Things People in SciFi Movies Should Have Learned, But Haven't

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  1. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    If he wanted to, he could actually open the pod bay doors.
     
  2. Rand86

    Rand86 likes to butt heads

    If you're a member of a future totalitarian regime sending a condemned man who most likely hates your guts on an important mission probably isn't such a great idea.
     
  3. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    31. Don't design your super weapons with an easily exploitable weak spot.

    Corollary: If you are fighting someone with a super weapon, it always has an easily exploitable weak spot.
     
  4. EmptyHandGuy

    EmptyHandGuy Valued Member

    32. Never leave the house without a sonic screwdriver! No matter what problem you face as long as you have your trusty sonic screwdriver its not a problem after all! (Well it works for the Doctor!)
     
  5. Dan Bian

    Dan Bian Neither Dan, nor Brian

    33 - NEVER, for any reason, wear a red shirt..
     
  6. ap Oweyn

    ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter

    34) The robots aren't as well programmed as you thought. They're just biding their time. If their eyes turn colours, leg it!
     
  7. hewho

    hewho Valued Member

    Don't pick a fight with Ace Rimmer
     
  8. LemonSloth

    LemonSloth Laugh and grow fat!

    36) If the power randomly shuts off in the place you're staying, don't send a single person outside to fix the problem. They will probably be horribly slaughtered. In fact, don't send anyone else out. Why aren't you carrying more torches and batteries, damn it?!

    37) If you happen to be a futuristic robot sent to kill the mother of someone before they gave birth to their son...just go back an extra generation and kill the grandmother of the future saviour of humanity. And anyone else for good measure. Also, don't crawl into tight spaces that look suspiciously like a machine that is made for crushing things.

    38) If it looks like a moon, you're probably screwed.
     
  9. ap Oweyn

    ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter

    39) Those probably ARE the droids you're looking for, as it turns out
     
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  10. Grass hopper

    Grass hopper Valued Member

    (Star Trek)

    Stop fixing your coolant containment system with duct tape, there's a reason you get a coolant leak every time a phaser hits the ship.

    When the Klingons come to your station for shore leave just baton down the hatches and hope nobody gets stabbed.

    Powerful races from the other side of the galaxy are NOT your friends.

    (Firefly)

    Small scale testing of mind control drugs comes before planet wide testing.

    When facing an exceptionally plucky adversary (especially when you're an incredibly powerful interplanetary alliance) give up. Cut your losses and leave them alone.

    Keep your politics to yourself In a seedy bar.
     
  11. LemonSloth

    LemonSloth Laugh and grow fat!

    46) Make sure you're not the new guy and that everyone knows your name - nameless people always get killed first.

    47) If someone strikes you down, you probably won't come back more powerful than anyone can possibly imagine.
     
  12. Aegis

    Aegis River Guardian Admin Supporter

    48. It's only a matter of time before the news of aliens existing gets out. You might as well tell people yourself immediately and save face later.
     
  13. LemonSloth

    LemonSloth Laugh and grow fat!

    49) If Alien death ships are flying over your cities firing deadly laser beams down onto your cities, get some crazy abducted nutball to fly into the firing chamber.

    ....Aaaaaand post 3,000. Not sure if I should feel proud or sad :p
     
  14. ap Oweyn

    ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter

    50) If something is known as "... should not be named..." DON'T NAME IT.
     
  15. blindside

    blindside Valued Member

    Seatbelts on your chairs are a good thing as are circuit breakers in your vital electrical components.
     
  16. Dan Bian

    Dan Bian Neither Dan, nor Brian

    52 - Stop messing around! Just realign the main deflector and solve the damn problem!
     
  17. Grass hopper

    Grass hopper Valued Member

    Stop putting explosives in your computer terminals.
     
  18. StripedPickles

    StripedPickles Valued Member

    When presented with the option of 'we can either take the short cut' or 'we can go the long way around'. Just leave earlier and go the long way around, you'll be better off.
     
  19. boards

    boards Its all in the reflexes!

    Always send the least capable person first, they are sure to succeed where the expert would die horribly.
    For all mooks, when the hero has horribly slaughtered dozens of mooks in front of you, don't think that you will succeed. Give up quickly.
    Sociopaths are not the correct people to send on a mission, they are likely to betray you.
     
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  20. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

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