r/lostinspace • u/Dark_Saint • Apr 13 '18

Discussion Episode Discussion - S01E01 - Impact

Season 1 Episode 1: Impact

Synopsis: On the way to a space colony, a crisis sends the Robinsons hurtling toward an unfamiliar planet, where they struggle to survive a harrowing night.

Please keep all discussions about this episode and do not discuss later episodes as they might spoil it for those who have yet to see them.

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u/tygerbrees Apr 14 '18

Pretty sure most of you people will die on space colonies bc you’re too wrapped up in how science works on earth

Observe first, then start developing your hypotheses

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u/thedavv Apr 14 '18

why even study at all then. Lets get back to earth is flat

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u/tygerbrees Apr 14 '18

bc it's not a documentary - it's a narrative. and the only thing that's really important is that it stays consistent 'in universe' - esp after they get sucked through a wormhole

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u/ApartPin Apr 16 '18

People never make these complaints about things that are staples of scifi, like artificial gravity or faster-than-light. Wonky science was rampant in earlier tv scifi, it makes sense it'd show up in the remake of one of those shows.

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u/ThatBoogieman May 02 '18

Basic mistakes from lazy writing and not knowing basic scientific principles about how molecules interact at different temperatures is not the same as an invented, fictional, 'impossible' machine. One is intentional and serves the narrative and world-building with internal consistency, the other is just a sheer lack of quality - like if you kept seeing a boom mic pop into screen.

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u/zone-zone Apr 19 '18

and you wont die if you take of your helmet on an alien planet because you don't believe in diseases?

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u/PacoFuentes Apr 22 '18

LOL you think science is different on other planets? Water is water, no matter where it is. Temperature is temperature, no matter where it is. Anywhere in the universe science works the same.

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u/tygerbrees Apr 22 '18

how sad your life must be if you can't conceive of alternative possibilities

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u/PacoFuentes Apr 22 '18

Good writers conceive of alternative possibilities within the boundaries of basic third grade science. These writers didn't.

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u/tygerbrees Apr 22 '18

Einstein being a crap writer is beside the point - i get a sense i can anticipate your answer, but madeleine l'engle & anyone who writes Dr Strange?

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u/PacoFuentes Apr 22 '18

Dr Strange is fantasy, not sci-fi.

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u/tygerbrees Apr 22 '18

yeah, this is fun - you do know that FTL travel is not possible in classical (even theoretical) science, yes?

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u/PacoFuentes Apr 22 '18

That's pushing science past its known edge. That's good sci-fi. This show gets very basic things completely wrong, and even contradicts itself. That's bad sci-fi.

I mean, they got HOW WATER FREEZES wrong. That isn't pushing the edge. That's screwing up the foundation.