"sucktivity"?
Can I add that to my lexicon?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joebill
One thing that irritated me is that show uses time travelled to the destination as a plot device, the distance isn't covered in the same amount of time with the same type of ship, i.e. no internal consistency.
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Rule:
Consistency is KEY to accepting fictional science. If technology reacts to different situations in a counter-intuitive way, or in similar situations in different ways (or, as demonstrated by the old "Flash Gordon" serials, a laser that can melt a rock, yet create only a
building agony when projected
onto Flash Gordon's chest until it can be switched off at the other end of the cliffhanger--
gad, I laughed at that scene!), the audience won't believe the science, and you've lost them.
Subrule:
Quantum Mechanics is still mysterious enough to sometimes supply a "fudge-factor" and explain inconsistencies. But don't get too sloppy using it.