Re:The aesthetics of science fiction spaceship design
by skookumchuck on Sunday September 02, 2018 @10:43PM
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> Star Wars
has no logic nor reason to it, nor much of any internal consistency. It's loaded with deus ex machina. You've just got to pith your mind to enjoy it.
For just one spectacular example: the rebels build a base out of a cave, and put a gigantic armored door on the front to protect it. It evidently never occurred to them to explore the cave to see if there was a back entrance? Which of course there was, as that was necessary for the plot.
has no logic nor reason to it, nor much of any internal consistency. It's loaded with deus ex machina. You've just got to pith your mind to enjoy it.
For just one spectacular example: the rebels build a base out of a cave, and put a gigantic armored door on the front to protect it. It evidently never occurred to them to explore the cave to see if there was a back entrance? Which of course there was, as that was necessary for the plot.