{"id":156668,"date":"2023-04-06T03:33:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T22:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/star-trek-fans-poke-fun-at-the-franchises-questionable-laughable-physics\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T03:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T22:04:47","slug":"star-trek-fans-laugh-at-the-franchises-ambiguous-and-witty-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/star-trek-fans-laugh-at-the-franchises-ambiguous-and-witty-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek fans laugh at the franchise’s ambiguous (and witty) Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s a ridiculous question! u\/bertraja<\/a>\u00a0Then, she laughed with her tongue in cheek. It is impossible to have rock falling from the ceiling with sparks shooting out of the terminals. This is basic science.\u00a0But that was not the end. Redditor\u00a0u\/seanx40<\/a>\u00a0The lack of parental guidance on fatherly homeowning was a reason for the excessive pyrotechnics in “Star Trek” scenes. Then they said, “No surge protections.”<\/p>\n

There was then u\/DocFossil<\/a>\u00a0They came in with their headcanon. Their hypothesis was that sparks might be just special fireworks which alert you to an oil change. This is a great idea. It would be even more fun if the Enterprise stopped at an outer-space version of a state-line fireworks display stand whenever they need to replenish.<\/p>\n

After nearly 60 years of “Star Trek,” most fans have long since accepted that the sparks and shakes \u2014 dubious though they may be \u2014 are a signature characteristic of the franchise. After all, the more plausible alternative would be\u00a0shots of people sitting down while lights flash around them, and that certainly does not sound more visually compelling. Many Trekkies embrace all the unintentionally\u00a0hilarious things in\u00a0“Star Trek”\u00a0and feel that anyone genuinely trying to make the physics of the show make sense can boldly go jump in a lake.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a ridiculous question! u\/bertraja\u00a0Then, she laughed with her tongue in cheek. It is impossible to have rock falling from the ceiling with sparks shooting out of the terminals. This is basic science.\u00a0But that was not the end. Redditor\u00a0u\/seanx40\u00a0The lack of parental guidance on fatherly homeowning was a reason for the excessive pyrotechnics in “Star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":156669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Star-Trek-Fans-Poke-Fun-At-The-Franchises-Questionable.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156670,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156668\/revisions\/156670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}