So this is what I don’t get about the whole Star Warsy universe, we’ve got massive advances in technology like interstellar travel, advanced medicines, robotics, artificial intelligence, cyber implants, and a galactic communications network, just to name a few… But what gets me is that whenever it’s time to make a simple “phone” call, my guy whips out a brick of a device that’s something akin to the 19080s cell phones. I mean, yeah, later on in the movies you see mini ones that can fit in the palm of your hand and sure that’s a good 3k or so years from SWTOR, but am I really to believe that I need to fill an entire backpack with this 5lb device just so I can see a grain, glitchy monochrome projection filled to the top with scan lines? What, did I buy the PAL version or something? And with a few centuries time, how have they not been able to make a technicolor version?
Of all the tech in the SW universe, I think the holo stuff is by far the most frustrating. It reminds me of all those games or movies that are set in the future where everything is all ultra modern looking and shiny, then you’ve got some weird misplaced image display that I swear is an old 50s tv set just soldered into place. Heck, our communications devices went from the size of a brick (literally) to so small it can fit in your ear in the short span of 20ish years… AND it plays Angry Birds! Don’t see any sling shot action in those hologram thingies now do ya? And what advantages would having a hologram of the person you’re talking to have anyways? What if I was in the bathroom or something? You would also be like all those obnoxious people you get stuck in line, or on the bus or train with that have their phones on “walkie talkie” mode so it sounds like two old people with poor hearing yelling at eachother. Seriously folks, get a headset! Sure, it’s nice to make sure the guy on the other end isn’t trying to force choke you or something like that, but lets keep the noise pollution down to a minimum here, ok? Nobody wants to hear your conversations with Darth Spikeyhead nor do we think that you’re cool cause you can make a face to face call at a ski resort on top of a mountain in Alderaan. It seems to me that it’s more of a status thing than anything. So what’s the next step? Holo-beepers? Holo-bluetooth? Holo-pogs? Idk what’s cool now a days… holo-pokemans? You get the idea.
Anyways, that’s it for me today. Enjoy your weekend peeps!
(Ps… I vote that we should get the “flat top” option when they implement barber shops in game)
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i wonder what avergage life in star wars is like and i have heard that ice cream and hamburgers exsist int he star wars universe
Icecream or its equivalent as well as the hamburger or its analogue have shown up in a lot of different cultures in different time periods.
The Romans served something like a hamburger but they used a sticky wine as a binding agent instead of eggs like we do. Also the condiments were familiar but also alien - yes they had mustard and pickles but katchup as we know it was developed in Nova Scotia IIRC …. and I’m rambling again … back to my meds … Timmies - Black - small (used to be regular but now they Americanized the sizing) - double sugar.
I see lots of beer or wine bottles around… though I’d be worried about the ice cream since they have that blue milk stuff… blue milk ice cream? >)
Make it the size of my iphone with equal picture quality and we’ll talk. Until then, no way can you convince me to lug around an extra 5lbs because it’s “modern.”
idk… part of me still thinks its ridiculous, but I carry my laptop around and that thing’s like towing a boat… but then again, I’m not fighting of hoards of jedi either. well… too often anyways…
For now the poll looks pretty even, does it mean they’ll manufacture different models? ;P
hmm, guess so! Hurry on down for your iHolo-Communicator 4!!!
My problem with it has to do with TOR. Apparantly that thing can’t make outgoing calls or something (I know it can, joking) because my character seems to forget that they have one when it comes time to turn in a quest. Do I really need to ride back to Darth Whoever to tell them I killed the dude he asked me to? Can’t I just call the guy? Also call forewarding would be nice. I’ll just take the call here, don’t really feel like going back to the ship right now, thanks. It makes sense in WoW, but, come on now Star Wars! So… I’m voting for “would be cool if they fix it” since apparantly mine is broken. I must not ever have any reception bars on that thing!
yeah, what the heck? been in Belsavis lately and they keep making me go back and forth to the same dang place… each time having to fight through a few clumps of mobs. why couldn’t I have just phoned it in? arg! at least let me text em or something…
I never looked for Logic in Futuristic games. Sure there has to be a ”starting point” but SW universe is ( as similar as might seem to our world’s potential future ) A different galaxy, you can’t really think of it as ” We have Iphones with colour ! Why Holo cams can’t have them ?! ” We really don’t know how the technology grew over the years since the ” Alien” races were the ones who left those technology behind and other races like Humans worked on it.
Soo My reasoning is, the Alien understanding is different from what we expect to see. Lets say it is a different ”Architacture ” and quite frankly, I use many ”old school” devices even if there is something ”new” out there :P
My explanation - writers failed in science - marketing people are former jocks - The rest are to scared to point out the boss is an ignoramus.
End result - science fiction that has little to do with actual science except to co-op some of the terminology and totally abuse it - then there is the consistency - *cues STTNG* - there is none (Insert technobabble here)
this is true… it could be just a stylistic thing or even just a limitation of the technology.
but ya know, I’ve said it before, there’s just about nothing we can’t one day create if we can dream it.
hey now… I have a marketing degree! and I’m pretty sure I’m not a jock, lol! but there probably is quite a bit of passing up rational sciencing for speed of production. I think in some situations, you get a better chance to slow down and check to see if what you’re saying can actually be done. but you’re right, in the realm of “is this plausible?” the Star Trek series (starting at TNG) was pretty spot on… then again, maybe they played it too safe, idk. anyways, there’s a fine line between science fiction and science fantasy and I think the SW universe walks that with a few zig zags worked in.
Thrudd, I don’t think any science fiction would be interesting if they would calculate things according to real science… real science is boring,time-consuming and mind boggling. Nobody would want to watch something or play something like that.
Science is important but when it comes to fun , I would say as long as they don’t claim to be ” realistic ! ” I don’t have a problem with it. I wouldn’t want to see Luke Skywalker to calculate the masses of his lightsaber :D
Oh you would be surprised if you looked into WHO the people are that wrote a lot of the classic sci-fi. The thing about science fiction is not putting the science up front and personal to the reader, it is making sure that whatever science you put into the setting is consistent, logical and based on science fact/theory. Blade Runner aka Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep has lots of science in the basic premiss for the story as did the movie with its stunning visuals.
What you put forth as sci-fi is refered to as sci-fantasy - fantasy attempting, rather badly most times, to wrap itself in the legitamacy of scince - think of it as the horoscopes and tea leaf readings of film and literature.
Truth be told, there is a lot of crap stories on both sides of the fence. Science CAN BE FUN but it takes a certain approach or mindset to be able to enjoy it. Bill Nye the Science Guy or Mr Science - we need another billy … both easily come to mind as fun science.
aaaand I’m rambling on an older comment thread …. …… (>’.'<)
man, science IS fun! I love the stuff! I uh… also watch more science/physics documentaries than is probably healthy… >)
It’s even worse, although you can get the lousy holo image, you can’t get basic email. BASIC. EMAIL. You know, like I can get on my iPhone in this galaxy.
Why? Cause “wow did it that way?” Just block attached physical objects.
Oh that one is easy and, believe it or not , consistent with the SW Galaxy as we know it. Most beings are illiterate and rely on voice and visual communication exclusively - as for control panels - its all symbology for the most part.
Then why send email at all?
well, from the bounty hunter side, Mako is always typing away on her (ipad?) thingy on the holonet… so I guess the framework is there… BUT the holocommunicators seem to be just a 1 trick pony. kinda like the old style beepers. big bulky and has only 1 function that’s pretty weak.
I guess the illiterate thing makes sense, but it still seems like such a huge step from a simple cellphone to hologram. as for control panels… idk, all I ever see is green and red buttons. why on earth you would need to have so many controls on EVERYTHING is beyond me!
but speaking of email… it does bring up the bigger question… do they get spam holo-messages? “do you want to have a bigger lightsaber?”… hmm… that sounds like a good idea for a comic, lol! XD
Make it life sized and it doesn’t matter how big the projector is. Holograms would be more useful as a telepresense device for things like teaching classes remotely or showing presentations, or heck, visiting loved ones in a split second without being torn apart at the molecular level. ;)
psh, but having your atoms ripped apart and put back together is the best part!
Wait who is this thrudd guy?
he’s the guy!
Holo-porn.
I’m just sayin’…..
yeah… that’s probably the real reason it was created in the first place.
wait you know they never EVER mention gas planets in star wars’s, star trek, dr.who, or any sci-fi really i know there not habatble but they have to be good for SOMETHING (like the substance that makes fuel, soda ect)
heh… ya know… not a bad idea! seems like something you could license to Willy Wonka! chocolate planet!
Um, I think a fair bit of SW ep.V was on a gas-mine/city on the gas planet Bespin.
and then there’s Quesh… why… why does it exist?!! it’s like having 1 quest on Jupiter…
well, maybe holo tech required larger machines, and they were so busy it took them a long time to get around to shrinking them?
I guess… but we could do it in like 10 years… well who knows though, maybe you reach certain levels of tech that nothing new gets discovered for a while that can shrink or adapt the old stuff.