Especially since you can see it.
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savagesteve13 — 13 years ago(March 13, 2013 09:22 AM)
The minefield was a leftover of an interstellar war between 2 powers, both long since gone. Mines are nasty things, people are dying daily from forgotten mines in various places of the world.
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wildfire160 — 13 years ago(March 31, 2013 12:24 PM)
in context of Galaxy Quest im not sure if it makes sense as we dont have enough information ,but minefields in SF are very common usually their used to mine gateways/wormholes that are used for interstellar travel or places where an attacker has no other option to go ..on tv DS9 used one very effectively surprisingly Babylon5 didn't but it is what it is i supposein books Alastair Reynolds David Weber and Jack Campbell use minefields a lot especially Campbell
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xatian11968 — 12 years ago(May 03, 2013 08:11 PM)
Yes, I think it definitely works. It adds to the whole "eye opening" saga of humans on Earth being let in on the universe at large. Eloquently stated by Justin Longs character, I knew it. Humanity may not have experienced any of this larger history of the universe, but mines in the middle of space, left over from an ancient war, certainly plays into the revelation and possibility that a homeless band of aliens could rebuild their civilization based on Earthly historical documents.
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tea-rex — 11 years ago(August 11, 2014 09:48 AM)
It makes as much sense in space as it does on earth.
Mines ain't used on the open sea, they're used in narrows, esp harbour entrances. The idea is to deny the enemy passage through a fairly small area, forcing them to use monitored routes. In other words, in order advance, the enemy has to pass under the guns (or whatever other defences are in place).
Landmines are used in a similar manner.
In context to the movie, the minefield might be the remnant of a barrier to restrict access to the wormhole, given it's proximity. To achieve that, there doesn't need to be a huge field that covers the whole circumference. All that needs to be done is to force the enemy through a narrow channel, where a large force has to pass through in line, thereby negating the large firepower.
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Bob_Brooker — 11 years ago(October 04, 2014 03:46 PM)
Space mines are a big deal in sci-fi, mostly for dramatic reasons. Galaxy Quest is playing fun at it.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceMines
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poem — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 02:50 AM)
I guess an invisible minefield would be even better (and closer to mines on the ground) but it still is a good defensive measure that keeps ships from entering a certain space.
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persen1 — 9 years ago(July 24, 2016 04:32 PM)
I can see that several of you guys mentions the minefield in Deep Space 9, but don't forget that the Romulans also had a minefield in Star Trek Enterprise, where one of those mines severely damaged the Enterprise.
These mines where cloaked though.