Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> But the spaceship is an object and thus isn't a 'subject' that can  
> perceive anything.

  Of course it is, and of course it does.

  That's as ridiculous as saying that if the movie is showing a car,
the sound of the car should not be heard because the car is not a "subject"
and doesn't "perceive anything".

> Sure if you're focused on some guy staring out a  
> porthole you could hear what he can hear. Likewise in a battle the sounds  
>  from the ship's own blasters can be transmitted to the pilot, but how does  
> the sounds from the other ships guns get transmitted to them unless you're  
> expected to take the perceptions of every ship on screen; and even then  
> you can have someone react to a 'laser' bolt zipping by their ship from an  
> unseen enemy.

  If you can see the other ship, and you can see the laser, you can hear
it because it's a subject in view, and the convention is to make the
soundtrack so.

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                                                          - Warp

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