Bottomless pits How expensive could railings be?
#1
Posted 01 September 2004 - 07:04 AM
Why does EVERY film have a freakin botomless pit in it?
Why would skilled engineers who can build planet-destroying artificial moons fill them with artificial ravines with skinny railless bridges across them? Surely they know how dangerous this must be since IMPORTANT people are plummeting down them, usually to their death, every single movie!
Is there like a Dark Side OSHA that is working to increase worker mortality? Remember in ANH where Obie Won has to walk out on that very narrow catwalk over a FREAKING BOTTOMLESS PIT to turn off the tractor beam? Wow, that was suspenseful...except...who puts a critical control panel on a narrow catwalk over a FREAKING BOTTOMLESS PIT??? Especially when the controls could have been just as easily located on the other side of the cylinder and then the guy who's job it is to adjust the tractor beam controls would only have to stand near a FREAKING BOTTOMLESS PIT to adjust said control panel as opposed to clinging for dear life to the side of the cylinder and negotiating the rediculous two inch catwalk over the FREAKING BOTTOMLESS PIT to do his aforementioned job.
Has there EVER been a pit or big hole in a Star Wars movie that didn't have at least one person fall into them?
The bottomless is to Lucas what the loaded gun was to Chekov.
#2
Posted 01 September 2004 - 07:41 AM
howeever... not all GE officials are sith lords, who can force-choke every insubordinate or less then A-Grade ass kisser.
sometimes you need the convinient proximity of the infinite deepth of a bottomless pit to nudge the executer of a less than impressive completion of a task, into one...
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#3
Posted 01 September 2004 - 08:28 AM
It just looks friggin' cool.
And I'm fine with that.
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#4
Posted 01 September 2004 - 08:32 AM
i agree. its what star wars does best.
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#5
Posted 01 September 2004 - 08:48 AM
Don't get so self-complacent. It's the quality, mate, that matters, not quantity!
#7
Posted 01 September 2004 - 07:00 PM
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#8
Posted 01 September 2004 - 09:37 PM
i imagine at the bottom of all this pits is a large pile of officers who less than impressed their commanding senmior officers... people that tarkin took care of, when vader was out doing the galactic rounds.
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#9
Posted 01 September 2004 - 11:48 PM
there were rails on Bespin. And in the throne room. So- Railing serves the purpose as to include more "strikes" in a lightsaber battle, so long as you're only 15 feet off the ground. Then we cut away to other exciting action sequence(s.) So a little later, when the duel really gets interesting, Good Jedi/Bad Sith can hang their hides out on the line. Risking life and limb, for replaceable limb.
#10
Posted 02 September 2004 - 02:50 AM
except you dont realise that im the one whos going to convince you
#12
Posted 02 September 2004 - 12:46 PM
Nice comeback, mate
On topic: Given that the Death Star designers included a poorly-protected 'weak spot' that could blow up the entire station, the prevalence of health hazards such as bottomless pits is hardly surprising.
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#13
Posted 02 September 2004 - 12:59 PM
Not only that, remember Episode 1? When Anakin busted up the whole space station by destroying the Main reactor which just happened to be located a SHORT corridor away from the hanger bay! How stupid can you get?
#15
Posted 02 September 2004 - 08:24 PM
on the outside like the death star...
'shoot here to terminate'
once again force shcmorce... a 5 year old blowing up a droid controll ship trivializes, every other characters actions...
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