tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225302720400600293.post3515257389682806967..comments2024-03-26T11:24:18.304-07:00Comments on Peter Laird's TMNT blog: Blast from the Past #406: May 25, 2004 Re: Ep. 78 ("Exodus: Part Two") "final" draft, and May 28, 2004 Re: Premise 81 ("Sons of the Silent Age")Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225302720400600293.post-61256755398998063562011-09-17T16:28:41.268-07:002011-09-17T16:28:41.268-07:00As already noted, Shredder invading the Utrom home...As already noted, Shredder invading the Utrom homeworld was far more interesting than the actual episode.<br />The heroes always winning is boring and is the single biggest flaw of both cartoon series.Exodushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060855695571646643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225302720400600293.post-59156007916342759412011-09-15T17:10:44.860-07:002011-09-15T17:10:44.860-07:00"Unknown said...
I wonder why you keep equati..."Unknown said...<br />I wonder why you keep equating exile on a frozen planet as a death sentence as opposed to cryogenic freezing, which is probably the more common use of freezing in sci-fi/fiction. in fact, cryogenic freezing would be the most humane solution of all, because it keeps them out of society but to them no time will have passed at all."<br /><br /><b>Cryogenic freezing of the sort to which you refer is not as yet possible. There are many difficulties to be overcome, not least of which is cell damage from freezing (stick a can of soda into the freezer to see the effect of expanding water on a container as it freezes). Not to mention that little thing about bringing someone to life after being frozen into what is, essentially, DEATH (at least so far as our current cryogenic technology goes).<br /><br />But even in the world of science fiction, where "cryosleep" is a familiar concept, it is FAR from just dumping somebody into an environment which could freeze them solid within moments. There is, typically, some kind of (as yet unknown) process wherein bodily fluids are replaced with ones which won't freeze and destroy tissues, and possibly some preparation with injected drugs to counteract the effects of being frozen, and so on. In any kind of even slightly well-thought-out sci-fi scenario, people are not simply shoved into people-sized freezers and expected to go into safe "cryosleep". Or dropped onto the surface of a planet which is so cold that they will freeze solid in moments.<br /><br />Now, is it POSSIBLE that Utroms -- being aliens with alien biology -- might have the capacity to be quick-frozen and then thawed out later with little or no harm to them. Well, maybe… but that was never discussed, and never shown to be one of their qualities. Although that is, in fact, what we did when we brought the Utrom Shredder back to Earth in "Turtles Forever", but I look at that as playing fast and loose with logic for the sake of moving a story forward -- not ever my favorite thing, but it seemed to work in that context (probably because I was hoping that no one would say "Hey, wait a minute -- !"). -- PL</b>PLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615918982616632405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225302720400600293.post-86796495885473109612011-09-15T10:44:20.045-07:002011-09-15T10:44:20.045-07:00I wonder why you keep equating exile on a frozen p...I wonder why you keep equating exile on a frozen planet as a death sentence as opposed to cryogenic freezing, which is probably the more common use of freezing in sci-fi/fiction. in fact, cryogenic freezing would be the most humane solution of all, because it keeps them out of society but to them no time will have passed at all.arvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209104285319639018noreply@blogger.com