# Best works with the dumbest plot elements **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-works-with-the-dumbest-plot-elements/790326 "2017-07-02T02:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-works-with-the-dumbest-plot-elements/790326/181 "2017-07-13T00:33:40Z")
An entire episode of exposition about the alien civilization you’ve invented is not TV. it is fan fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-works-with-the-dumbest-plot-elements/790326/182 "2017-07-13T15:48:01Z")
Later non-canon ST stories say that the Tamarians have another language for the day-to-day necessities of a technological society: [Tamarian | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom](http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Tamarian) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-works-with-the-dumbest-plot-elements/790326/183 "2017-07-14T09:35:06Z")
I thought the inclusion of a man who shoots bees with a gun made out of bees was going too far in Metal Gear Solid 3. I’m completely serious, MGS3 has often been said to be one of the greatest video games of all time but that weird part is one of the common criticisms brought up about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-works-with-the-dumbest-plot-elements/790326.md?page=9)