Re: Intellegent life on the internet!

[Arun Rao <rao@pixar.com>]

Mike Arman wrote:
> 
> >Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 10:36:51 -0700
> >From: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
> >Subject: Parnips, er, parsecs
> 
> snip snip snip
> 
>  This falls into the same category as Lucas' sound effects
> >for explosions in space,
[..]
> I've been pissing and moaning about exactly this basic blunder in
> elementary physics since I first watched twilight zone on a 17" black and
> white television (state of the art) way back when Ike was president!
> 
> Duuhh, there's no air in space, consequently, there's NO SOUND in space!
[..]

True, but it would make for a really boring movie, no?

Pixar legend has it that George knew fully well that parsecs were not units of
time, and he still wanted Han Solo to say that anyway. Apparently several crew
members pointed the error out, but he stood fast. Maybe he thought it sounded
cool? Maybe he thought that *Han Solo* would have thought it sounded cool?

-Arun

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