Comments on: New Video: ILM Breaks Down Star Trek Spacejump Sequence

By: OneBuckFilms

OneBuckFilms — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:26:47 +0000

111. And it’s the last inch that hurts ;)

By: kmart

kmart — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:37:39 +0000

Doesn’t anybody get that going UP there is the trick … coming back down is just gravity at work.

By: Jeyl

Jeyl — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:42:35 +0000

#109

Yes, yes. Surely those who know, support, respect and contribute to the material and give credit where credit is due are truly the irrelevant party when compared to people who don’t know anything. I certainly don’t want to misguide people into thinking that Trek09 truly represents the best of what the franchise is all about, because…. it’s not.

By: somethoughts

somethoughts — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:50:27 +0000

#108

Correct, and I stand by my statement, people will say 2009 but trekkers/trekkies will cite earlier ;)

By: Jeyl

Jeyl — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:30:11 +0000

@106: “The day when our astronaughts to the space jump, people will say, Star Trek did it in 2009. Star Trek rocks.”

Incorrect. Star Trek did it 11 years earlier. Heck, they even attempted it 15 years ago with Generations, but ended up scrapping the sequence.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Orbital_skydiving

By: kmart

kmart — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:17:20 +0000

103,
more like a science issue to ignore for the filmmakers. These people CHOSE to show the ship built on Earth, which tells me just how much contempt they have for real science and pursuing real scientific solutions, or inspiring folks with illustrations of a somewhat credible future. Compared to what, MESSAGE FROM SPACE?

By: somethoughts

somethoughts — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:02:05 +0000

The day when our astronaughts to the space jump, people will say, Star Trek did it in 2009. Star Trek rocks.

By: fansince66

fansince66 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:40:55 +0000

#104 will help those of you who find it difficult to suspend disbelief. Very often it fully deserves to be suspended, otherwise NO progress can be made. To paraphrase RFK; ‘I dream of things that never were, and ask why not’.

By: fansince66

fansince66 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:19:14 +0000

#103

That just presents an interesting applied science/engineering problem to be solved, nothing more. And THAT is just how technological advancements are made. There is no unsolvable problem. If it can be thought, it can be done. That is the truth (whether or not we WANT to pursue a solution is another question).

By: kmart

kmart — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:26:48 +0000

101,

Geez, their suited bodies on re-entry would be giving off a pretty obvious heat signature, unless Harry Potter cloaked each one for them.