Because it makes it more interesting/exciting? I can’t think of a single movie/show that doesn’t use it for (presumably) the same reason.
Hans
Space Odyssey 2001
However, my comment got your immediate attention. Nice effect without sound effect, apparently.
I rest my case and will enjoy anyway.
PO8
The canonical excuse for this is that the ship synthesizes the sound effects…for some reason. Not that an excuse is needed.
Coyoty
Aural feedback. Like Dolby Atmos. You know something’s flying by by the sound, and its position, even if you can’t see it.
Frankie D.
Firefly.
Pete Rogan
That’s what SHE said.
—What? I can’t use that any more? Use an EMOJI instead???
Proof positive: I’ve lived too long.
Zeebob Thoomquist III, Esquire
> It always feels so right going down.
Egad, given that last panel, how am I supposed to interpret this?!? ????
Zeebob Thoomquist III, Esquire
FWIW, that last “????” was supposed to be “grinning” emoji. Apparently the boards here don’t entirely support Unicode. :-/
Night-Gaunt
Ah war in space. “Star Wars” treated it as a World War 2 dogfights. The great SF series “Babylon 5” they used all 3-dimensions during those space battles. Fighting in an imperfect vacuum is far different than being in some kind of atmosphere.
Those would be the fighters not the billion metric ton ships of course.
Yeah, I’d love to have some tortilla chips right now, but they raise my blood sugar something awful… What? I thought we were kibitzing.
Developed a taste for… no, let’s keep this comments section clean.
The comment under the comic is trying it’s best not to, too… XD
Digesting without some digestif? Apparently, there is the lack of some bar-bot on this space ship.
Poor old ladies and their even poorer backs. Their thoughts go strange ways downwards when Diller is not around.
Fnarr fnarr!
Zip Zap.
In space nobody will hear you… Why the many Zap and the Poom ??
Because it makes it more interesting/exciting? I can’t think of a single movie/show that doesn’t use it for (presumably) the same reason.
Space Odyssey 2001
However, my comment got your immediate attention. Nice effect without sound effect, apparently.
I rest my case and will enjoy anyway.
The canonical excuse for this is that the ship synthesizes the sound effects…for some reason. Not that an excuse is needed.
Aural feedback. Like Dolby Atmos. You know something’s flying by by the sound, and its position, even if you can’t see it.
Firefly.
That’s what SHE said.
—What? I can’t use that any more? Use an EMOJI instead???
Proof positive: I’ve lived too long.
> It always feels so right going down.
Egad, given that last panel, how am I supposed to interpret this?!? ????
FWIW, that last “????” was supposed to be “grinning” emoji. Apparently the boards here don’t entirely support Unicode. :-/
Ah war in space. “Star Wars” treated it as a World War 2 dogfights. The great SF series “Babylon 5” they used all 3-dimensions during those space battles. Fighting in an imperfect vacuum is far different than being in some kind of atmosphere.
Those would be the fighters not the billion metric ton ships of course.