Subject:
|
Re: Alien and gravity
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.geek
|
Date:
|
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:15:27 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
99 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> I'm watching the movie "Alien". Why is there gravity on board the ship?
> It does not rotate to generate "artificial gravity", and there are no
> large planets around. Ok, so they do operate in a solar system, but
> they're not that close to a planet.
Wouldn't you want to enjoy gravity if you were traveling in space for months at
a time?
>
> And why does the ship have a cool name like "Nostromo"? I mean, come
> on, this is a commercial towing vehicle, right? So it should have a
> "blunt" name like "Bertha" or "Big Boy" or something like that.
Perhaps Nostromo is sufficiently blunt 400 years in the future. Even wrecker
drivers take pride in their rigs - and no wonder! Drivers have to pay about
$20K per year in insurance alone. I've seen plenty of wreckers that have
personal touches painted on their "hulls."
>
> Oh, and I like the green text terminals and the computer room with
> randomly flashing lights. It's so futuristic!
It came out more than 20 years ago! Whaddaya expect?
>
> It's a great movie, though.
I agree. IMO, next to SW:ANH, its the best science fiction movie.
james
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Alien and gravity
|
| (...) I probably would. But where does it all come from? Just what generates the gravity? And I think the crew were mostly traveling asleep/frozen. And they were revived for docking and such, I think. (...) Is that a Star Wars movie? I can't really (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Alien and gravity
|
| I'm watching the movie "Alien". Why is there gravity on board the ship? It does not rotate to generate "artificial gravity", and there are no large planets around. Ok, so they do operate in a solar system, but they're not that close to a planet. And (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
53 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
