quote:73. Children with access to the highest levels of military planning, scientific research, and governmental decision-making.
LOL
It has a red x with it:
quote:The red cross marks those items which flatly contradict the known laws of nature, introduce an irreconcilable contradiction, require the characters involved to have the IQ of a banana peel, or are abysmally stupid for some other reason.
quote:Most aliens breathe oxygen, just like humans do.
The timer count-down on the Bad Guy Device being stopped by the hero with bare seconds left.
Away teams going on dangerous missions are comprised of irreplaceable members of the ship's crew, such as the captain, medical chief, chief engineer, etc. Expendible flunkies are left behind to mind the store.
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Yeah, I often laughed when the Captain and 1st Officer left the ship together on dangerous missions.
quote: Expendible flunkies are left behind to mind the store.
Don't forget the expendible flunky they would bring along to get fried by an alien in Act 2!
At a Science Fiction Worldcon a dealer had a red Star Fleet security shirt with a huge bullseye, an homage to those bit players that died before the second commercial break.
edit:III 67. The lowest-ranking members of any mission team are doomed.
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Good question Teshi. Let's see, the Captain often leaves the ship...but it has a tiny crew, not 400+ like the Enterprise.
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22.Any character with a perpetual two-day growth of beard. Well, that's a general TV/movie cliche, not just sci-fi.
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I like the way all sci-fi shows have recognised universal up and down directions in space for all species.
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Two things that really bother me about science fiction. 1.People who put effort into inventing fictitious alien languages. 2.Aliens who always seem to miraculously speak English.
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That's why we love Star Trek; it offends almost all of these. I could easily go through with a TARDIS symbol, too, and maybe a little lightsaber.
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That's why we love Star Trek; it offends almost all of these. I could easily go through with a TARDIS symbol, too, and maybe a little lightsaber.
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*rolls eyes* He just listed most avalible plot lines that exist in science fiction and end happily. Come on, there are only so many basic plot lines that can be written. Yeah, I'm sure there are more, but come on. Most of the plot lines he mentions I've only seen once or twice, and they weren't done badly. This guy needs to give SF a break.
I do love how Star Trek is guilty of almost all of them though Thats the problem with inventing most of them
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*grin* Yeah, after reading this, I could eliminate pretty much every work of science fiction I've ever read. However, some stories use certain clichés better than others.
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