Have a good laugh at yourself. It's a fun thing to do sometimes.
And while we're laughing at ourselves, have more good laughs by checking out
10 Dumb Moments in Sci-fi Cinema. Here are some notable excerpts:
Agents throw punches at Neo
"The Matrix"
Why it's so dumb: Anything that happens to you in the Matrix happens to you for real, right? Thus verifying the theory that if you die in your dream, you're really dead. So why then do the Agents decide that shotguns and kung-fu are the best way to take out Neo? If the Matrix is such a savvy computer, wouldn't, "Neo is in New Jersey, good-bye New Jersey!" be a pretty obvious solution?
Why we don't care: Most sci-fi fans had read William Gibson's "Neuromancer" many years earlier, and "The Matrix" finally helped visualize what the hell was happening in that book.
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The aliens need "Signs"
"Signs"
Why it's so dumb: So many sci-fi fans have heard this one that it's almost bad form to mention it, but the blunder is pretty simple: Aliens navigate the vastness of space and find life on a puny planet. Then it turns out they need cornfields on that puny planet to point them to fresh meat. The only thing that made sense about the scenario is that the aliens wanted to eat Mel Gibson first.
Why we don't care: As every sci-fi fan can tell you, "I want to believe."
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And finally, just to prove I AM laughing at myself, this has got to be my favorite dumb moment:
Imperial walkers attack the rebels
"The Empire Strikes Back"
Why it's so dumb: So, the same company that brings you the dark side of the force and the death star decides that tall, slow, off balance elephant thingies with laser beam-shooting tusks are the best way to ferret out the rebels from their underground fortress? Darth Vader may have been a patsy, but we all know he wasn't that stupid. If ever a huge planet destroying technology was the appropriate choice, this was it.
Why we don't care: Seeing the walkers come into focus in the rebel binoculars was the moment when "Star Wars" fans realized that "The Empire Strikes Back" might indeed be cooler than the original. That scene alone could be the reason we paid to see four more.
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Yep! Star Wars rocks! =p
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Amazon and IMDB also recently had a survey of the Top Robots on Film or TV. Guess who's on top? R2D2 of course! =D
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And as a result of more LJ surfing, here are some Star Wars related banners/icons from
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