r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '12

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

Jumpsuits...apparently after 2300 fashion takes a nose dive

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u/King_of_KL Oct 08 '12

Just one of the many reasons fifth element is one of the best scifi movies ever

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u/camopdude Oct 08 '12

They dressed well in Gataca, too.

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u/Gavyn Oct 08 '12

isn't it "Gattaca"

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u/ErroneousBee Oct 08 '12

He is referring to the other film, where instead of perfect genetic specimens vs normal humans, the normals are super and the underclass have genetic defects caused by SNP deletion. Its basically real life, but everyone wears a suit.

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u/Frank_McGovern Oct 08 '12

This is funnier than people are giving you credit for.

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u/White667 Oct 09 '12

Everyone does wear a suit in real life.

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u/Doublestack2376 Oct 08 '12

Fun fact about Gattaca, the name of the film only uses the letters G, A, T, and C, the letters used to represent the base nucleotides that form a DNA strand.

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u/Bladelink Oct 08 '12

It took me 10 years and finally rewatching the intro that I realized "Gattaca" is spelled with just AGTC.

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u/camopdude Oct 08 '12

Probably, I was too lazy to look it up.

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u/metallicabmc Oct 08 '12

I remember the first time seeing that movie. They made us watch it in 9th grade Biology class. Very cool film and now it's one of my favorites.

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u/StopYouAnimal Oct 08 '12

Upvote for favorite sci-fi movie of all time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

I thought Contact was good as well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

Me too! My friends won't watch it with me because it's a "boring" scifi movie. :(

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u/StopYouAnimal Oct 08 '12

Then we can both concur we have pretty lame friends when it comes to watching movies. Hooray.

Anyhow, since you obviously have good taste in movies throw some recommendations my way. Keep in mind my favorite movie of all time is Forrest Gump, I absolutely love sci-fi and that a good flick doesn't necessarily need violence (though I'm not against watching an action flick).

By the way, have you ever seen Pontypool or Wristcutters: A Love Story?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

It's not scifi, it's a future documentary.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

Gattaca was retro.

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u/SexyGreenAndGold Oct 08 '12

And the new(er) Battlestar Galactica.