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Title: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: Java The Hut on December 21, 2008, 12:17:50 PM
found this video over at
http://gizmodo.com/5114714/can-young-kirk-really-survive-the-car-jump-in-the-new-star-trek (http://gizmodo.com/5114714/can-young-kirk-really-survive-the-car-jump-in-the-new-star-trek)

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at one point in this video the F-word is written on the screen and may not be family friendly.
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~Java
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: Meds on December 21, 2008, 12:27:35 PM
Ha ha would have been one hell of a short film.
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: M-5 on December 21, 2008, 02:35:52 PM
That was cool!
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: Rico on December 21, 2008, 04:02:10 PM
That is pretty cool.  But they forgot the "Kirk coefficient" in their calculations.  ;)

#K * x > all
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: X on December 21, 2008, 04:20:25 PM
And that was a lot of assumptions as to speed and distance and other things.
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: Jen on December 21, 2008, 04:56:18 PM
LOL. Aside from the F-Bomb that video was too funny! I love the ending with the red marker. :D
Looks like something Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory would have made for youtube.
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: Feathers on December 22, 2008, 04:13:32 AM
Odd, it didn't play for me.

Ah well.
Title: Re: Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?
Post by: psikeyhackr on December 23, 2008, 02:18:01 PM
QuoteAccording to Adam, he would have needed to apply a force of 3,900 Newtons with his fingers to stop from falling. His calculations, however, don't take into account the friction of his body, as some of the comments in his article point out. But then again, he gave Kirk a 4m/s liftoff speed on his jump—which is quite high.

In any case, we stand by our answer: Who gives a vulcan ass about this.

Yes, I have seen one site that called the science of Star Trek rubbery.    :roflmao

I can see where the Kirk worshipers would love that segment regardless.  :worthy

Personally the scene in Mirror, Mirror where Mirror Spock tells Kirk he has orders to kill him is one of my favorites.  I'll go see XI of course but I expect it to be too 60's in style if not effects to be what I really like.

psik