As Suela told me often, the science on Farscape is very, very handwavy. Just sing "la la la" until the explanation passes.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
Betsy HP - Oct 05, 2005 8:15:53 am PDT #4742 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
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.
Emily - Oct 05, 2005 10:07:01 am PDT #4750 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I'd just like to say how much I love the term "Basil Exposition". I was reading something somewhere where the one character told the other about something that had happened to the two of them and muttered to myself, "Thank you, Basil Exposition."
Nutty - Oct 05, 2005 10:40:39 am PDT #4751 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
What exactly was the science of the slingshot effect on Farscape?
It's a little vague, but Crichton seems to be theorizing not that a gravity well and a washing machine will do the same thing to an object placed in them, but that the friction of an outer atmosphere layer will somehow increase one's speed.
Which, anybody who has skidded down a concrete incline on their hands and knees can tell you that friction actually causes time to expand infinitely.