Comments on: A Brief History of Time Travel: Star Trek Edition

By: Jay Maus

Jay Maus — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:37:38 +0000

Also recall that pretty much all of the events of Enterprise were the result of a ‘Temporal Cold War’ in which Earth found itself an unwilling combatant. That’s how I explain away the niggling little notion that ENT breaks the hell out of canon: a mysterious time traveler sending messages through time to wipe out mankind (who I like to pretend is Khan) has created a new parallel world in which the NX-01 Enterprise is the first ship to bear that name, a Klingon crashlands on Earth, Denobulans exist, Borg are encountered, etc.

In a sense, Enterprise explored the idea of a Star Trek reboot before JJ Abrams came to the scene, they just never developed (or realized!) the idea.

By: Gab

Gab — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:36:43 +0000

Or why don’t you write a post? OH SNAP! ;p

By: stokes

stokes — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:03:47 +0000

Oh man, National Treasure! Gab, we should hijack this comment thread and just talk about how hilarious that movie is all day long.

By: Gab

Gab — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:44:42 +0000

Ah, no, probably not. I was in fifth grade when you were in the YPMB.

By: Pianodan

Pianodan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:12:49 +0000

I was in the YPMB ‘96-97. Rode a unicycle. That’s my real first name in the handle. Made a few arrangements. The only OTI person I’m SURE I’ve met in person is Shechner, but I’m fairly sure I’ve met some others, possibly including you. :)

By: Gab

Gab — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:38:20 +0000

I dunno, where are you from? ;)

It’s funny how movies become running jokes within a department. The astro department at my college shows _Armageddon_ once a year as a party (and with the pretext of offering ten extra-credit points to any student enrolled in an astro class that can turn in a list of ten things scientifically wrong with the movie when it’s over). The geology department does the same thing with _The Core_. And I think that’s why I love the _National Treasure_ movies so much.

By: Pianodan

Pianodan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:38:34 +0000

Have we actually met? I can’t remember. If so I AM one of your astro friends.

By: Gab

Gab — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:07:32 +0000

Or how my astro friends feel watching _Deep Impact_? (Note: I specifically did NOT say _Armageddon_ because they find it SO laughable, they love it.)

By: Pianodan

Pianodan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:06:43 +0000

Oh… did I mention that the idea that a single supernova could destroy the galaxy just sets my teeth on edge? I know, I know, it’s fiction, but come *on*… they could have just made up a “wormhole inversion” or “quantum hyper-wallaby” or something that isn’t actually real, and could therefore be assigned any arbitrary threat level you like.

Sigh.. this is how my geologist friend felt watching “Volcano,” I’m sure.

By: Gab

Gab — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:21:39 +0000

CTB: I from what I can tell, that wouldn’t work because the Nero during young Spock et. al.’s time is physically removed from his own reality. There are two of him in the reality we saw on the screen: the one that went through the supernova that is doing all the talking, and the one on Romulus that we don’t ever see. Even if the latter’s homeworld were saved, the former’s has already been destroyed. The two Neros would still exist side-by-side (not literally, but at the same moment), much like the two Spocks.