An interesting interview by Alan Boyle. I too find it annoying that people not only believe that a human body will explode in vacuum because they saw Outland or Total Recall, but will ignorantly argue the point with those of us who know better.
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The Richard Crenna character in “Marooned” didn’t explode when his suit ripped. Nor did the Gary Lockwood character in “2001” when HAL cut his air/tow line and sent him spinning.
I had to stop reading the article, as I haven’t made it past Season 2.5 yet. I was beginning to see references to things in the article that hadn’t come up yet for me, and likely occur in seasons 3 and 4.
If nothing else, I appreciated that BSG took a more pragmatic approach to the advances that could be possible by humans, inasmuch as the interiors of the ships seemed a bit more realistic (with hallways, stairs, etc) than those seen in Star Trek and other science fiction series.
It also brings to mind the idea that almost every one of the future-based science fiction shows relies on orbital assembly of the massive vehicles used in space travel, a functionality that we, ourselves, need to work towards sooner rather than later.
I want to know why BSG had no directed energy weapons? We are on the cusp of that right now.
Perhaps it is only Cylons that explode in space.
And we don’t see WHAT happens to Gary Lockwood… just that his suit jerks around, possibly because the exploding body parts created momentum exchange.
Which means…
Gary Lockwood was a Cylon.
;-P
Great information.I would like to say Battlestar Galactica is probably the most ambitious, important, and relevant science-fiction television since, I dunno, Babylon 5 or Deep Space Nine. A poorly-executed licensed product shouldn’t cause you to lose faith in the source material. Honest…