Yup, they used the slingshot effect on the Voyager missions, too.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
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.
DXMachina - Oct 05, 2005 6:51:29 am PDT #4740 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2005 8:14:19 am PDT #4741 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Betsy HP - Oct 05, 2005 8:15:53 am PDT #4742 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
As Suela told me often, the science on Farscape is very, very handwavy. Just sing "la la la" until the explanation passes.
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2005 8:16:46 am PDT #4743 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What exactly was the science of the slingshot effect on Farscape?
Dana - Oct 05, 2005 8:46:47 am PDT #4744 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"What is the scientific nature of the whammy?"
Vonnie K - Oct 05, 2005 8:51:47 am PDT #4745 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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.
Betsy HP - Oct 05, 2005 9:17:12 am PDT #4746 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Rygel contains a fusion reactor.
::does hand jive::
Vonnie K - Oct 05, 2005 10:01:01 am PDT #4747 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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*.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 05, 2005 10:01:06 am PDT #4748 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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.
Jessica - Oct 05, 2005 10:05:26 am PDT #4749 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
That was hysterical.