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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3803538" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Well, I somehow can accept the "turning back to your normal form after major transformations" in StarTrek. Maybe it is because Startrek does this too often. But then, the Voyager story where Janeway and Paris turn into some kind of reptile because they're flying at trans-warp did break my... "acceptance". (Note that building their own revolutionary warp engine didn't bother me that much, but that is just because Voyager did such things often).</p><p></p><p>I think to accept breaking the realms of reality is okay if it's part of the convention related to what you're reading or watching - if you were able to accept these conventions in the first place.</p><p></p><p>In Startrek (TNG at least), Humans seem to have evolved morally and ethically a lot beyond our current "average". If you can accept this convention, you will have a lot less problems with the Utopian Federation Society and can enjoy the show and its messages a lot better. If not, well, you will probably prefer other shows (or at least shudder at some naive plots or "holier than you"-attitudes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p></p><p>For a movie like 28 Days/Weeks later, you have to accept that Zombies can create spawns in mere minutes, and despite unintelligent, can distinguish friend (other Zombie) from foe (healthy human) easily, and you will enjoy it. But if suddenly a Vulcan Landing Craft would appear and phaser the Zombies down and take the surviving humans aboard, you would certainly feel negatively impacted. Aliens with phaser cannons weren't part of the convention, even if they are no less realistic than the Zombie-Thingie...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 3803538, member: 710"] Well, I somehow can accept the "turning back to your normal form after major transformations" in StarTrek. Maybe it is because Startrek does this too often. But then, the Voyager story where Janeway and Paris turn into some kind of reptile because they're flying at trans-warp did break my... "acceptance". (Note that building their own revolutionary warp engine didn't bother me that much, but that is just because Voyager did such things often). I think to accept breaking the realms of reality is okay if it's part of the convention related to what you're reading or watching - if you were able to accept these conventions in the first place. In Startrek (TNG at least), Humans seem to have evolved morally and ethically a lot beyond our current "average". If you can accept this convention, you will have a lot less problems with the Utopian Federation Society and can enjoy the show and its messages a lot better. If not, well, you will probably prefer other shows (or at least shudder at some naive plots or "holier than you"-attitudes :) ) For a movie like 28 Days/Weeks later, you have to accept that Zombies can create spawns in mere minutes, and despite unintelligent, can distinguish friend (other Zombie) from foe (healthy human) easily, and you will enjoy it. But if suddenly a Vulcan Landing Craft would appear and phaser the Zombies down and take the surviving humans aboard, you would certainly feel negatively impacted. Aliens with phaser cannons weren't part of the convention, even if they are no less realistic than the Zombie-Thingie... [/QUOTE]
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