From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!sjb Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Re: Physics gaffes Article-I.D.: alice.1423 Posted: Wed Jan 26 21:51:44 1983 Received: Sun Jan 30 02:59:23 1983 References: eagle.746 Let us not forget those battle scenes. Now, most of the torpedoes and phasers never hit the ships, but the ships are always shaking from the 'turbulences of the explosions' -- the explanation given was that it would be boring to just have the ships sitting still until they were hit (which is what they SHOULD be doing) Actually, I think it's riotous to see bodies flying around the bridge and good ol' JTK just sitting nice and comfy, turning around a bit in his chair!