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MilesColtrane

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4. Star Trek - Made up terms that sounds like they are describing real scientific systems or phenomena

Fri Dec 9, 2011, 06:40 AM

Dec 2011

(The Heisenberg compensators started to fail, but Scotty completed the transport by diverting power to the energizing coils and boosting the annular confinement beam.)

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Star Wars - Real scientific terms thrown in to the script to boost "sci-fi cred", but used laughingly incorrectly

(You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?…It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.)

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"Star Wars vs. Star Trek: An Objective Analysys" [View all] krispos42 Dec 2011 OP

Bah! That's not how you start a flamewar! TheWraith Dec 2011 #1

UFP/Starfleet warship vs. Babylon 5 cruiser? krispos42 Dec 2011 #2

been done pokerfan Dec 2011 #11

So Star Wars' flaws are 100 times worse than Star Trek's? Fozzledick Dec 2011 #3

Star Trek - Made up terms that sounds like they are describing real scientific systems or phenomena MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #4

It's fun watching SW fans turn themselves into petzels to explain that one. krispos42 Dec 2011 #5

Hmmm... FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #6

It's not that difficult lazarus Dec 2011 #7

Uh-huh. krispos42 Dec 2011 #8

that wasn't very twisty, though lazarus Dec 2011 #9

I don't read the expanded stuff either krispos42 Dec 2011 #10

There's a wormhole that shortens the distance? FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #13

I always asked myself, who is cleaning the carpet ? jakeXT Dec 2011 #12

That's Grovelbot's new job. FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #14

It's the 24th century salvorhardin Feb 2012 #16

Star Trek is science fiction and Star Wars is fantasy. I see no connection TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #15

I find your lack of faith disturbing. Swede Mar 2012 #17