The TV & films lonely post thread

[T & P]

I was surprised today when I saw online reviews for Twisters, the sequel to the 1996 film of the same name in singular form. I had no idea there was a sequel in the works, and it seems rather an odd choice given that the original was a pretty mediocre film even within the disaster movie subgenre. Bill Paxton being in it is the only memorable thing about it, and only because my mind kept wandering to Aliens.

And I was even more surprised to read the reviews and see the majority are fairly positive, with some even describing it as the next Maverick of film sequels. Intrigued to see how they’ve pulled it off, once it’s available for free at least.

Does Twisters blow? Quite the opposite, in fact – review

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell are the charismatic leads of a sharply edited, comfortingly old-school affair

www.independent.co.uk

 

[T & P]

I’d love Christopher Nolan to remake Total Recall.

 

[Orang Utan]

I’d love Christopher Nolan to remake Total Recall.

We’ve already had one terrible remake. Nolan would not be a good choice for another one

 

[T & P]

Are there any theories or canon-sanctioned explanations for the lack of nuclear weapons in Star Trek or Star Wars? Or is it a lazy writing convenient omission because their existence would have ruined most if not all of the epic space battles on both universes?

 

[krtek a houby]

Are there any theories or canon-sanctioned explanations for the lack of nuclear weapons in Star Trek or Star Wars? Or is it a lazy writing convenient omission because their existence would have ruined most if not all of the epic space battles on both universes?

Star Trek refers to atomic/nuclear wars, iirc.

 

[MickiQ]

A photon torpedo is a matter/antimatter explosion so a lot more powerful than any nuke. People have done the math and a TNG one is equal to 60-70 megaton.

 

[Chz]

Are there any theories or canon-sanctioned explanations for the lack of nuclear weapons in Star Trek or Star Wars? Or is it a lazy writing convenient omission because their existence would have ruined most if not all of the epic space battles on both universes?

As above, in terms of antimatter being more useful. But also, it's space. The speeds and distances are difficult to even comprehend, and hitting a moving target with something that travels at sub-light speed is difficult. That's why phasers are the primary weapon. There's also a much reduced blast effect from a nuke in space, there being no atmosphere to displace. So near misses aren't as devastating as they are on Earth.

 

[DotCommunist]

its old school tech as people say. They can teleport an anti matter device the size of a small fridge direct to the heart of any major city. For all TNGs vaunted ideals, picard was gunboat diplomat technically.

 

[MickiQ]

Explosions be they nuke or otherwise expand out in a sphere until the shockwave hits something be it a building or the ground and the blast is distorted. In space there's nothing to do that bar the target the missile has been fired at so most of the energy just gets wasted. A beam weapon on the other hand focusses all the energy onto a very small area of the target so it can do the same or greater damage with a much smaller energy input. Though the closer the better thanks to the inverse square law.
For context a kilo of TNT contains about 5 MJ of energy, set it off next to a 1" piece of plate steel and it will score and chip the surface but mostly the plate will survive. A 1MJ laser will burn a hole through it pretty much instantly.
The battlefield lasers currently being developed are aiming for something in the range of 10kJ to 100kJ. A 10kJ laser could bring down a drone whereas a 100kJ beam could kill a tank if the beam is locked onto it for a few seconds.
My Inner Trekkie has escaped from where he is normally kept firmly under control (Mrs Q would be shaking her head reading this) so how powerful are phasers? Well phasers, deflector shields, warp drives and transporters are all made up and their limits are what best serves this weeks storyline.
However for the sake of argument we know roughly how powerful a photon torpedo is and we know enough from many episodes with space battles in them how many hits the deflectors can take from a photon torpedo. The Enterprise-D seems more than able to shrug off a single photon torpedo and it seems to take at least 3 or 4 hits before the shields are degraded enough to harm the ship. Based on that I reckon one of the Enterprise-D's phasers must be somewhere in the 10GJ to 100GJ range or about a million times more powerful than the battlefield lasers that will get rolled out over the next decade or so. Much below that and they're basically fancy flashlights and won't be effective, Much above and they're so powerful that photon torpedoes would then be pointless. In a battle lasting only a few minutes the Enterprise will go through more energy than the world currently uses in years but it's powered by a matter-antimatter reaction so it's got loads to burn. One question I do wonder occasionally is why they don't have secondary phaser turrets as point defence weapons to destroy incoming torpedos? (I know the real answer is that the producers didn't think of it).
Originally the TOS Enterprise was going to be armed with lasers but lasers were in their infancy then and Roddenberry didn't want people coming to him 5 years down the line and saying "Lasers don't work like that!" and so changed the name to phasers.

 

[krtek a houby]

Have seen a few nuclear explosions recently and it's got my fears going. Ok, obviously it was going to be in Oppenheimer because wasn't expecting it in the other films.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Are there any theories or canon-sanctioned explanations for the lack of nuclear weapons in Star Trek or Star Wars? Or is it a lazy writing convenient omission because their existence would have ruined most if not all of the epic space battles on both universes?

I'm not a fan of ToS and could be talking shit here, but I seem to recall an episode where they do lay the nuclear weapons they are carrying onboard as mines

 

[belboid]

I'm not a fan of ToS and could be talking shit here, but I seem to recall an episode where they do lay the nuclear weapons they are carrying onboard as mines

Balance of Terror, apparently

 

[Mation]

What's with all the Lu men TV programmes?

Luther, Lucifer, Lupin, and now Ludwig.

Is it part of a formula for success with idiosyncratic male protagonists?

(I've never seen Luther, so don't actually know if that fits, and nor have I done any other sort of analysis )

 

[fucthest8]

Some excellent posts there people, thank you.

I'm sure this has been done elsewhere, maybe even upthread, but I'm far too lazy to look, but really, what the fuck is it with sound levels in so many TV shows and movies? Plus music just all the fucking time like they can't write dialogue good enough to get the right emotional response, characters whispering key bits so that you miss a really important point, FUCKING MUSIC AGAIN, now it's really quiet. Etc.

 

[Chz]

Some excellent posts there people, thank you.

I'm sure this has been done elsewhere, maybe even upthread, but I'm far too lazy to look, but really, what the fuck is it with sound levels in so many TV shows and movies? Plus music just all the fucking time like they can't write dialogue good enough to get the right emotional response, characters whispering key bits so that you miss a really important point, FUCKING MUSIC AGAIN, now it's really quiet. Etc.

Prime has an audio option on some of their programs for "Dialogue Boost". But it's not perfect - I've seen a few times where it takes a second to kick in, which can be annoying. Generally I just watch with the volume down and the subtitles on.

 

[stethoscope]

Watching Joan and enjoying it so far. Have a bit of a thing for 80s set criminal underworld dramas - for the same reason I liked The Gold last year.

 

[T & P]

What's with all the Lu men TV programmes?

Luther, Lucifer, Lupin, and now Ludwig.

Is it part of a formula for success with idiosyncratic male protagonists?

(I've never seen Luther, so don't actually know if that fits, and nor have I done any other sort of analysis )

It’s not all men. You clearly haven’t watched Lulu Warrior Singer.

 

[DaveCinzano]

It’s not all men. You clearly haven’t watched Lulu Warrior Singer.

The #NotAllMen post I never expected to see

 

[Ax^]

still Game is class and surprised i missed 9 season of the blood show

 

[Ax^]

its old school tech as people say. They can teleport an anti matter device the size of a small fridge direct to the heart of any major city. For all TNGs vaunted ideals, picard was gunboat diplomat technically.

old school enough that the first human warp capable ship was an former nuclear missile , plot point of the movie first contact

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

What's with all the Lu men TV programmes?

Luther, Lucifer, Lupin, and now Ludwig.

Ah Ludwig

 

[Epona]

Ah Ludwig
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Blimey, that's a blast from the past!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Blimey, that's a blast from the past!

It's some I still say when I spy something interesting. "Ah Ludwig".

 

[T & P]

Perhaps I should have posted this in the Unpopular Film Opinions thread, but the more I see Hugh Grant in recent times, both on his recent film roles and appearing as a guest on the likes of The Graham Norton Show, the more I like the guy

 

[DaveCinzano]

Perhaps I should have posted this in the Unpopular Film Opinions thread, but the more I see Hugh Grant in recent times, both on his recent film roles and appearing as a guest on the likes of The Graham Norton Show, the more I like the guy

Lair Of The White Worm is available for free if you fire up the ol' VPN to the US - on Plex, or Tubi, DMC Theatres OD or Freevee with ads, or on Prime or AppleTV if you are subbed up with them

 

[krtek a houby]

Lair Of The White Worm is available for free if you fire up the ol' VPN to the US - on Plex, or Tubi, DMC Theatres OD or Freevee with ads, or on Prime or AppleTV if you are subbed up with them

Haven't seen that one in years, very much over the top iirc!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

His new film looks interesting.

 

[T & P]

His new film looks interesting.

Is that Heretic?

 

[Nine Bob Note]

the more I see Hugh Grant in recent times, both on his recent film roles and appearing as a guest on the likes of The Graham Norton Show, the more I like the guy

The guy's been chewed up and spat out by the media so much - even alleging they burgled his house and hacked his phone looking for dirt - he probably thinks he has nothing to lose and might as well enjoy his life.

 

[T & P]

The guy's been chewed up and spat out by the media so much - even alleging they burgled his house and hacked his phone looking for dirt - he probably thinks he has nothing to lose and might as well enjoy his life.

And I’m fully behind his war of attrition against the scum gutter press in this country as well. If only more actors/ celebrities were as proactive in facing our scum bullying press, we’d be in a much better place.