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deskpro2k3 on 14 December 2011
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greenmedic88 said:
deskpro2k3 said:
greenmedic88 said:
deskpro2k3 said:

Pretty sure they explained all this in movie. flying a little ship will result in it being blasted by the enemy, and if they were to miss a shot from afar that would give up their location. the drill lazer also disrupted teleporting and communication.

They explained (in about ten seconds by Cpt Pike), but those are hardly reasonable explanations, exceeding a reasonable willing suspension of disbelief. 

They couldn't fly to the other side of the planet where communications weren't disrupted? Or was this magical lazer (sic) drill capable of disrupting communications on a planet-wide level? That's beyond willing suspension of disbelief for sci-fi.


wait, you serious?

flying to the other side? whats the point in that when the drill lazer is in say point A. and you're all the way in the other side in point B? you better off asking the writer that question.

Fly to the other side of the planet where the signal isn't being blocked to alert Vulcan of the danger, which, after watching the film again, they were already aware of yet were inexplicably unwilling to or incapable of doing anything about it themselves.

Seriously, any screenwriter could probably come up with about a dozen reasonable ways to disrupt the drill  which is why I'm questioning why anyone even wants to bother debating about it. 

But just because... the shuttle in which Kirk, Sulu and Doomed Red Shirt Guy flew down to the drill was never fired at, intercepted, or even noticed by the Romulans. They could have fired the shuttle's phasers or whatever at it even though the plan was to use explosives to sabotage the drill.

The end result? Everyone who saw the film knows; Red Shirt with the explosive charges dies and Kirk and Sulu stop the drill by shooting it with handheld Romulan disruptors. 

Thanks for the geek debate, but really; put a fork in it. This one's cooked. 


the point of them going at the drill in the first place was to save the planet.

I'm sure picard would have done something better.