Tim Nikias wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> I liked the way Serenity handled this - all the space scenes were 
>> eerily silent, except for weapon firing / impacts, which sounded like 
>> they were being transmitted by the spacecraft hulls, not air (or some 
>> other gaseous medium). Not completely realistic, but quite a good effect.
>>
>> (I think the new Battlestar Galactica does this too, but not all the 
>> time, bizarrely).
> 
> I've watched Battlestar Galactica and they really do stick to "no sound 
> in space", although, if you're inside a ship or, as Warp mentioned, 
> you're in for the ride along one of the pilots, you can hear their 
> ship's sounds, e.g. breaking, impacts etc.
> Generally, I really like how most of what happens in their space fights 
> is filled with music, not big explosions, even though the images are 
> really awesome and have depth I've seldom seen even in big movie 
> productions.

I've only seen season 1 (I think it's awesome, by the way!), but I seem 
to remember being able to hear the sound of cylon raiders firing through 
vacuum, albeit in a muffled, hull-conducted way. I may be mistaken. I 
shall have to go and watch it again (what a sacrifice!).

What also helps the visuals is the hand-held style, something you never 
see in space battles or dogfights. Great stuff!

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