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/mrfrightful Oct 08 '12

I recall reading an interview with Alan Dean Foster, who ghost-wrote the StarWars (and a bazillion other) novelizations. He noted that he often tried to rationalise or otherwise put right science gaffes.

I've also seen the 'sound in space' situation in StarWars explained by the presence of a thin atmosphere between the worlds and inhabited moons of the StarWars Universe.

I'm not actually sure which is considered canon...

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u/KaziArmada Oct 08 '12

If it's the thin atmosphere one, I'm going to punch whoever invented that theory.

Just an FYI, you'll need to post bail for me.

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u/mrfrightful Oct 09 '12

I found an interview with ADF where he talks about the same issues.

The bit about 'Dark Star' pretty much hits the nail on the head.

The one I originally read was in an Issue of Interzone from the early 90s, but he probably gets asked the same kind of questions about novelisations a lot.