UlyssesT [he/him] to Movies & TV • 1 year ago"If the Star Wars movies were a horse." The more I look at this the more true it is.imagemessage-square87 fedilinkarrow-up186file-text
arrow-up186image"If the Star Wars movies were a horse." The more I look at this the more true it is.UlyssesT [he/him] to Movies & TV • 1 year agomessage-square87 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexagonhexbear4·1 year ago Star Trek was never hard sci-fi, never was. Maybe not, but it was always about fairly long journeys of days, weeks, months, even years. Instant travel removes the core of the experience. link
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]hexbear1·1 year agoYeah, but all the movies tend to feature more or less instant travel, even the old ones link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexagonhexbear1·1 year agoThe more that was emphasized as an actual plot beat, the worse those movies tended to be received. The most fondly remembered ones at least implied a sense of distance and travel time, such as Wrath of Khan and Undiscovered Country. link
Maybe not, but it was always about fairly long journeys of days, weeks, months, even years. Instant travel removes the core of the experience.
Yeah, but all the movies tend to feature more or less instant travel, even the old ones
The more that was emphasized as an actual plot beat, the worse those movies tended to be received. The most fondly remembered ones at least implied a sense of distance and travel time, such as Wrath of Khan and Undiscovered Country.