▲ 323 ▼ "A new report from Nielsen and published by Variety reveals that nobody is watching the most recent trio of core Star Wars films" (www.polygon.com) submitted 4 months ago by zabadoh@ani.social to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world 209 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) That, and the bombers in space in The Last Jedi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) I have no problem with the bombers. From a functional design it works. There's artificial gravity inside the bomb bay and once they fall out of the floor they will continue in space on their inertia. From a style point of view it works. Space battles in Star Wars was always a love letter to world war 2 dog fights. They are planes in space, not space ships. Always have been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Geldaran@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago The love letter to dogfights thing doesn't excuse complete stupidity. I'm not expecting Babylon 5 level of good space battles, but at the very least they could have treated it as a "escort the torpedo boats" fight and not a "bombing ground targets but in spaaaaaace". Some one should have taken one look at the script/plan for that scene and said, "No, that's stupid." permalink fedilink source parent [–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) What about the lasers with bullet drop in the same movie? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm not familiar with that. Important to recognise they don't shoot lasers in Star Wars. Their energy bolts have mass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Honest question then - would the relatively small rebel (resistance?) ships have enough mass to generate a gravitational field that would have affected those energy bolts? Because they're in the vacuum of space IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ToduTony@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Erm actually it's super heated plasma bolts which still have mass and are affected by gravity. At long range a noticable drop is still possible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] detren@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago No cause those were cool permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children) I have no problem with the bombers. From a functional design it works. There's artificial gravity inside the bomb bay and once they fall out of the floor they will continue in space on their inertia. From a style point of view it works. Space battles in Star Wars was always a love letter to world war 2 dog fights. They are planes in space, not space ships. Always have been. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Geldaran@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago The love letter to dogfights thing doesn't excuse complete stupidity. I'm not expecting Babylon 5 level of good space battles, but at the very least they could have treated it as a "escort the torpedo boats" fight and not a "bombing ground targets but in spaaaaaace". Some one should have taken one look at the script/plan for that scene and said, "No, that's stupid." permalink fedilink source parent [–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) What about the lasers with bullet drop in the same movie? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm not familiar with that. Important to recognise they don't shoot lasers in Star Wars. Their energy bolts have mass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Honest question then - would the relatively small rebel (resistance?) ships have enough mass to generate a gravitational field that would have affected those energy bolts? Because they're in the vacuum of space IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ToduTony@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Erm actually it's super heated plasma bolts which still have mass and are affected by gravity. At long range a noticable drop is still possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Geldaran@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago The love letter to dogfights thing doesn't excuse complete stupidity. I'm not expecting Babylon 5 level of good space battles, but at the very least they could have treated it as a "escort the torpedo boats" fight and not a "bombing ground targets but in spaaaaaace". Some one should have taken one look at the script/plan for that scene and said, "No, that's stupid." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) What about the lasers with bullet drop in the same movie? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm not familiar with that. Important to recognise they don't shoot lasers in Star Wars. Their energy bolts have mass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Honest question then - would the relatively small rebel (resistance?) ships have enough mass to generate a gravitational field that would have affected those energy bolts? Because they're in the vacuum of space IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ToduTony@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Erm actually it's super heated plasma bolts which still have mass and are affected by gravity. At long range a noticable drop is still possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm not familiar with that. Important to recognise they don't shoot lasers in Star Wars. Their energy bolts have mass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Honest question then - would the relatively small rebel (resistance?) ships have enough mass to generate a gravitational field that would have affected those energy bolts? Because they're in the vacuum of space IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Honest question then - would the relatively small rebel (resistance?) ships have enough mass to generate a gravitational field that would have affected those energy bolts? Because they're in the vacuum of space IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ToduTony@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Erm actually it's super heated plasma bolts which still have mass and are affected by gravity. At long range a noticable drop is still possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago No cause those were cool permalink fedilink source parent