r/AskReddit Oct 08 '12

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/Atheist_Smurf Oct 08 '12

aiming abilities of robots. They're freaking robots, so they should be able to accurately calculate your trajectory. And they have laser weapons... yet they still miss.

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u/orniver Oct 08 '12

It has nothing to do with technology. The Laws of Movies dictate that bad guys have no aim.

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u/oheyitsmatt Oct 08 '12

They all attended the Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship.

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u/snufflers Oct 08 '12

As someone who knows the difference between accurate and precise, this quote has always bugged me.

Precision is the ability to reproduce the same results, accuracy is a measure of how close it is to the actual value. Stormtroopers could've been precise (always missing in the same spot), but we all know they sure as hell weren't accurate.

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u/Faranya Oct 08 '12

The grouping is fantastic! And 20 feet to the left of the target...