A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
I remember watching the premiere of Farscape! Spring 1999, for sure. I was still in grad school.
P-C, you'll be amused to know that the slingshot theory is not actually "experimental" or new. It was put into practical use during the space missions of the 1960s, and is pretty well explained in the movie
Apollo 13,
and even if it were named something else what Crichton is theorizing under that name makes no more sense than the notion that trying to walk into a stiff wind will make you walk faster.
Yup, they used the slingshot effect on the Voyager missions, too.
Yeah, I was thinking it seemed perfectly logical, and I was sure NASA had already thought of it. I mean, hello, gravity. It's an accelerating force.
As Suela told me often, the science on
Farscape
is very, very handwavy. Just sing "la la la" until the explanation passes.
What exactly was the science of the slingshot effect on
Farscape?
"What is the scientific nature of the whammy?"
OMG X-FILES NOSTALGIA LIKE WHOA.
Thinking too hard on the science on Farscape will make your head explode. They got me when they had Rygel farting helium, to tell you the truth. Ahh, Ryg.
I've been catching up with
Supernatural
in Easy View and concur that Jensen Ackles is v. pretty. But three episodes in, it's already starting to feel very formulaic.
Rygel contains a fusion reactor.
::does hand jive::
Oh, I loved the bit where they had Rygel piss on the Peacekeepers and the urine acted like liquid dynamite. The whole Hinerian physiology bit was so delightfully surreal that I was all, "O-kay! Logic, out, wacky hijinks, in. Bring it on!"
Too bad FS never quite got big enough for a merchandizing blitz. I'd have shelled out $$ for a Rygel plush toy like *that*.
I loved that episode where Sikozo was yelling that it wasn't physically possible to safely shrink people to a few inches height (as had just been done), and Rygel basically gave her the Basil Exposition "don't think about it too hard" speech.
