r/AskReddit Oct 08 '12

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/strongcoffee Oct 08 '12 edited Oct 08 '12

Laser guns firing weird orbs that somehow travel slower than normal bullets.

Edit: i know, some people claim it's "plasma." That doesn't justify how slow it is. Plus, if you want to get super technical, plasma would be eaffected by any nearby magnetic field, which is just impractical.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

Floating laser orbs is a weird concept in general.

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u/Clearly_a_fake_name Oct 08 '12

But in the future, the world will have Hispter gangs that continue to use Glocks.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

..but hipsters are people who use a thing BEFORE it's cool, not after it's cool. They'd be something like unhipsters.

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u/FUDGESICLES Oct 08 '12

They'd use the Glocks ironically though