Timeline for Why does everyone face the same way on the transporter?
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| Jul 3, 2017 at 5:31 | history | protected | Möoz | ||
| Jun 18, 2017 at 21:01 | history | edited | Gallifreyan |
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| Jun 18, 2017 at 20:35 | answer | added | Jodi Eisen | timeline score: -3 | |
| Nov 21, 2016 at 19:11 | answer | added | Kevin Laity | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 3, 2014 at 16:07 | answer | added | Jason Hutchinson | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 3, 2014 at 13:21 | answer | added | protossdesign | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 4, 2014 at 20:16 | answer | added | einpoklum | timeline score: -1 | |
| Sep 1, 2014 at 9:36 | comment | added | GreenAsJade | Yep, and the same thing goes for the transporter: face the place where the controls are, so you know what's happening... | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 19:59 | answer | added | Anthony X | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 17:25 | comment | added | rib3ye | Regarding the elevator comparison, people usually face the door because that's where the user interface (buttons and vertical location indicator) is located. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 11:52 | comment | added | Hagen von Eitzen | Out of universe and especially for TOS: The actors had to stand on the transporter platform, be filmed, move to another stage, assume the same position, filming continues. This is a) easier to handle for the crew if they can all see the director and b) the audience won't notice minor differences if they have faces to look at. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 8:39 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @Damon: cf. this or this as examples of what I mean. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 8:37 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @Damon: It should be noted that while all the people staring into one direction while standing in the elevator is a common sight in movies, I have hardly ever encountered that situation in real life. In my experience, people in elevators tend to form a semi-circle (with the open side toward the door), with everyone lining up along (and possibly leaning at) the walls. In more crowded situations, groups of people will even try and stand face-to-face, or some will just stay the way they entered, so they don't have to turn inside. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:36 | comment | added | Clinton Pierce | @Boluc, Possibly to hear instructions from, or to observe the transporter operator. I can imagine that training, regulations and courtesy might recommend facing the operator during transport for that reason. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 12:15 | comment | added | Michael J Swart | The same reason diners on TV sit on one side of the table, so that everyone is facing the camera. ;) | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 3:24 | answer | added | Stick | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 2:39 | answer | added | BillionSix | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 1:46 | comment | added | chharvey | @BolucPapuccuoglu Damon has a point. When standing on the transporter platform (or in a turbolift), why would you choose to face a blank wall? | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 22:44 | vote | accept | congusbongus | ||
| Aug 26, 2014 at 18:36 | answer | added | user3620875 | timeline score: 19 | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 17:27 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | Out of universe. They are actors. They even have a term---upstaged---for being forced to turn your back to the to the audience/camera and that is bad. | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 16:57 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/504311772166520832 | ||
| Aug 26, 2014 at 15:06 | answer | added | Karl Bielefeldt | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 13:32 | comment | added | Boluc Papuccuoglu | @damon because that is the direction they will walk out of the elevator when it arrives at their floor. When you are beaming onto the surface of a planet, there is no such concern. | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 13:25 | comment | added | Damon | Why do people face the same direction in an elevator? | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 10:33 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 118 | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 9:42 | answer | added | Matthew Chapman | timeline score: 82 | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 9:01 | answer | added | Nerrolken | timeline score: 31 | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 8:48 | comment | added | Discant | Just speculating but it may be because if they beam down to a planet with their arms drawn, they will immediately look like aggressors to anyone that they meet, which may cause conflict that they could have avoided. | |
| Aug 26, 2014 at 8:12 | history | asked | congusbongus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
