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In Praise of the Sci-fi Corridor
brumgrunt writes "Technically a corridor in a science-fiction movie should just be a means of getting from one big expensive set to the next, and yet Den Of Geek writes lovingly of the detailed conduits in films such as Alien, Outland, Solaris and even this year's Moon by Duncan Jones."
Don't you mean a syfy corridor?
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Cause in the future we don't have cable management or flimsy plastic plates to cover up sensitive equipment and sharp corners.
You mad
...for the space toilet special. An interview with George Lucas will explore the challenges of sci fi pooping, creating believable multi-species lavatories that account for physical as well as cultural differences, whether Jedi excrement has any force abilities, and the problems traditionally associated with merchandising this under-developed aspect of cinema.
Even as you read this, your pants are strangling your loins! Aaa!
[...] Even with the "replicators", there would need to be source matter to create the food from. Let us not forget waste handling. [...]
You just solved both problems with the same solution.
DON'T PANIC.
In ST:TOS, the Enterprise would often be "three weeks out" from the starbase of the week. It had a crew of about 1,000. So, the ship had to have enough food, water, and air for 1,000 people for three weeks. Even with the "replicators", there would need to be source matter to create the food from. Let us not forget waste handling. Ejecting it from the ship means loss of material, water, and air. Storing requires voids. Recycling it requires space for the recycling equipment.
This problem is solved.
The good, the evil and the vacuum tubes.
Seinfeld 2049?
At this point in human development we've got a name for fiction based around a non-dystopian future... it's called fantasy.
Probably, but they deserve to be modded up if they can find a goatse in the style of HR Giger.
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Until some dickhead wearing mirror shades and a black trenchcoat came around and wrecked everything. That part would really suck.
futureguy: I am using my future toilet
futureguy: I am driving my futurecar
futureguy: I am sleeping in my futurebed
Oh great. They're still using Twitter in the future? Shoot me now.
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