The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoOne of my favorite things in scifi is when later movies/shows have to try to write around old design chocies.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down110
arrow-up1477arrow-down1imageOne of my favorite things in scifi is when later movies/shows have to try to write around old design chocies.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareAlexWIWA@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoCase in point, the needler from Halo. The in universe lore is that they are basically magic crystals and even the covenant don’t know how it works. Hard sci-fi can be great, and Halo often goes a long way to explain things, but it knows when to just say “it’s magic, fuck off”
minus-squaredrlecomptelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoSo, like bicycles? Afaik we don’t exactly understand why they stay upright.
Case in point, the needler from Halo. The in universe lore is that they are basically magic crystals and even the covenant don’t know how it works.
Hard sci-fi can be great, and Halo often goes a long way to explain things, but it knows when to just say “it’s magic, fuck off”
So, like bicycles? Afaik we don’t exactly understand why they stay upright.