2012-01-16, 06:18 | Link #461 | |
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When it comes to the skirts... the gravity vector is relative for each skirt - by which - towards the feet is "down". Hence, the skirts remain "downward" - meaning, no anti-gravity fanservice. Yea, that explains it.
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2012-01-16, 08:33 | Link #462 | ||
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2012-01-16, 09:27 | Link #463 | |||
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Privateers were supposed to only attack countries (either their ships, their shipping, or ports) that were at war with the nation that gave them their Letter of Marque. At lest that was the intention. Technically I believe that what it really meant was that you had the legal right to fly the national colors of the nation that issued you the Letter of Marque when you attacked a ship of enemy nations. This meant that if you were defeated and captured while flying the national colors and carrying the Letter of Marque you were not subject to summary execution the way pirates are. (Supposedly anyway- sometimes in the heat of war that rule wasn't always honored). So if a privateer went and attacked a ship that wasn't hostile to the nation that issued him the Letter of Marque he was not authorized to fly national colors but would have been obligated to fly colors that clearly identified him as acting independently. Of course how often these rules were really followed depended on the captain and crew. A privateer might be no better than a pirate, out for plunder. Or he might be a true patriot, fighting because of dedication to his country, and so followed the rules of war. Dutch privateers were particularly known for being the patriotic sort. English privateers were infamous for being no better than pirates. American privateers were a mixed lot. Additionally, false colors were commonly used by lots of different people, and so a Captain might attack a ship that was flying neutral colors if he thought it was suspicious and might be flying false colors. Although nations tended to get very upset if they found warships of other nations were flying their colors. Merchant ships, pirates, and privateers were all far less dedicated to flying the correct colors. (Although a privateer was usually good enough to send up the correct colors before they opened fire). And then you get into the fact that neutral merchant ships were often subject to blockade and so were often subject to boarding in certain areas to make sure they weren't shipping items to the belligerent countries. There was obviously a lot of temptation and opportunity here for the less scrupulous privateers. Quote:
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Actually the best argument is that in the absence of gravity, air friction would keep their skirts pointed away from where ever they were moving. Since they were all shown diving forward it's not inaccurate. The main discrepancy is when they stop moving they would probably have their skirts float up. Unless they flip around and land on their feet. Gah... I can't believe I got roped into discussing the physics of mini-skirts in zero-g.
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2012-01-16, 09:42 | Link #464 |
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Just watched the first two episodes... so Marika does not mind spending one and half decades not knowing who her father was, and in addition is not even reacting to the fact that when she learns about him, it's only because he died and she inherited his "debt"
Otherwise, lacks in physics, tech, or any sort of realism from this universe, and replaces it with a tone of techno-bubble... this should work for most people, it seems to have another interesting setting, thankfully this one has a naive instead of an annoying MC. All in all, a retro shounen in space with chicks and no ecchi, harmless |
2012-01-16, 10:22 | Link #465 |
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They shouldn't have skirts in space in the first place!
It wouldn't have bothered me in the slightest if it was just a dumb space opera, but they're playing it mostly straight so far by injecting all this technobabble, worldbuilding and life lessons instead of going straight into the action. I'm not expecting Planetes levels of realism, but some kind of consistency would be nice. That or seperate the serious moments from the not so serious moments like Full Metal Panic did. As it is, they're juggling between explaining lawful pirates being privateers/advanced steering techniques/viruses infecting navigation systems and women dressed in skirts in zero gravity/silly pirate hats and eye patches/maid costumes. I'm still not sure what direction they're going to take this, but they're going to have to pick one real soon. |
2012-01-16, 10:48 | Link #466 |
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Ugh, I REALLY wish people would stop talking about the skirt thing (I mean the people complaining about it, not those who are defending it). WHO CARES? People complain when there's too much/unnecessary fanservice, now people complain when there is a lack thereof? What exactly does it take to please you guys? Geez...
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2012-01-16, 10:58 | Link #467 | ||
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2012-01-16, 11:10 | Link #469 | ||
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2012-01-16, 11:33 | Link #470 |
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Absolutely adored the slowness of the second episode. Don't know how to explain it, but it's nice to see slow conversations that kinda brings out the more realistic feeling and builds up the atmosphere. They showed a nice interaction between Ririka and Marika. The whole Ship checkup was a nice touch as well. Can't wait until they ''set sail.'' ^^
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2012-01-16, 11:41 | Link #471 | |
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That's the problem with you kids these days, you'll watch anything with a bunch of cute girls in it, you need to have standards for these type of shows or they'll just churn out anything! *strokes his sage-like beard*
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2012-01-16, 12:05 | Link #473 |
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It is not at all unreasonable that they could have technology to cause skirts to stiffen in a particular manner so that they wouldn't misbehave is zero gravity. Chill out, people. Consider yourselves privileged that they include zero grav at all. If you're going to whine about physics, there are plenty of other things you could be pointing at. The fact that you all are obsessing over the skirt thing makes it plain in my eyes that all your "the physics are wrong! Waah!" stuff is a lie. You're upset that you aren't seeing schoolgirl panties.
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2012-01-16, 12:08 | Link #474 | |
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2012-01-16, 12:16 | Link #476 | |
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@GET.OVER.IT: Well, this is the kind of show that could use a panty-shot or two, since it's lacking in pretty much everything... even the original character designs were better |
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2012-01-16, 12:41 | Link #477 | |
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Anyways, physics or no physics. I will not expect this series to be a fanservice series. Even if they threw some in - here and there - I expect it to be swift and unnoticeable to the common eye. By which, any evidence of fanservice... can exist as screen caps... like one a couple pages ago. Oh, how I can't stop looking at it sometimes. XD
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2012-01-16, 13:10 | Link #478 | |
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Or, you know, we're having an honest to god discussion of the production of this show and the skirts thing happened to be the most noticeable. It's not like stiffened skirts would magically solve the impracticality of wearing skirts in a zero-G environment, since you're floating and there's no surface underneath you. Maybe women in the future in a far away galaxy have no shame. It's possible I guess. Or the studio was just too lazy to care. Or incompetent. Or both. Or worse, consciously sexualizing high school girls. Even in space. |
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2012-01-16, 14:11 | Link #480 |
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I fail to see how them deliberately NOT showing off girls' underwear can be interpreted as deliberate sexualization of the girls in question.
As for why they're wearing skirts at all, it's because it's the school uniform. Which they normally wear on the ground, in an environment that naturally has gravity. They apparently do not have a specialized uniform for club activities in zero g. |
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