Comments on: You Know You are a Sci Fi Geek When

By: Different Sam

Different Sam — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:53:32 +0000

Well, you still got the number wrong. 12 != 5 :-p

I do think the explanation given is perfectly plausible, so if it was an oversight I think it has been sufficiently corrected.

Then again, my age forced me to be a late comer to the Star Wars party – the first books were already out by the time I was “in”

By: Jack Gamble - Man Overboard

Jack Gamble - Man Overboard — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:26:48 +0000

Did I totally blow it or did Lucas hire other writers to legitimize his metric oversight?

Remember that The Kessel Run was not explained until decades after the movie script was written.

By: Different Sam

Different Sam — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:57:32 +0000

As you may have guessed by now, you totally blew it on number 10

By: Greg Molyneux

Greg Molyneux — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:44:10 +0000

I was a big fan of the original.

By: Jack Gamble - Man Overboard

Jack Gamble - Man Overboard — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:35:39 +0000

Yes, Sam, I think you’re right. Although I first looked at the new Doctor Who series as a cheese ball attempt at steeling ratings from Star Gate and Star Trek.

The more I watch the show, the more impressed I am. I find myself cracking up every time. The show really is witty and has some of the best dialogue I’ve ever seen from Sci Fi.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:56:43 +0000

Where is the doctor?
Yes you totally forgot about Doctor Who!

By: Jack Gamble - Man Overboard

Jack Gamble - Man Overboard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:56:57 +0000

Quite a few opinions on the Parsec/Kessel Run issue.

I feel I have underestimated to geekiness.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:36:36 +0000

A parsec is a measure of distance but the Kessel run goes so close to a black hole that for someone to do it in a short amount of parsec means the ship is A:very very fast able to break the pull of the black hole or B:The pilot is such a good navigator he found a way to traverse it in a manner to break the pull of the black hole.

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By: Acrophile

Acrophile — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:40:06 +0000

Regarding the “Parsecs” debate. The “Jedi Search” explanation was a well-conceived retroactive literary repair of a mistake Mr. Lucas made. We all know it, and the man is not a god. I am old enough (hee) that I have read the book (the first time around!). I *think* I recall that line being in there and thinking, even as a kid, that that sounded wrong. I’m way too tired right now to go rummaging through the attic to prove it, but I do believe it was Lucas’ mistake, not Ford’s.

And I use “Frell” on a regular basis in order to avoid setting a terrible example for my children.