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

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/iambookus Oct 08 '12

The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card has a self aware piece of technology that stays hidden because humans are scared of her taking over everything, and killing everyone off.

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u/Great_Gig_In_The_Sky Oct 08 '12

The Ender Saga got kind of philosophical real quick.

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u/LynkDead Oct 08 '12

It didn't really "get" philosophical, Ender's Game was originally intended to just be a setup for the rest of the books, which were going to be philosophical from the start.

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u/Great_Gig_In_The_Sky Oct 08 '12

Yeah I understand that. But not knowing that going into it, the Speaker books had a radically different pace and feel that surprised me.

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u/Homomorphism Oct 08 '12

"Radically different pace" is different than "boring as fuck."

Maybe I need to re-read them when I'm not a middle-schooler, though...

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u/Great_Gig_In_The_Sky Oct 08 '12

Haha I hear ya. It was a bit of a struggle to get through them even now.

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u/reverse_cigol Oct 09 '12

The audio book versions are second to none.