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Old 05-10-2012, 04:22 PM   #107
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
It seems like so much of the sf I used to read couldn't avoid explaining too much, and anachronistically at that: "The starship's vortilizer - similar to the carburetor on a mid-20th century automobile...". And star trek (especially TNG and beyond) was notorious for this.
Many of us Trek fans are comforted by that techno-babble.

But it's always secondary to the characters and story theme.

Even so, I really get ticked off at the way some of the creators don't think the tech deserves respect:

"A tricorder is a device that...well...it moves the plot forward, that's what it does."
-- Brannon Braga
Star Trek writer/producer

(or, as I call him, 'The man who killed Star Trek.')
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