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It hurts to watch this

posted 8 years ago by roofall
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The whole premise of the show is completely ridiculous. A couple of simple facts: IF there's any water on Mars, it's a finite resource. There isn't anything that can produce water, more than it takes. No such thing as perpetuum mobile.

So, we can go there, make oxygen and live - for how long, with how many people. And then, that's that. Finished, over.

The end.

Edit: Even on Earth, predictions are that there will be WARS over water, as the resources dwindle (at an ever increasing rate). Not to mention how come that we're multiplying like rabbits, if four grandparents give two children, who then make one child.

What is the real question? Go to the Moon, Mars, mine for resources, discover an organism that can be the edge in biological warfare to rule the world? Why would they even want to do this, who is going to tell us - instead of selling us all of the propaganda, constantly.

It's getting a little old. Stale. I'm pretty sick of it, truth be told. :)

*Build a railgun, out of reach (of most), which can annihilate cities, countries; discover a new element to have impenetrable armor, a new weapon - you know, these are SOME of the real reasons they would be going and "exploring". Show it like it is, Cobra commander stop the propaganda.

[–] roofall 8 years ago

^ and/or, all of the billions of dollars going into projects like these, are they part, of a part, of the bigger system where the new CIA /NSA building(s) get funding from, paying for the particle accelerator to be built AND conduct experiments which are only designed to create and store antimatter for making a bomb... Real world things, what is going on - if you even wanna make a show like this.

If you're not ready to do the research and face the facts, tell the truth and only sell people candy - do it at the fair. Stop invading my TV with lies, LOL. There are movies and TV series to watch for relaxation, no need for brainwashing, thanks.

[–] ssllaasskk 8 years ago

^ and/or, the fact that our leaders are all actually turtle-people from Uranus, and at night they shed their human skins and sleep in giant cat-boxes.

But you wont hear that on lame-stream media.
No sir!

[–] georgemartini 8 years ago

The original Mars book explains why the turtle-people prefer all natural clumping cat litter.

1) More cost effective on interstellar missions
1) Hyper-allergenic, and lactose/gluten/cholesterol free
2) No artificial flavors or synthetic fish oil
3) Prevents moisture from reaching the bottom of litter box or space craft tray
5) 78.3% dust-free and uses crushed gravel for more comfort
6) Comes in custom designer colors

[–] knittingnoodle 8 years ago

Adios!

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[–] blueboomerang 8 years ago

So, you are one of those many IMBD posters who uses an entertainment discussion forum about fiction to push his political agenda.

It is clear you are the genius.

[–] Jonstoni 8 years ago

Well people do want to go to Mars and people will go to Mars. That's not an if. Colonizing
is of course a big term to use, but a small settlement might be very possible.

It wouldn't take all that massive a deposit of water to sustain a settlement lets say a few hundred strong for several years.

But it indeed is a possibility there's no water to be found, in that case it would be like a new moon landing. People are still going to do it simply because they can and I'm absolutely sure it will happen in the next 20 to 30 years, maybe even sooner.

Yo momma

[–] NotMoreMovies 8 years ago

Bottom line...

There's a reason we ended the U.S. manned moon landings: Not worth the effort! There are massive diamond deposits on the moon, but to send mining craft to the moon and return them to earth would cost more than the diamonds!

As for Mars...it takes months to get there, and we don't know what resources are there, how to harvest them, how to build a colony, what people to send to establish the first living facilities...who will come later to re-enforce those people and that colony...or even if "colonizing" Mars is even worthwhile at all.

I say HECK no...we're hundreds of years away from sending a manned mission to Mars...right now, if we landed on Mars it would be a death sentence for the crew.

Not to mention the trillions of dollars lost for no reason.

Hell, the "moon missions" were just a "pecker contest" between us an Russia in the cold war.

We're NOT going to Mars...not unless there is profit in it...accept it! 

But enjoy the series...I might watch it on "On Demand" if I'm bored, but it won't happen.

[–] jpowell180 8 years ago

"hundreds of years away from sending a manned mission to Mars" ???

You're an idiot.

[–] verycoolnin 8 years ago

"hundreds of years away from sending a manned mission to Mars" ???

You're an idiot.

I don't think we'll see a manned Mission to Mars in our lifetime. Really, what's the point? We've sent rovers over there. If there is any water under the surface, it's not much to sustain much of anything. Talks of terraforming Mars, how?

[–] blamebot 8 years ago

It hurts to read these comments. And OP is just as bad.

First, diamond isn't a particularly valuable resource, nor is it particularly useful. There's industrial applications, but most of those use synthesized diamonds which are superior to what we can find in the crust.

We are also not "hundreds" of years away, but a few decades, at most. Manned missions are going to happen. The technologies that it will take to develop Mars missions will also benefit us as well, things like better satellites, cheaper rocketry, reusable and sustainable energy. There's a parallel: Had we not gone to the moon, you would likely not be bitching on a message board for a television show that wouldn't have ever been developed. The space race helped to fuel innovation in computer technology that might never had happened otherwise, as well as fueling innovations in dozens of other industries.

As far as the whacko NSA/CIA *beep* I can't begin to respond to that sort of stupidity.

[–] jrneptune 8 years ago

Kudos to you blamebot for making an honest effort to fix where this thread is going. Funny how things can get started and turn into a runaway train if it builds up enough steam.

[–] tmontyb 8 years ago

It hurts to read these comments. And OP is just as bad.

Thank you. I agree.

"when they go low, we go high" - Michelle Obama

[–] verycoolnin 8 years ago

Why go to Mars? I think there's a good chance it's going to be over 100 years. We've sent robots there and it's uninhabitable.

[–] jeffextreme1121 8 years ago

Where else would you like to go that is within reach?

[–] jmillerdp 8 years ago

This is easily the most boring space show I have ever seen. With the endless build up, and with Ron Howard being involved, how could this possibly have turned out to be this lifeless?

I rarely write anything more than my short Twitter reviews, but I did on this one.

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[–] BlackiesDad 8 years ago

This is easily the most boring space show I have ever seen. With the endless build up, and with Ron Howard being involved, how could this possibly have turned out to be this lifeless?

Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I'm not with NASA, but I know three of the real-life experts who appeared in the first episode.

This was, IMO, very well done.

[–] yesanything 8 years ago

One of the things that bothers me about many of today's future sci-fi projects is that they treat humans as being the same as they are now.

I enjoy following Ray Kurzweil's analysis and prediction of what is coming up. Portraying the future with humans as we are now just doesn't cut it for me.

In my opinion, Black Mirror is way more on track than this new Mars show on NatGeo (and for that matter Matt Damon's The Martian and Ron Howard's upcoming release)

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[–] mimosveta 8 years ago

remarkable. you've touched up on so many things, and you clearly don't understand any of them. amazing really.

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[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

Roofall,
You're obviously a pessimist. Consider that a mere 100 years ago probably 99% of humans would have said it was impossible for us to go into space. Only a few visionaries like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells thought it was possible. And a mere 150 years ago most people would have said it was impossible for man to fly.

If we survive the next 100 years, mankind will accomplish many wondrous things.

And if it hurts so much to watch this, then don't. Problem solved.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.