Time dilation only becomes significant at very high speeds or very high gravity. We on Earth are very close to as light and slow as we can possibly be–there is far, far more room to be faster and heavier than the conditions that we experience than there is to be slower and lighter. So while there are things in the universe that experience time moving more quickly than we do, it is by amounts so tiny that it would take a very precise atomic clock to measure them–think a difference of one second every so many million years.
I was wondering about the redwood tree aging one hundred years. I thought it took them a lot longer than that to grow as big as that tree was. (On the other hand, there was no explanation of how the tree got enough nutrients, water and sunlight to grow, so perhaps I shouldn’t think about it too much.)
It has been mentioned upthread that they did explain that. In the scene where they got the redwood seeds, the scientist states they have combined the redwood with tardigrade DNA so that it could survive in space with no nutrients. Yes, impossible science, but it was explained.
All in all, I enjoyed it immensely. When I see low-level sci-fi like this, I don’t care if the science is possible, all I care for is if the show is internally consistent. This show was. Yeah, looking back you can see Chekhov’s redwood seeds, and Chekhov’s super strong, but really sweet, head of security. But it was internally consistent. Like others have said, they will have to tweak the humor/serious ratio, and get the pacing down. But I do see the potential.
There was one scene that bothered me. While “hugging the donkey” both of the helmsmen look back at the second officer and talk to him, while on the screen the ship is still rotating around the larger ship. If it was such a difficult maneuver, you would think that one of them would actually have to be driving. I don’t know if it was an attempt at humor, or just poor post-production work, or poor direction, but it really stuck out for a show that had that good cinematography.
Critics are stuffy assholes with sticks up their assess who are too impressed by their own opinions.
They hate about 75% of things I love. Yet viewers of, whatever, seem to love about 75% of things I also love. So I never pay attention to the “critics”.
That being said.
I liked the show more than I thought I would. I thought Seth would do his Family Guy over the top humor but he toned it down and kept it appropriate for the show.
I thought it was well done and can only get better from here. So I’m hoping it does. It’s already one of my must watch shows this season.
This may have already been asked and answered, but any idea when Fox will make it available “On Demand”? I tried to pull it up last night on my U-verse On Demand and it was not listed yet. Usually stuff will show up under On Demand a day or two after it airs, but that is probably up to each network.
Good point.
It’s being reaired Tuesday (apparently, they forsaw the game running long and prepared for the fact some or all of it would be preempted), so it’ll probably go up after that.
I watched it On Demand on Cox last night. I also noticed they reran it my local time at 9PM on Fox last night.
“Coast redwoods may put on six, eight or even more feet of height in a single season whereas the giant sequoia is more likely to grow about two feet in height per year throughout its first fifty to one hundred years.”
OK, but which type of redwood tree did they portray in the show?
Haven’t read the thread, but I caught the re-broadcast of the pilot last night. It entertained me enough that I set the DVR to record it for however long it lasts.
I think it tries a little to hard to “not be Star Trek” while blatantly stealing everything possible from Star Trek. The general arrangement of the bridge/helm set, quantum (not warp!) drive, shields that aren’t called shields,
a “Worf” type character, a robot character, a Kirk wannabe who is totally gonna hook up with Executive Officer of SHIELD, Mockingbird.
Also not sure about an hour time slot for a show like this. Seems like an awfully long time to fill every week with somewhat comic sci-fi. A half hour might work better.
The Sequoia and Sequoiadendron are the ones that grow exceptionally large, so 1’ - 2’ a year, 200 feet. I don’t know how large the Bad Guys ship is; apparently considerably less than 200’ in height.
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I liked the 2 out of three engines being out of commission, good thing they had an extra.
Looking forward to seeing the Orville’s sister ship…
Thanks, I’ll look for it again in the next day or two. I didn’t think anything was on the major networks last night except the hurricane relief thing.
I know that Larry Niven did a time bubble death scene that was very similar to this one in one of the “Long ARM of Gil Hamilton” stories. Generally he’s not know for writing really, really stupid science, although he does occasionally admit to being wrong (about whether Ringworlds are stable and, somewhat more embarrassingly, about what direction you’d want to teleport if you want to extend your birthday as much as possible). But I don’t think Niven’s time bubble was quite as accelerated – maybe it was a 30:1 ratio?
One of the reviews described it as “Star Trek with the serial numbers filed off,” which I thought was apt.
Although I found the pilot mildly entertaining, I’m baffled that this show exists at all. I have the sense that McFarlane really, really, really wanted to be in Star Trek, so he made his own copy of it. It’s essentially fan fiction and cosplaying on a big-budget scale. Why not do something original instead?
I’m not a big fan of McFarlane’s humor or his acting style. Most of the gags seemed pretty lame to me. I liked everyone in the cast except him.
I’ll probably watch a couple more episodes and see where it goes, but I’m not feeling optimistic.
He’s actually already been on Star Trek. He had a minor role on Enterprise, Ensign Rivers, who appeared in the episodes The Forgotten and Affliction.
Evidently being an ensign wasn’t enough for him.
“Captain, can we talk?”