[dmm]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Originally posted by dmm:

Regarding shields protecting a planet from ground assault:
I don't know why, but planet shields NEVER work that way in sci fi movies. It's always:
"Rats! Their shields are up. Now we can't bLast them into oblivion with our 1000-dreadnought fleet. Prepare for ground assault!"
It is never explained why the troop ships can get past the planet shield to drop their cargo, but the dreadnoughts can't go past and fire from just inside. I think it has something to do with Newton's Law of Good Theatre.

Which movie's would these be?

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Besides those mentioned already, "Dune" comes to mind. Shields reflected weapons back on themselves unless they were slow (and therefore supposedly short-range or HTH only). Although, for all the imagination in the Dune books, I felt the techies never showed much imagination in getting around this issue.
Anyone know how (or if) they handled this issue in Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Trek (any and all Versions), Star Blazers, Battlefield Earth, etc.?