OT: Sci-fi (was RE: Ultra-portable terminals)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bill Campbell (Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:55:24 -0700):

> On Fri, Jul 28, 2006, Kenneth Brody wrote:
[... Star Trek ...]
> >And then there were parts that were created simply because it was
> >cheaper to do so.  They didn't have the budget for sets and scenes
> >with shuttlecraft, so the transporter was "invented" so that the
> >crew could simply "appear" on the planet.
>
> It was certainly better than the old Flash Gordon series where
> one could often see the string holding the space ship with sparks
> falling out of the back.

But, back then, people were willing to overlook such things.  Nowadays,
people single-step DVDs to find "mistakes".  (Such as the dogfight scene
in the original Star Wars, where, in a single frame, they overlapped two
of the dozens of fighters in the wrong order.)

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