Jonno said:

metalmunki said:

The problem here I feel(in the original, not just your edit Ady), is that there is a straight cut from the one scene to the next, indicating no passage of time, where as we can clearly see 'the big one' pretty far away in the first shot.

Nope, you're labouring under the misapprehension that these films are playing in real time unless there's a wipe.

It's an absolutely standard aspect of editing grammar that a cut can omit unnecessary time - usually a matter of seconds, sometimes more - from a single scene. I would imagine that most viewers have an innate understanding of this.

If you start to pull on that thread, you'll have a wipe every 30 seconds...

Not only did you manage to sound utterly condescending, but you're completely wrong in this case.

The big asteroid they are clearly heading towards is not that close in the cockpit scene, then suddenly is so enormous it's only partially on screen when we go to an exterior effects shot. In this case, having the asteroid visible in such a way in the cockpit scene actually hurts the shot that follows. That cockpit view of a big rock is a limitation of the effects/budget of the time, not some auteur's labour of love.

Jonno said:

It's inevitable really - a well-meaning invitation for suggestions opens the floodgates for those who, rather than pointing out actual shortcomings in the vintage visual effects, decide to start second-guessing the genuine craftsmanship of filmmakers at the top of their game.

Fortunately the actual work is in the hands of someone who well understands the difference between the two.

Oh wow, never mind you're just an ass. Ady has changed comparative distance shots before based on continuity, this is no different. He might not wish to change it feeling that it works just fine as it is, and that's totally fine because it's his vision, but please don't assume you're somehow more qualified to opine than the rest of us. You aren't a special snowflake.