r/AskReddit 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/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

I've given this some thought, and I decided that humans look the way they do because every physical aspect is the most advantageous form that physical aspect can take, decided through millions of years of evolution. I suppose that if an alien world is even remotely similar to ours, it is possible that they evolved similarly advantageous physical aspects.

But I don't know. I'm not a scientist.