Humor. It is a difficult concept.
Trekers: Please ask those close to you to remain quiet and still during the following post.
Firefly did it rather well. It was science fiction in the sense that about all they postulated was ships that could travel FTL. Aside from the idiotic gun needing air to fire. They had no sound in space. There was a great scene in which a derelic was rotating and Serenity’s relative motion had to be changed.
Cowboys in space sucks, though.
Just because you haven’t seen one in our immediate planetary neighborhood doesn’t mean they don’t exist. It’s a big universe and if I’ve learned anything from Star Trek it’s that there is a load of weird shit out there, most of which can only be explained using what sounds to most people as nonsense. Especially to people who think they know a thing or two about science. 
No, hard science and action/adventure are almost absolutely mutually exclusive. Would you rather see Jurassic Park or a real paleontologist spending six months scratching the fossil of a new species of salamander out of a rock? Okay, the story of Cope and Marsh is simply MADE for the big screen, but it’s the exception. More common would be a film of two guys exchanging angry emails in a professional journal, each accusing the other of the worst sort of dunderheadedness in his classification of that new salamander.
OK, I was whooshed (but not while out in space. Because, no air, you know). While I knew that you were razzing Cervaise, I thought you were giving him grief for nitpicking one bit of science while letting another one go. In my defense, it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard that done by people who either didn’t know the difference or didn’t care.
And I forgot where I was for a moment. Y’all know better than that here.
You people are just trying to make me cry, and it isn’t going to work. It isn’t going to work, I tell you! —stomps foot—
[Ferenghi]Am I my brother’s keeper?[/Ferenghi]
Jurassic Park is a good example. The science fiction part is being able to obtain dinosaur DNA and clone them. Amusment parks, taking care of big dangerous animals, etc. exists.
Remember, this is the same outfit that T’Pol was in. She required extensive deprogramming, memory-suppressing brainwashing, and a total career change when she shot somebody in the line of duty in self-defense. It’s not outside the bounds of reason for some of them to be martial artists and some of them to be spooks, i.e., desk jockeys. Also, given the nature of the orders these guys were likely to get, the Head Bad Guy may have been kind of short of options on who to send–do you send a tough warrior who won’t kill innocent Vulcans in cold blood, or a frenetic weasel of a tax accountant who’ll do his level best not to trip over his own weapon? Decisions, decisions…
Not likely to happen soon, seeing as how Archer just pulled off a miracle to save everybody’s bacon at the last minute…
Wash: But telepathy? It’s like something from science fiction!
Zoe: We live on a spaceship, dear.
And to pick nits: They never actually say they’re going FTL. There’s a serious argument the entire series takes place within one solar system. Granted, a huge one, with lots of gas giants with big moons on them, but still.
You send a Vulcan Romulan agent who is a tough warrior and will kill innocent Vulcans in cold blood.
What series are you talking about? Many Trek eps (of al the series) mention specific stars they are currently at. The televised [second] pilot even has them leaving the galaxy, fergene’ssakes!
The thread tangent is about Firefly, the best science-fiction series in the history of television by a wide margin.
Actually, the thread has been going back and forth the last few posts, which is why I asked the question. 
And… all you have to do is search my name and Firefly and you’ll see I was a huge fan of that show, too.
Niccolette Sheriden is not pretty.
In fact, none of the blonde women on that show are. The red head tho, she absolutely gives me fits and the brunettes are entirely yummy.
I was musing on other sci-fi TV, the name Sheriden came up in my head, one thought led to another…
You’re in the slipstream. I totally understand this mode of thinking.
I was once a redhead, then it turned brunette, and just tonight I got it burgundy again. It is yummy indeed.
*I mailed you something today. I hope it isn’t leaking by the time it gets there.
Good gad, you sound like Jack the Ripper.
I really need to see *Firefly *one of these days.
I’ve thought about putting it in my Netflix queue but I’m trying to catch up on movies for the time being.
Somebody slap him.
Where are my SPBs when I need them?
In your box of Tide?
Maybe they’re in Kn(*)ckers’ pants.
This horse puckey wouldn’t happen if Kn(*)ckers were here, pal.
