TNG s5e2 “Darmok”

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean in the original trilogy when han said it. I assume George wrote it having no idea what the fuck a parsec is.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      2 days ago

      Oh yeah for sure. But this goes back to the other discussion I was having about Doylist vs Watsonian explanations. For this sort of issue, I strongly prefer to have a Watsonian explanation that we can use. And there is an official Watsonian explanation…it’s just a dumb and unsatisfying one compared to the one I prefered.