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Why did nobody bump into the Klingon ship...

posted 8 years ago by ipod-01189
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...when it was parked invisible in the public park? The weather wasn't bad, dozens if not hundreds of people should have walked across the grass during the time it was there and got a sore nose.

What would a 1986 human do in that situation? Freak out and report it most likely... Scully and Mulder would have been called out within hours, the scene taped off and be swarming with Feds. But not one person apparently did so. Did I miss something or is that a bit of a plot hole?

[–] Nan00k 7 years ago

Just watched it for the first time in a long time last night and thought exactly this. In fact, the only "local" people we see in a huge field in GGP are the garbage guys in the beginning an the two joggers in the end. Otherwise, not a soul to be seen. ---It wants no straps. - Karlhttp://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000024/nest/158601447

[–] persen1 7 years ago

Scully and Mulder would have been called out within hours, the scene taped off and be swarming with Feds. But not one person apparently did so. Did I miss something or is that a bit of a plot hole?

Well they are just in luck that Mulder was still a rookie at the FBI, he joined the FBI in October 1984 :-)
But who knows why no one else might have run in to that cloaked ship, maybe it was at a time of the year with unstable weather and therefor not particularly many where interested in visiting that part of the park where they had landed the ship.

[–] IMDBozakforyou 7 years ago

It was just one day so possible no one walked in that area

[–] ExTechOp (2758) 6 years ago

We can also assume that Sulu is already familiar with Golden Gate Park, even in his own era, and chose a site less traveled.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

Possible! Aren't some of the parks in Old World cities centuries old?

And as for the meadow they parked in, I suppose it's possible that nobody would cross it for a day or two. Golden Gate park is huge and most of the tourist attractions are concentrated in one area, there are miles of paths and meadows that aren't heavily populated. Drive through the park on any given weekday, and you'll see runners and walkers on the paths, and meadows that nobody's sitting in.

[–] ExTechOp (2758) 6 years ago

Personally, I was more surprised that Kirk hadn't had Michelob ... but that was thirty years ago. Now, centuries away from Star Trek, Michelob is almost extinct. (Though Budweiser was still around for 2009's "Star Trek")

And I guess 23rd century pizza boxes have inertial dampeners, given how Kirk was handling that take-out.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

There are no 23rd century pizza boxes, they have food replicators that will produce a piping hot toasty slice the instant you want it!