50 yrs. of Star Trek!

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Thu Sep 8 19:14:21 CDT 2016


On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, TeoZ wrote:
> They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship 
> affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for 
> the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit 
> something large in space at the speed of light.

If you were going FTL, then you would just pass through it, without 
noticing.

In ST:TOS, they command crew on the bridge were often thrown around in 
battle scenes, etc.


> Handheld phasers would be cool if somebody comes up with a batterY that 
> hold crazy amounts of energy and would not short out in your pocket.

Surely, the Star Trek phasers didn't need anything more than an LR44!


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