See, here's something that exasperates me: when sci-fi stories deal with saving the universe. What I find annoying the protagonist is so insignificant when compared to the entire universe. I mean, how is one petty being suddenly the savior of the entire universe? Your telling me that that one measly thing can save an entire reality filled with God knows how many super-clusters, each containing God knows how many galaxies each containing billions(as far as we know) of Star Systems, with stars that could be thousands of times bigger than our own star(dubbed the Sun) which could have hundreds of planets orbiting around it where some of those planets may be gas giants that many, many moons orbiting around it as well, including maybe some of the other planets that aren't gas giants as well?
I mean, I know in most shows and video games they try to simplify the whole goal with just the "whole universe at stake" but come on! Why can't they at least say, "The whole sector is going to be taken over"? I'm ranting because I find this so stupid. I mean, the antagonist that supposedly threatens the entire universe or sometimes, the entire galaxy doesn't even look like it could take it on once you do the math. It just seems to, well, stupid. Despite all their power, they don't look like God to me. I mean, when a story starts to use the whole, "Universe is in danger" sort of thing to raise the stakes, it just ruins the whole experience.
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Posté 02 février 2010 - 11:04
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Banned for thinking outside the box.
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Posté 02 février 2010 - 11:07
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But yeah I do agree, they don't often spend enough time considering what would really threaten the galaxy and how the world would react once it finds out. In reality everyone would unite to fight it, and you could well be a hero in that story, but you would of course be one hero among many.
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Posté 02 février 2010 - 11:51
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In general you might be right, but this "in general" is a problem, I think.
There are always ways for little humans to affect much bigger objects and a chain reaction can have impact on even larger a scale. So long as you just consider size, there is of course little a single being (or even an entire people) can do to change the fate of the universe. But if some way had opened up to bring about a galactical (or universal) menace (such as in ME, where a gate would be opened to allow billions of enemies to appear at the heart of all civilization), then it can also be explained how this way could be used to fix the problem.
So if you wish to complain, could you please specify which universe-saving hero (or which unlikely universe saving technique) you are objecting to?
There are always ways for little humans to affect much bigger objects and a chain reaction can have impact on even larger a scale. So long as you just consider size, there is of course little a single being (or even an entire people) can do to change the fate of the universe. But if some way had opened up to bring about a galactical (or universal) menace (such as in ME, where a gate would be opened to allow billions of enemies to appear at the heart of all civilization), then it can also be explained how this way could be used to fix the problem.
So if you wish to complain, could you please specify which universe-saving hero (or which unlikely universe saving technique) you are objecting to?
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Posté 02 février 2010 - 11:57
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And there's the classical saying:
Soldiers win the war. Generals get the glory.
Soldiers win the war. Generals get the glory.
