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You know, Daniel, the coffee cups bothered me too, but I figured I was just being too petty for words and didn't say anything. Thanks for speaking up.
I've poked at the the things that bugged but I haven't said what I liked--which was seeing the human side of Stark--for a robot, which was his child, sort of. And the blowup at Zoe, and the apology. All good things. I wondered why there had to be a Zoe, she seemed superfluous at first. But some of the best interaction has been between Zoe and Jack.
I'm sorry about losing the cow -- that would have been priceless!
If you're going to be set in the real world and talk about science and be entertaining, there will be handwaving.
Yup. It's part science, part fiction. But there does need to be a nice balance.
I caught up with the marathon yesterday. I've somehow managed to miss the 2nd part of the pilot but Many Happy Returns is my favorite episode so far. I think it was a good hook.
You know, Daniel, the coffee cups bothered me too, but I figured I was just being too petty for words and didn't say anything. Thanks for speaking up.
No problem. I enjoyed the episode, but empty things that should be heavier always niggles at my brain.
Of course, maybe they were special Eureka!cups. Antigravity in a cup.
Eureka!cups. Antigravity in a cup.
As long as what's in the cup smells nice, I don't mind wearing it in my hair because that is what would happen the first time I tried to use one.
There was liquid in the cups. It's funny that they looked empty. We always use liquid because empty cups don't behave properly. That's funny.
Maybe in sorting out the scene we got too familiar with the props. I'll re-watch it.
Fake it. Put a lead weight in the bottom of the cup.
Weird. They just looked...huh.
Still? Fun episode, and I don't remember any episode of The Andy Griffith Show like it.
Well, Jo does get to actually put bullets in her gun. Still, she is pretty skinny, she could fill in for Barney in a pinch.
Yup. It's part science, part fiction. But there does need to be a nice balance.
A bit of handwaving for the purpose of enjoying an otherwise good story is quite acceptibie. If the purpose of the story is to show an ordinary person coping with extraordinary (and seriously, that word looks so wrong I had to look it up in two places) circumstances (that one doesn't look right either), and the extraordinary circumstances chosen are "sci-fi"ish, you tend to get more handwaving than if you start with a really neat concept for a possible development in technology and/or science and build a story around it. On the other hand, writers who are really good at the latter type of story tend - and yes, I know this is not universal - not to have a really brilliant command of making the characters, and other facets of story, as compelling as the stories that may require more handwaving. Guess which type I watch more of?
