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From: thornton@kcl-cs.UUCP (ZNAC468)
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Subject: Re: Space 1999
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:34:39 EDT
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In article <396@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
>
>Captain Garth was only shown changing into human or human-like sentient
>forms. This is the distinction between him and Maya.
>Maya was shown changing into everything from very non-human aliens to an
>orange tree. She could also change into beings of equally varying sizes.
>As others have pointed out in this group, where does the excess energy go
>when she turns into a fly? By avoiding such drastic form changes, Garth is
>a much more plausible character.
>
		Not that much more plausible! Once youv'e made the leap of
	accepting shape changeing (with liberal appliactions of psuedo -science)
	dissipation of mass is not that difficult to explain away. All you need
	is the explanation, I prefer the previous one about projecting herself
	(Maya) into a fouth spacial dimension and reforming herself to a
	pattern in a similar way to the Enterprises transporters. Any extra
	energy required being freely available in this dimension.
		If you like this problem... What happens to the energy produced
	from a body that has been hit by a phaser on disintegrate? It must go
	somewhere. Should we treat 'disintegrate' as meaning 'vapourize' ?
		(This assumes that disintegrate converts mass into energy).
	
		If a show was absolutely scientifically correct then it surely
	must lose some of its appeal as science FICTION and become more of an
	educational program. No travelling back in time or going faster than
	light would be allowed so the show could be so limited that it would
	soon bore people out of watching it.

		It is good that after nine years 1999 is still being discussed.
	It has attracted enough discussion and criticism to warrant a net on
	its own or with other G.A. productions. This sounds much like net.tv
	does it not? (Take a look to see what I mean).

					Andy T.
	
	(WOT? NO ESOTERICA??)