In every sci-fi film ever

xp LOL I was thinking exactly of a mix between Chakotay and General Organa from Star Wars (who btw was the Viceroy of Alderaan and an opponent of deregulation during the days of the Old Republic, according to some nerdy SW wiki I used to look up his name).

109. Extreme and awkward contextualization of phenomena which should be everyday/mundane, i.e. you or me tossing off an explanation of the internet/cell phones/microwaves when we first come into contact with one for the sake of some audience in the 1930s.

This is genuinely in every sci-fi movie ever.

110. 'Artificial gravity' on spaceships.

111. techno-circa-1990 soundtrack as music of the future

Man, this is turning into a really complicated sci-fi film.

PS, I'm one of those old pedants who hates the term "sci-fi."

it's my goal to one day make a movie that combines all of these

admittedly it might have to be a mini-series

112. Temporal anomalies, Spatial anomalies, other Dimensional anomalies

113. cynicism of economic/material overriding questions of 'man's place in universe'

109. Extreme and awkward contextualization of phenomena which should be everyday/mundane, i.e. you or me tossing off an explanation of the internet/cell phones/microwaves when we first come into contact with one for the sake of some audience in the 1930s.

This is genuinely in every sci-fi movie ever.

― Magic Miike (R Baez)

LOL totally...

"Ah, the automatic transmission - a complicated series of gears, gearshafts and sensors, controlling the clutch through electrohydraulic action. Sometimes continuously variable, sometimes set to specific RPMs of the engine's cylinders - a wonder of modern technology!"

"Uh yeah, they've been around for at least half a century now, I know about them. Could you please STFU and drive now?"

someone wrote a little microstory once about going on an airplane written just like that, in a sci-fi style, where every aspect of embarking was
explained in ultra-specific terms

See also: Obi-wan explaining all about the Lightsaber even though it was a weapon that had existed for hundreds of years and everyone knew about.

32. Computers are controlled using some massively impractical interface involving hand gestures.

http://bite-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Lazy-Kinect1-540x281.jpg

someone wrote a little microstory once about going on an airplane written just like that, in a sci-fi style, where every aspect of embarking was
explained in ultra-specific terms

The Don DeLillo Principle.

114. if music is prohibited among the general population then it will be a definite thing that high-ranking officials will have shelves upon shelves of archaic music-storing media lining the walls of their offices or personal living quarters.

"ah, yes, david7. you see we in the high command are allowed certain, shall we say, 'privileges.' that thing you are holding in your hands, we call that a 'here come the warm jets.' do you now understand why your kind cannot be allowed these freedoms?"

115. ultra-high-tech forms of music and data storage mediums, like cubes or really tiny disks or thin clear strips of plastic/crystal.

116. New drugs. Exponentially more addictive and deadly than the ones from that blissful carefree era known as the late 20th/early 21st century.

116b. New drugs given mandatorily keeping population pacified.

(…Also, this is a thinly veiled reference to Television)

Man, this is turning into a really complicated sci-fi film.

or Red Dwarf.

117. Made up swearword to allow characters to swear frequently without actually swearing.

117. Made up swearword to allow characters to swear frequently without actually swearing.

YES

118. The heroes of the story are humans, or look precisely like humans.

119. Bad Guy Control Centre is on a narrow walkway over an abyss and has no handrails.
120. Bad Guy Commander likes to give long speeches to his captured enemies while not paying any attention to what they're doing.

(These two might also be Every Action Film Ever but hey.)

121. highly esteemed british stage actors
122. competent cost-effective canadian TV actors

123. Bad guys craft designed by Mutoid Waste Company.

124. Something happens that pisses off fans of the original TV series/novel/movie/miniseries

19. Future civilisations 100 percent heterosexual

125. Except for the effeminate leader of the bad guys

126. Megacities with names like New Angeles or San Tokyo

127. The secret to defeating evil is...love

128. People in spaceships listening to classical music

129. No matter when or where it's set, past or present, inevitably someone will say "what the *hell* is that?" or "My GOD!" or maybe even "Jesus Christ...."

130. Alien physiology very accommodating to the human frame.

131. Non-Earth place names use Dutch spelling.

it's my goal to one day make a movie that combines all of these

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 06:33 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

admittedly it might have to be a mini-series

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 06:33 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sorry strongo, they made Babylon 5 15 years back.

i forgot to put "good" in there

132. Surly Asian gangsters.

133. Weird LED sunglasses.

134. Secret decoded message turns out to be message sent by person reading it from the future

135. Planets with one consistent climate and environment covering their entire surfaces.

136. Terraforming

136a. Loomingly gothic and industrial terraforming equipment.

137. A character cites three historical examples, two of which are from real history, followed by a made-up one from our hypothetical future.

138. corded telephones

139a. Bafflingly ADHD-inducing GUI on large upright touchscreen computer terminal.
139b. Monochrome wireframe vector graphics on tiny CRT.

140. android/robot racism

137. A character cites three historical examples, two of which are from real history, followed by a made-up one from our hypothetical future.

― abanana, Monday, 7 January 2013 03:49 (5 hours ago) Permalink

^good one!

Classic example is the original Star Trek ep "Court Martial" where Kirk is on trial. His lawyer's closing statement goes on about human laws and rights throughout the ages: the Code of Hammurabi, the Magna Carta, the US constitution, the Martian declaration of independence and the "Statutes of Alpha 3"

141. Ancient Astronauts

142. Robots/aliens abandoning their own kind for the love of a human

ok someone's already listed that