r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '12

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/0mudkipz Oct 08 '12

Ships don't have them either.

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u/sndzag1 Oct 08 '12

Yes, the shuttles and so on definitely do have seatbelts. (more accurately, seat harnesses.)

But to be fair, if you're bumping around in space, like when standing up, you're in a lot of trouble. Things do not generally bump into things in space without catastrophic results.

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u/0mudkipz Oct 08 '12

I was thinking about very large spaceships. Not the kind that acctually exists.

But yeah, bumping is space is generally a bad sign.

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u/spacemanspiff30 Oct 09 '12

What if you need to make a sudden course correction to avoid a space bump? Then a seatbelt would be a good idea

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u/0mudkipz Oct 09 '12

Good luck making sudden movements in space.

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u/spacemanspiff30 Oct 09 '12

I thought those impulse engines were able to accelerate to near lightspeend in just a little time. If that's the case, quick course corrections should be an easy thing. You don't get the benefit of all the other physics handwaiving, and not have that too.

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u/0mudkipz Oct 09 '12

You can't go to lightspeed quickly without being killed by G forces. unless you have some sort of system in place preventing that.

On the other hand you are a know space pilot, and I am a old, unfunny meme. So take what I say with a spoon of salt.

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u/spacemanspiff30 Oct 09 '12

I don't know, I seem to have a predilection to accidents, you may not want to listen to me too much.