Space and Sci Fi (Off-Topic)
As a kid I was really into space. Everybody else was interested in Dinosaurs (especially with Jurassic Park coming out), but I loved the planets, stars and Galaxies. I thought that one day I'd be able to explore them, and that eventually humanity would be able to take themselves out into the universe for discovery.
I wanted to be an astronaut so badly.
I'd say the majority of Sci-Fi views space this way: as adventurous, as a frontier for discovery. Certainly Destiny will. Hop on a ship, and you're on Titan. Ain't no thang.
Much rarer is the view of space that I reluctantly have to agree with being correct: It's desolate. Unexplorable by man. Inhospitable. Deadly. Terrifying. A prison really.
As much as I believe there is probably life out there, the laws of physics being what they are probably makes any contact impossible. Manned travel significant distances is impossible. When our Earth is rendered inhospitable in 800 million years, all of humanity's knowledge, art, culture and creation dies with us. On a tiny spec unnoticed in the picture of the universe where each supercluster of galaxies is but a pale white dot.
It's understandable why a lot of sci-fi doesn't go there. It's the most depressing thing about existence. It's one of the main themes of Policenauts, which isn't the first thing to explore that idea, but it was one that really resonated with me.
Maybe that's why Gravity connected with me. It brought that back.
Complete thread:
- Gravity -
Grizzlei,
2013-10-02, 22:02
- Gravity - Beorn, 2013-10-02, 22:06
- Gravity - Cody Miller, 2013-10-02, 22:21
- Gravity -
Leviathan,
2013-10-02, 22:41
- Gravity -
Kermit,
2013-10-02, 22:59
- Gravity -
Grizzlei,
2013-10-02, 23:17
- Gravity - Cody Miller, 2013-10-02, 23:25
- Gravity -
Ragashingo,
2013-10-03, 00:06
- A+ comment, would read again - Jillybean, 2013-10-03, 10:02
- International Rescue - scarab, 2013-10-03, 13:13
- Gravity -
Grizzlei,
2013-10-02, 23:17
- Gravity - MrPadraig08, 2013-10-03, 07:39
- Gravity -
Kermit,
2013-10-02, 22:59
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 05:09
- Meh -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-03, 11:08
- Meh - Kermit, 2013-10-03, 11:28
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 12:17
- Meh -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-03, 15:11
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 15:46
- Meh -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-03, 17:10
- Meh - Grizzlei, 2013-10-03, 17:38
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 18:34
- Until? -
ZackDark,
2013-10-03, 18:54
- Until? -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 18:56
- Until? -
Leviathan,
2013-10-03, 23:14
- Until? -
ZackDark,
2013-10-04, 04:35
- Until? - TTL Demag0gue, 2013-10-04, 05:31
- Until? -
Leviathan,
2013-10-04, 13:08
- Until? - breitzen, 2013-10-04, 13:13
- Until? -
uberfoop,
2013-10-04, 14:11
- Until? -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-04, 15:31
- Agreed. - Ragashingo, 2013-10-04, 16:10
- Just saw it - Beorn, 2013-10-07, 19:17
- Until? -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-04, 15:31
- Until? -
SonofMacPhisto,
2013-10-05, 15:06
- That's bullshit -
Grizzlei,
2013-10-05, 17:35
- That's bullshit - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-10-06, 08:40
- That's bullshit -
Grizzlei,
2013-10-05, 17:35
- Until? -
ZackDark,
2013-10-04, 04:35
- Until? -
Leviathan,
2013-10-03, 23:14
- Until? -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 18:56
- Meh -
Kermit,
2013-10-03, 22:36
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-04, 05:33
- Meh - Cody Miller, 2013-10-04, 11:59
- Meh - Kermit, 2013-10-04, 19:29
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-04, 05:33
- Until? -
ZackDark,
2013-10-03, 18:54
- Meh -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-03, 17:10
- Meh -
TTL Demag0gue,
2013-10-03, 15:46
- Meh -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-03, 15:11
- Meh -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-03, 11:08
- Desperate to see it - Jillybean, 2013-10-03, 10:03
- Gravity -
Tex,
2013-10-03, 13:16
- Gravity - Nighend, 2013-10-03, 21:57
- Couple of thoughts... *SP-ish* -
Grizzlei,
2013-10-04, 17:22
- Couple of thoughts... *SP-ish* -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-04, 21:00
- Couple of thoughts... *SP-ish* - Mr Daax, 2013-10-05, 22:14
- Couple of thoughts... *SP-ish* -
Cody Miller,
2013-10-04, 21:00
- Holy jumping up and down!!! -
Mr Daax,
2013-10-05, 22:26
- I can do zat! - Grizzlei, 2013-10-05, 22:36
- Speaking of Chris Hadfield *SP* -
Kermit,
2013-10-06, 09:44
- Speaking of Chris Hadfield *SP* -
INSANEdrive,
2013-10-06, 14:00
- Speaking of Chris Hadfield *SP* -
Kermit,
2013-10-07, 08:28
- The only explanation is psychics. -
MrPadraig08,
2013-10-07, 08:42
- The only explanation is psychics. -
Kermit,
2013-10-07, 09:27
- What? 'Psychicks'? - ZackDark, 2013-10-07, 17:06
- The only explanation is psychics. -
Kermit,
2013-10-07, 09:27
- The only explanation is psychics. -
MrPadraig08,
2013-10-07, 08:42
- Speaking of Chris Hadfield *SP* -
Kermit,
2013-10-07, 08:28
- Speaking of Chris Hadfield *SP* -
INSANEdrive,
2013-10-06, 14:00
- Space and Sci Fi - Cody Miller, 2013-10-07, 09:47
- Gravity - marmot 1333, 2013-10-28, 07:10