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Old May 24th 04, 07:49 PM
Scott Hedrick
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"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message
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Because, you detect this huge gravitational pull, look there and hmm,
there's no sun.


Why would the gravitational pull iteself be *different*? Remember, they were
pulled out of warp because of a gravitation anomaly.

There may have been other oddities like the ones you suggested, but they
aren't mentioned in the show.

As it happens, I read an interview where one of the producers was asked
where the light came from that let us see the Sphere, since if the sun was
inside, it should have been black. The answer, of course, was that a black
dot on the screen wouldn't look good. I don't have a problem with that
because it's a good explanation. What isn't a good explanation is that a
"gravitational anomaly" did the job, when there are much more interesting
reasons, such as a multi-hundred-million kilometer blackbody. But then, that
assumes the writers know what a blackbody is, and that the audience is
intelligent enough to understand. What a shame Hollywood hasn't realized
both the public is smarter than it assumes, and that stories that appeal
higher than the waist are usually better.