The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (Page 46 of 49)

What you're talking about is called 'continuity'.  Or, in this case, the lack of it.  Prior to the 1990s, the only time that a regular-slot show worried about continuity was when one of the regular actresses was pregnant, and they needed to (and could) write it into the show.

To me, it's the ideal vacation getaway.

Chapter 37 of v3, entitled Caligula!, is up. It's all minor changes from v2. However, I previously borrowed from this chapter to write v3 of the act I chapter Attack on New Bethlehem, primarily regarding the how the starlanes work. It needs rethinking. I like star-hopping as a concept and the natural interconnectedness of stars, but not the way the starlanes are described for the reader. I'm leaving it to v4 to properly define the starlanes and remove the redundancy that currently exists between this chapter and the aforementioned battle in act I.

Only four chapters to go in v3!

Quick, go read!
Dirk

I think it's the first that could be dropped.  BM isn't really an appositive ('the good ship lollipop'), but the 'which' clause, though non-restrictive, is in some degree parenthetical.

And I'll tell any editor that to her face.

Not the first in the sentence, the first in the pair around B M.

This week's episode of Gilligan's Island involved the crash of a huge meteorite on the island. The professor builds a geiger counter to test it for harmful rays. They discover it is putting out huge quantities of cosmic rays. The professor concludes that by putting up a lead-coated fence around it, they can focus the rays to be spotted by a plane overhead. To install the fence, they coat their clothes and skin with lead, then proceed. There is a small sapling next to the crash site. As they walk away, they hear a strange sound, which happens to be the lead fence disintegrating from - get this - old age. In the meantime, the sapling has grown into a tall tree. The professor concludes the cosmic rays are causing everything on the island to age at an enormously accelerated rate and that they have only a week left to live. They hear on the radio that an electrical storm is coming, so they create a lightning rod and stick it into the meteorite. Lightning strikes the meteor and it disintegrates, leaving no measurable cosmic rays behind.

Isn't lead smeared on skin dangerous for one's health? It drove plenty of Roman emperor's insane from drinking out of lead vessels.

I think I need to increase the nonsensical science in my book to keep up with the show. In hindsight, it amazes me that so many kids went into science because of the professor.

I almost forgot about Snoke. Talk about a short character arc. The elevator full of people that plunged to their deaths in Kdot's story had a better run than Snoke.

The only thing that can save this trilogy now is if Kylo Ren turns away from the dark side. The Star Wars EU had a character named Jacen, who was Han and Leia's son. He turned to the dark side and caused countless deaths, so much so that it was obvious he had to die. It would have been a far more interesting story to watch him redeem himself. Jacen was killed by his twin sister Jaina. I wonder if they're setting up Kylo and Rey to rehash that story. Wouldn't surprise me given how much they keep rehashing parts of the original trilogy.

This evening's episode of Gilligan's Island has Gilligan catch a wooden crate while fishing. He opens the top and tosses it aside only to discover all kinds of vegetable seeds inside. They plant the seeds, which grow at an astronomical rate and look bizarre. Nevertheless, they eat them and soon discover superpowers. Maryanne ate tons of carrots and can see halfway across the island. Gilligan ate spinach and becomes super strong. Mrs. Howell ate tons of sugar beets, so she goes on a sugar high, cleaning her hut at lightning speed. Then comes an announcement on the radio of experimental radioactive seeds having fallen overboard near Hawaii. The report notes that the crate was clearly marked. Gilligan retrieves the lid from the crate, which is indeed marked radioactive.

At first everyone is lying around not sure what to do, when the professor discovers in his books that they need to keep moving around so the radiation doesn't settle in one place and kill them. He subsequently discovers (using big fancy professor lingo) that the best way to fight the effects is to eat lots of plant fats, since they'll encase the radioactive particles in the body. One assumes they'll poop or pee them out, although those terms were never used in the show in that era. The  best source of plant fats they have is the soap they make for themselves. So, they sit down and all begin eating soap, which results in bubbles coming out of their mouths in huge quantities. The special effects for this were pretty bad. The professor's island geiger counter suggests it's working. However, Gilligan starts to form a huge bubble that keeps growing until it's bigger than a beach ball. It then explodes.

Cue end credits.

The professor's description of why they need to eat plant fats to counter the radiation reminded me of Data babble on Star Trek The Next Generation. Just complicated enough that most people in the 60's wouldn't know the difference.

One of their better episodes.

Not sure why bombs "fall" in space tho.
Once the dreadnought was destroyed,not sure why the hulk "fell" either

Even assuming that's the case... the rebels were fleeing the planet and the First Order was on the far side aiming at the rebels. The bombers came from planet-side reaching the nose of the dreadnought. It means the direction of gravity was towards the rebel base (away from the First order).

But no... gravity would only have worked if all ships (both sides) had ceased orbiting and allowed themselves to fall into the planetary gravity well (end result = crash). That's how orbits work - they break gravity wells. Apparently no one explained this part to Disney

Chapter 38, Apollo's Faith, is up. This is a minor update, including suggested changes by reviewers of v2. Please let me know if the ship names cause confusion (the RSS Ark of the Covenant, the IRS Actium, and the IRS Pompeius Magnus. The last of these is Governor Decianus's ship, which is only referenced once before Apollo designates it his new flagship and renames it the IRS Marcus Decianus after the governor).

Only three chapters to go! Yay!