020]

"We've lost contact with the colony on LV-426."

"Mount up. If we leave now, we can be there before the donuts get stale."

 

[Jedi2016]

I'd like to know why [Fishburne] looked so well fed and groomed in predators, he'd been alone on that planet for how ever long but managed to not loose any weight (taking in he was meant to be an elite soldier), shave perfectly and have a immaculate haircut.

I call this the "Colonel Kurtz" syndrome. Marlon Brando did the same thing, showed up on set for Apocolypse Now a few cheeseburgers too heavy, when the character was (likewise) supposed to be emaciated from being in the jungle for years. I think Fishburne was badly cast in that one, if for no other reason than his appearance.

Exactly what does a silenced gun sound like?

A lot of times, they sound the same, just slightly quieter. Strictly speaking, that's why the correct name is "suppressor" instead of "silencer", since it doesn't actually silence the shot.

The big problem is that most bullets are supersonic, so even with the sound of the "bang" highly suppressed, you still have a small sonic boom following the bullet.

There are a few cases where you can make a shot truly silenced, mostly low-caliber, low-velocity rounds (like a .22). And even in those cases, you'd still hear a rather loud CLACK-CLACK as the weapon cycled (odd how you can never hear that in movies, either). I don't know about other people's guns, but racking the slide on my automatic is actually pretty loud by itself.

How do they get from Hoth to Bespin with no light speed?

....and if you say Bespin was close by, I'll reach through the computer and strangle you.

Actually, didn't they say Bespin wasn't too far away, in the film itself?

/runs away giggling.... :angel

Besides, do we know how long they were traveling? From the perspective of the Falcon, it seemed to only be a couple of days, but on Degobah, it seemed that Luke was training for months.

 

[SSgt Burton]

Besides, do we know how long they were traveling? From the perspective of the Falcon, it seemed to only be a couple of days, but on Degobah, it seemed that Luke was training for months.

Yeah this has been a pet-peeve of mine like... forever- How long was Luke training on Dagobah?

It certainly couldn't have been a few days, or even a few weeks, but a couple of months would sound better.

If this is the case, then the Falcon taking say two or three weeks to travel to Bespin would not sound far off. (P.S.- Doesn't Han say something like "It's pretty far but I think we can make it" implying it wouldn't exactly be a short hop through space?).


Kevin