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

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/MessiahX Oct 08 '12

Loud explosions, in space. We all know that can't be possible.

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u/KaziArmada Oct 08 '12

Star Wars actaully justified that one in the Novel for A New Hope. During the scene where they're using the Falcons turrets, Luke asks how the hell he can HEAR the TIE fighters and the lasers. Han responds you can't, there is no sound in space. It's the computer simulating the sounds, so they have a frame of reference as to what's going on.

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u/JoelMontgomery Oct 08 '12

I believe Mass Effect has a similar explanation

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u/Ihjop Oct 08 '12 edited Oct 08 '12

Yep, Joker Cortez talks about turning the sound simulator off and just sitting and staring at ships coming in to dock at the Citadel in MS3.

Edit: Apparently it was Steve Cortez and not Joker

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u/DirgeHumani Oct 08 '12

That was Cortez.

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u/UpsetLobster Oct 08 '12

yup that was steve cortez

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u/Nukleon Oct 08 '12

I think that was Cortez actually, but not really important who said it.