[bonehead]

Was watching one of the Star Wars flicks the other day and it occured to me that the characters are us.In the movies they're buzzing all over the place in their pods,tie-fighters,x-wing fighters,etc.All without one mention of where the power comes from and how it's made.In the movies they're struggling mightily toward a brighter future for all,in our movie we're buzzing all over the place too,but it's not a happy ending.I don't see another Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton coming to bail us out.

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bonehead', 'I') don't see another Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton coming to bail us out.

[Windmills]

Neither of them or any one to take up their mantle would be of any use. They've both quite clearly stated the laws of physics, but still people refuse to believe. You can lead the sheeple to end of the world, but they'll still believe it goes on forever.

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bonehead', 'W')as watching one of the Star Wars flicks the other day and it occured to me that the characters are us.In the movies they're buzzing all over the place in their pods,tie-fighters,x-wing fighters,etc.All without one mention of where the power comes from and how it's made.In the movies they're struggling mightily toward a brighter future for all,in our movie we're buzzing all over the place too,but it's not a happy ending.I don't see another Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton coming to bail us out.

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '.')..

Beam me up scotty!

[hubbertspeak7777777]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '.')..

Beam me up scotty!

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', '
')Star Trek blows serious ass.

[hubbertspeak7777777]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', '
')Star Trek blows serious ass.

[BlisteredWhippet]

Its all just Mythology, storytelling.

I do believe that Master Kenobi was in fact living a low-input lifestyle out beyond the Dune Sea.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BlisteredWhippet', 'I')ts all just Mythology, storytelling.

I do believe that Master Kenobi was in fact living a low-input lifestyle out beyond the Dune Sea.

[camefromthecorn]

I will lay down these powers once this crisis has evaded, i love democracy i love the republic.

If that is not a reflection of Bush i dont what is, especially with the ability to declare emergency and cancel election.

Thoughts anyone?

[pedalling_faster]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '.')..

Beam me up scotty!

[hubbertspeak7777777]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '.')..

Beam me up scotty!

[Battle_Scarred_Galactico]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', '
')SW, ST, LOTR are all in the same category... "epic" films/shows for people with way too much time on their hands. I can't stand any of them.

[Grifter]

Yeah, Star Wars is indeed an epic

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Obiwan', 'L')uke, you will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our point of view

[Baldwin]

I think Lucas might have been trying to tell us something about democracy...

I have no problems with Star Wars or LotR. Every generation desires a story on the scale of Beowulf or La Morte D'Arthur.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Baldwin', 'I') think Lucas might have been trying to tell us something about democracy...

[BigTex]

Maybe you're really just touching on one of the more stubborn barriers between fantasy and reality--i.e., the resources that are needed in reality to bring fantasies to life.

Space travel is so fantastically resource intensive it's going to take some LARGE leaps into unknown technology for that to ever work on a large scale.