Why the discrepancy in the Valerian movie about distance?
In the movie Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets, when Valerian and Laureline first approach Alpha Alex (the ship) indicates that Alpha has traveled 700 million miles after having left Terrestrial orbit. This seems like a very short distance in 400 years (i.e. somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn). Later on this discrepancy seems confirmed when Laureline states, "and the nearest court is 18 light years away." At only 700 million miles Earth would be much less than 18 light years away. I am assuming there would be courts there?
I have not read the graphic novels on which the movie is based. Is there some other explanation which might resolve the apparent discrepancy? E.g. are there not courts on Earth any more?
Thanks.
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In the movie Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets, when Valerian and Laureline first approach Alpha Alex (the ship) indicates that Alpha has traveled 700 million miles after having left Terrestrial orbit. This seems like a very short distance in 400 years (i.e. somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn). Later on this discrepancy seems confirmed when Laureline states, "and the nearest court is 18 light years away." At only 700 million miles Earth would be much less than 18 light years away. I am assuming there would be courts there?
I have not read the graphic novels on which the movie is based. Is there some other explanation which might resolve the apparent discrepancy? E.g. are there not courts on Earth any more?
Thanks.
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In the books, the space station was always a long way from Earth, so it never needed to travel.
– Mr Lister
Jan 19 '18 at 7:36
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In the movie Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets, when Valerian and Laureline first approach Alpha Alex (the ship) indicates that Alpha has traveled 700 million miles after having left Terrestrial orbit. This seems like a very short distance in 400 years (i.e. somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn). Later on this discrepancy seems confirmed when Laureline states, "and the nearest court is 18 light years away." At only 700 million miles Earth would be much less than 18 light years away. I am assuming there would be courts there?
I have not read the graphic novels on which the movie is based. Is there some other explanation which might resolve the apparent discrepancy? E.g. are there not courts on Earth any more?
Thanks.
valerian-and-city-thousand-planets
asked Jan 19 '18 at 2:59
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In the movie Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets, when Valerian and Laureline first approach Alpha Alex (the ship) indicates that Alpha has traveled 700 million miles after having left Terrestrial orbit. This seems like a very short distance in 400 years (i.e. somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn). Later on this discrepancy seems confirmed when Laureline states, "and the nearest court is 18 light years away." At only 700 million miles Earth would be much less than 18 light years away. I am assuming there would be courts there?
I have not read the graphic novels on which the movie is based. Is there some other explanation which might resolve the apparent discrepancy? E.g. are there not courts on Earth any more?
Thanks.
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In the books, the space station was always a long way from Earth, so it never needed to travel.
– Mr Lister
Jan 19 '18 at 7:36
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In the books, the space station was always a long way from Earth, so it never needed to travel.
– Mr Lister
Jan 19 '18 at 7:36
In the books, the space station was always a long way from Earth, so it never needed to travel.
– Mr Lister
Jan 19 '18 at 7:36
In the books, the space station was always a long way from Earth, so it never needed to travel.
– Mr Lister
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If you just want an answer, its because they didn't try too hard when making the movie to keep scientific accuracy, as that would cost more time and money. Although.. I did the math for this in less than 5 minutes.. I think its a good movie myself, its just lacking in some areas. Read further however if you want to see some speculation.
Having not read the books, I don't know what the distances are that they used in the books, but as we all know movies are never the same as a book.
Speculation:
Interestingly, if you math this out. 400 years, traveling 7.5 AU, they are traveling at a speed of 320 km/h or 88.88 meters per second.
To compare, Voyager 1 traveled (so far) 125 AU, at a speed of 17km/s. Of course, Voyager 1 is 721.9 kg while the City is the size of a moon or so. :P
Had they simply said "billion" instead of "million", it would have been 7,530.46 AU which would be far more impressive than traveling to Saturn. Interesting how one word can change a lot hmm?
Of course it'd still be inaccurate, considering 18 ly is 1,138,000 AU. 700 trillion miles, would make 7,530,460.12 AU, which would be far closer to accurate, considering it could travel that far but not -directly- away from earth so as to still technically be within 18ly of it where as billion would put it too close to earth in -any- direction. But thats just my speculation.
I know, I'm bad at drawing, but here you go!
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While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
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If you just want an answer, its because they didn't try too hard when making the movie to keep scientific accuracy, as that would cost more time and money. Although.. I did the math for this in less than 5 minutes.. I think its a good movie myself, its just lacking in some areas. Read further however if you want to see some speculation.
Having not read the books, I don't know what the distances are that they used in the books, but as we all know movies are never the same as a book.
Speculation:
Interestingly, if you math this out. 400 years, traveling 7.5 AU, they are traveling at a speed of 320 km/h or 88.88 meters per second.
To compare, Voyager 1 traveled (so far) 125 AU, at a speed of 17km/s. Of course, Voyager 1 is 721.9 kg while the City is the size of a moon or so. :P
Had they simply said "billion" instead of "million", it would have been 7,530.46 AU which would be far more impressive than traveling to Saturn. Interesting how one word can change a lot hmm?
Of course it'd still be inaccurate, considering 18 ly is 1,138,000 AU. 700 trillion miles, would make 7,530,460.12 AU, which would be far closer to accurate, considering it could travel that far but not -directly- away from earth so as to still technically be within 18ly of it where as billion would put it too close to earth in -any- direction. But thats just my speculation.
I know, I'm bad at drawing, but here you go!
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While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
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Answer:
If you just want an answer, its because they didn't try too hard when making the movie to keep scientific accuracy, as that would cost more time and money. Although.. I did the math for this in less than 5 minutes.. I think its a good movie myself, its just lacking in some areas. Read further however if you want to see some speculation.
Having not read the books, I don't know what the distances are that they used in the books, but as we all know movies are never the same as a book.
Speculation:
Interestingly, if you math this out. 400 years, traveling 7.5 AU, they are traveling at a speed of 320 km/h or 88.88 meters per second.
To compare, Voyager 1 traveled (so far) 125 AU, at a speed of 17km/s. Of course, Voyager 1 is 721.9 kg while the City is the size of a moon or so. :P
Had they simply said "billion" instead of "million", it would have been 7,530.46 AU which would be far more impressive than traveling to Saturn. Interesting how one word can change a lot hmm?
Of course it'd still be inaccurate, considering 18 ly is 1,138,000 AU. 700 trillion miles, would make 7,530,460.12 AU, which would be far closer to accurate, considering it could travel that far but not -directly- away from earth so as to still technically be within 18ly of it where as billion would put it too close to earth in -any- direction. But thats just my speculation.
I know, I'm bad at drawing, but here you go!
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While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
add a comment |
Answer:
If you just want an answer, its because they didn't try too hard when making the movie to keep scientific accuracy, as that would cost more time and money. Although.. I did the math for this in less than 5 minutes.. I think its a good movie myself, its just lacking in some areas. Read further however if you want to see some speculation.
Having not read the books, I don't know what the distances are that they used in the books, but as we all know movies are never the same as a book.
Speculation:
Interestingly, if you math this out. 400 years, traveling 7.5 AU, they are traveling at a speed of 320 km/h or 88.88 meters per second.
To compare, Voyager 1 traveled (so far) 125 AU, at a speed of 17km/s. Of course, Voyager 1 is 721.9 kg while the City is the size of a moon or so. :P
Had they simply said "billion" instead of "million", it would have been 7,530.46 AU which would be far more impressive than traveling to Saturn. Interesting how one word can change a lot hmm?
Of course it'd still be inaccurate, considering 18 ly is 1,138,000 AU. 700 trillion miles, would make 7,530,460.12 AU, which would be far closer to accurate, considering it could travel that far but not -directly- away from earth so as to still technically be within 18ly of it where as billion would put it too close to earth in -any- direction. But thats just my speculation.
I know, I'm bad at drawing, but here you go!
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Answer:
If you just want an answer, its because they didn't try too hard when making the movie to keep scientific accuracy, as that would cost more time and money. Although.. I did the math for this in less than 5 minutes.. I think its a good movie myself, its just lacking in some areas. Read further however if you want to see some speculation.
Having not read the books, I don't know what the distances are that they used in the books, but as we all know movies are never the same as a book.
Speculation:
Interestingly, if you math this out. 400 years, traveling 7.5 AU, they are traveling at a speed of 320 km/h or 88.88 meters per second.
To compare, Voyager 1 traveled (so far) 125 AU, at a speed of 17km/s. Of course, Voyager 1 is 721.9 kg while the City is the size of a moon or so. :P
Had they simply said "billion" instead of "million", it would have been 7,530.46 AU which would be far more impressive than traveling to Saturn. Interesting how one word can change a lot hmm?
Of course it'd still be inaccurate, considering 18 ly is 1,138,000 AU. 700 trillion miles, would make 7,530,460.12 AU, which would be far closer to accurate, considering it could travel that far but not -directly- away from earth so as to still technically be within 18ly of it where as billion would put it too close to earth in -any- direction. But thats just my speculation.
I know, I'm bad at drawing, but here you go!
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While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
add a comment |
While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
While "they screwed up while making the movie" is a valid answer, you clearly admit that you haven't read the source material. It seems clear that the OP is looking to know if there's something there that would explain this.
– RDFozz
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
You did see that the person who asked the question, said he hasn't read the source material either, right? He asked why the movie conflicts with its self, by giving two distances that do not logically make sense. There is no reason to read the source material to figure out why 0.000118594ly can't get you 18ly away from earth.
– Vas Vadum
1 hour ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
Alright, I've edited this to try and make it, just a bit less provocative. I know, I am in an emotionless calculative objective state when I do calculations and posts usually, its hard for me to see that other people might experience some sort of emotion when reading so I can't tell if something I say offends someone.
– Vas Vadum
48 mins ago
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In the books, the space station was always a long way from Earth, so it never needed to travel.
– Mr Lister
Jan 19 '18 at 7:36