OoG - Where'd all that gravity come from?

POSTED BY: Xarr
UPDATED: Saturday, July 24, 2004 22:47
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XARR

Monday, July 19, 2004 5:07 PM

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm lazy, and don't much feel like sorting through thousands of posts for find a reference to it.

I converted a couple friends last week. They were very unsure about checking out a new(canceled) series, especially a sci-fi/space show. But I tried anyway. I forced them to borrow my DVD, expecting it to take them several weeks to even consider watching it. 3 days later, I found out they had spent an entire saturday (10 HOURS!!) watching ep after ep! YAY!! They loved it!!

One of my friends said he really loved it, but found a couple problems here and there. He mentioned one that really blew me away. I can't believe I had never caught this before. In Out of Gas, the ship has no power, no engines, no life support..... but it still has gravity. I understand that filming an episode with 30 minutes of weightlessness would be extremely dificult. But I just can't believe I never caught that before.

Does anyone have one of those super-hardcore-fanbased-scifi-physics lessons to explain this? Otherwise, I'm going stick with my suspension of disbelieve for the sake of the story.

That was my favorite episode. Well... until I saw Objects in Space.

JADEHAND

Monday, July 19, 2004 5:20 PM

The ship wasn't exactly without power. The radio was still working when the call came through. There had to be some power or the they never would've bothered setting up the red button to call the shuttles back. Lights were also working. Just the engine and life support were totally shot, and heating too. I guess Gravity plating runs off battery power like the lights and radio.
Hope that helps, 'course I'm no engineer or ship's mechanic, so maybe there's a better explaination?

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KASUO

Monday, July 19, 2004 5:47 PM

A wizard did it.

NERVOUSPETE

Monday, July 19, 2004 5:59 PM

A form of cavorite, the Wellsian miracle substance, smeared like so much jam over the hull.

Hmm, possibly too obscure...

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XARR

Monday, July 19, 2004 6:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by kasuo:
A wizard did it.

HAHAHAHAHAHA That's the best response EVER! hahahaha

EST120

Monday, July 19, 2004 6:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by kasuo:
A wizard did it.

i think you are refering to the magical gravity trolls.

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NUISANCE

Monday, July 19, 2004 7:37 PM

Jadehand I like your explanation that the ship is not completely without power in OoG. Even though I didn't notice the gravity thing myself (my mom pointed it out to me), it had started to bother me about the ep. Maybe now I can watch OoG without thinking about gravity.

STATIC

Monday, July 19, 2004 8:00 PM

There was gravity b/c the episode wasn't about loss of power or loss of blood. The loss of power/blood was simply the vehicle to get Mal to a point where the writing could justify well-placed flashbacks to introduce the characters to you and set up something of their pasts. . .as well as to demonstrate how deeply devoted Mal is to his crew, and ultimately, his lady, Serenity.

Gravity would have just been a techie plot point, and as we've all agreed. . .Firefly is CHARACTER driven, which is why it was the best gorram show ever.

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PURPLEBELLY

Monday, July 19, 2004 8:35 PM

Slightly OT, but it bugs me. When Serenity docks with an Alliance cruiser, she rolls but 'gravity' is similarly vectored on both vessels. Does this mean that Alliance vessels are upside-down? Are they Australians? Is there a Farscape connection? Should I care?

CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, July 19, 2004 9:02 PM

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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
Slightly OT, but it bugs me. When Serenity docks with an Alliance cruiser, she rolls but 'gravity' is similarly vectored on both vessels. Does this mean that Alliance vessels are upside-down? Are they Australians? Is there a Farscape connection? Should I care?

There is no evidence to say that they are not upside down, so maybe they are.

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