Speaking of Star Trek (yesterday, that is), a while back Will found an interview with Roberto Orci (one of the writers on the new Trek film) that addressed the whole "building the Enterprise on Earth" deal. When asked what the logic behind that decision was, he answered:
Firstly, there is the notion that there is precedent in the novels, etc that components of the ship can be built on Earth and assembled here or there. And the second thing is that the Enterprise is not some flimsy yacht that has to be delicately treated and assembled. The idea that things have to be assembled in space has normally been associated with things that don’t have to be in any kind of pressure situation and don’t ever have to ever enter a gravity well. That is not the case with the Enterprise...
And the final thing, in order to properly balance warp nacelles, they must be created in a gravity well... That comes from our creative license. No one can tell me that it is not possible that in order to create properly balanced warp nacelles they have to be constructed in a gravity well.
Translation: Go fuck yourselves, we're going to write whatever we want to.
Which, at the end of the day, is a freedom the filmmakers will need to do a quality adaptation of the Trek franchise. I don't begrudge them independence, even if Orci is a little rude about it.
However, that's no excuse for coming up with stupid goddamn ideas.
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