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One of the bitter disputes among Browncoats, especially detailed-oriented GM-types, is whether the 'Verse's solar system has one star or many. It's gotten pretty heated on some of the boards. "JOSS SAID IT right in this interview!" "Interviews aren't canon! This screenshot shows a graphic which shows . . ." etc, etc. Both sides are, of course, utterly full of certainty that they're right. So I loved seeing this quote from the guy who did the graphics they're citing as canon:

Q: Any chance of a Serenity Star Charts book?

More likely a ‘verse poster, if I can resolve the one star system/multiple star system issue.
Well, that explains the ambiguity in the graphics. Since the artist didn't know which one it was he had to do a planet-scape that would fit with either. Now if only some of the participants in the flame war would remember this the next time they're yelling at someone for disagreeing with their obviously correct position.

Current Mood: amused

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astroprisoner.livejournal.com

Yep, it all sounds familiar, just like 40 years ago (as I was reminded watching back DVDs of the first season of Star Trek (TOS). Things were said and done which made no sense in relation to the rest of the series, but...well, what are ya gonna do?

We fans sometimes tend to forget that TV shows aren't done with meticulous, thorough, double-checked research and vetted for scientific accuracy. They're done on a tight schedule by folks who are more interested in entertainment than reality. (Note: this is not a criticism, and I doubt I could do any better.) And most importantly, in large part it's probably still expected that most fans will see the shows once, maybe twice as the images flash by live on a TV screen. (Hell, Roddenberry also probably figured at least half his audience would be watching in black-and-white.)

Ya just gotta sit back and take it for what it is: fun.

(And don't even get me started on how it took the Star Trek franchise over 20 years to explain why Klingons looked different in the movies than they did on TOS in the '60s.)

(And really don't get me started on how all the action in The Empire Strikes Back must take place inside a single solar system, as Luke takes off from Hoth in a short range fighter but manages to make it to both Dagobah and Bespin, and the Millennium Falcon makes it from Hoth to Bespin with a disabled hyper drive.)

I'll shut up now.

From:

ernunnos.livejournal.com

We fans sometimes tend to forget that TV shows aren't done with meticulous, thorough, double-checked research and vetted for scientific accuracy.

Being too lazy to establish basic facts about setting and continuity or keep a series bible for contract writers to refer to is bad TV not bad science.