>1. We're talking science fiction. Not HARD science fiction,
>which takes great care to keep things as realistically
>plausable as possible, but summer blockbuster sci-fi.

Then don't make it "Earth" unless this is some of that nuskool religiony shit he and Tom are into.

>2. In a sci-fi world, it's a perfectly plausable idea that the
>evolutionary process could accelerate for whatever reason. No,
>this doesn't need to be explained in the movie.

speed up evolution...okay...



>No, because literally no genre gives more creative license
>than sci-fi except fantasy. You do realize the SS Enterprise
>is pretty much impossible to build based on the sheer cost,
>right?

Engineering is one thing with greater license that out and out natural sciences; the Enterprise is impossible to build based on our current mechanical abilities and capacity. But the future?

compare that to a leopard or whatever: it's not going to just quickly decide to grow antlers because it makes it more badass; that's not remotely how evolution works.