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  • The Orville: Old Wounds

    From Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 12 16:55:26 2017
    I laughed maybe once or twice.

    Given that it is supposed to be a comedy in space, that really isn't a
    great review.

    Kind of The Office on the bridge of the Enterprise D, but without the
    laughs.

    --
    Hammer

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  • From Timothy Bruening@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 13 20:51:27 2017
    Orville spoilers

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    How does a redwood tree grow to 100s of feet tall in a matter of seconds without any inputs?

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  • From J.B. Nicholson@21:1/5 to Timothy Bruening on Fri Sep 22 05:18:54 2017
    Timothy Bruening <tsbrueni@gmail.com> wrote:
    How does a redwood tree grow to 100s of feet tall in a matter of
    seconds without any inputs?

    It was explained in the dialogue. The researchers said that the
    redwood seed was:

    ...genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, which means it can
    survive and grow in anything. Rock, metal, sand. It can exist a
    hundred years without water. You can toss this seed in the middle of
    the Sahara, and in a century have a towering redwood.

    which would seem to explain how the tree would grow despite not
    getting Earth's nutrients and sunlight.

    A few minutes later they showed the "quantum bubble that can be
    adjusted to accelerate time" (later confirmed again by Dr. Aronov
    during the ship-to-ship battle scene) which would cover how the tree
    grew so quickly.

    Then they put the two together, which is what one can reasonably
    expect from an entertaining sci-fi show.

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