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Even then I knew something environmental could not be pinned to an exact number of days, its like putting an exact number of days on evolution, its a spectrum.
The countdown refers to the projected time within which, at present rates, the radiation will have penetrated to the underground cities at lethally high levels. It doesn't mean everyone will instantly drop dead on day zero. Also,"Hurry, Star Force! There are only an indeterminate number of days currently averaged at approximately 200, with an estimated margin of error of 7.5 days plus or minus, before all life becomes extinct!" doesn't have the same sense of drama.
How the hell could the ship cover THAT MANY light years in one year? the "warps" must have been EXTREMELY successful because not even in Star Trek is warp speed that fast.
Yep. They were more successful with their made-up technology than Trek was with its made-up technology (including the ship's holodeck, which never tried to kill anyone or take over the ship like the Enterprise's did every other month). The captain mentions that they warp twice daily to cover the distance, and Venture mentions once that 2000 light years is the longest warp they'd yet made. So if the average warp is say, 1000 light years, twice a day, they'd cover 200,000 light years in 100 days, which is more than the entire distance there in well under half the available time.
Some of the enemy ships had like 2 missiles on them and once they were both fired the ships were basically defenseless, pathetic design!
I know the ships you're referring to. They had two heavy-duty missiles, and dozens upon dozens of smaller missiles. Launching their primary weapons did not make the ships defenseless.
The argo took INCREDIBLE and i mean INCREDIBLE damage without proper facilities for major repairs available (IE space station) yet just kept right on going, I was not buying it....
Which is why there were often entire episodes devoted to ship repairs. Often weeks would pass between episodes, allowing for the needed time. If you don't buy it, then perhaps this isn't the show for you. I notice that hasn't stopped you from watching at least halfway through season 2, if you've seen the above mentioned ships.
The aliens all looked human except for different skin tones and the ships all had artificial gravity which is a convenient staple for live action sci fi but a cartoon has none of those limitations to budget or special fx technology.
At the time, it was standard for aliens to look human with minor differences, from Flash Gordon to Buck Rogers to Star Trek. Trek was still doing this decades later. Additionally, in later Yamato stories it's intimated that all these races were of common descent. And yes, they have artificial gravity. Again, so? And unlike most SF with this conceit, they actually addressed it, with the gravity system being damaged at times and failing to work.
How is it that it took the Argo a year to make the journey but the Gamelons could just wiz around the galaxy whenever they wanted? did they have even better space warping tech than the humans?
Yes. Obviously.
Whats with the obsession for Earth? Same story with the Comet Empire. Hundreds of billions of stars and possibly trillions of planets in the galaxy and somehow Earth was the most valuable? How ethnocentric.
"Ethnocentric?" Well, I suppose these aliens might have also attacked lots of other planets elsewhere in the galaxy-since this is SPECIFICALLY STATED-but if they never had encountered Earth, where our characters live, well, there wouldn't be much of a plot, would there? And again, later stories in the series DID have our heroes getting involved in wars between races who weren't initially interested in Earth.
People really do love to bend over backwards to find fault. I often think most people get more pleasure out of complaining than actually enjoying things.
-There is no such word as "alot."
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