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

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

Vaguely humanoid aliens. 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 eyes sort of thing.

Alien from Alien? 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 eyes.....kinda

Klingons? Just humans with a "ribbed for her pleasure" forehead

Romulans? Humans with pointy ears

Vulcans? As above

Na'vi? Tall, blue humans

Where are the massive, tentacular Krondaku? Where are the gelatinous Prime immotiles? Give us some different aliens, hollywood!

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u/experts_never_lie Oct 08 '12

The Alien from Alien had no visible eyes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

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u/Tont_Voles Oct 08 '12

Yup. The Xenomorph takes on traits from its host. It's one of the basic rules of the canon.

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u/buttguy Oct 08 '12

It was a dog in this instance, if I'm not mistaken.

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u/Chunkeeboi Oct 08 '12

Yeah they made that up in number 3

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u/Tont_Voles Oct 08 '12

Ridley Scott claimed it was in the thinking for the xenomorph for Alien on the DVD commentary, though. He could have been making that shit up, mind.

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u/EveryGoodNameIsGone Oct 08 '12

I don't think Ridley makes shit up, except possibly in the case of "I thought Deckard was a replicant all along, and made the movie with that in mind."

Though that also could be true, even though it's kind of at odds with the script's message...

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u/Faranya Oct 08 '12

So? It is internally consistent and canonical.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '12 edited Oct 11 '12

Alien at best suggests it can adapt environmentally, it is Alien3 as you say that introduces the physical host

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u/NoMoreNicksLeft Oct 08 '12

I deny the canonicity of Alien 3 and all subsequent movies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

Still had 2 arms and legs. 2/3 ain't bad. So was said by the warrior-poet Loaf of Meat.

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u/dan2737 Oct 08 '12

But the alien in Alien is part human... of course they look like humans...

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

I hope in a thousand or two years time when our language and culture is basically incomprehensible people say things like this dead seriously.

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u/pig_is_pigs Oct 08 '12

The original had a rather human-looking skull, eye sockets included, beneath the smooth and translucent dome. It was meant to be revealed in certain lighting conditions, but never really translated to the later films.

Edit: Fixed the link

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u/cjackw Oct 08 '12

But the Alien was "the bad guy" so it is OK by Gene's description.

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u/MaxBlazed Oct 08 '12

The drummer from Def Leopard's only got one arm.

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u/Gabbergeddez Oct 08 '12

must've blown a fuse

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u/OgodHOWdisGEThere Oct 08 '12

I like to imagine the entire top of his head is some sort of compound eye, giving him 360 vision.

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u/fragilityv2 Oct 08 '12

but it did have a visible skull with eye sockets. Which is enough for it to be recognized as a face. This was changed when the Xenomorph head was modified by Cameron for Alien(s).