# Things I learned from 1980s scifi movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174 "2009-03-03T18:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/21 "2009-03-04T00:37:30Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > It’s possible. I haven’t watched BTTF as many times as Terminator. Definitely 1.21. And I always hear the voice when I read it. Weird. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/22 "2009-03-04T00:45:48Z")
Aliens are monitoring my video game progress to evaluate me for possible military recruitment. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/23 "2009-03-04T00:59:36Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Aliens are monitoring my video game progress to evaluate me for possible military recruitment. There ARE no alien military recruiters working this way. Or at least, they haven’t needed anyone for the past 30 years. I present as evidence my hands, with arthritis and repetitive stress injuries from gaming. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/24 "2009-03-04T01:07:53Z")
Rock and roll may not be brain surgery, but that don’t mean a brain surgeon can’t play rock and roll. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/25 "2009-03-04T01:38:49Z")
khaaaaaaaan! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/26 "2009-03-04T02:08:34Z")
No matter where you go, there you are. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/27 "2009-03-04T02:15:19Z")
If someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/28 "2009-03-04T03:31:27Z")
One thing I didn’t learn - what’s the watermelon for? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/29 "2009-03-04T03:38:07Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > khaaaaaaaan! Damn you! I wanted to say that! I did learn, of course that revenge is a dish that is best served cold. And it is very cold . . . in space. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/30 "2009-03-04T03:55:05Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > No matter where you go, there you are. Don’t try to go into the 8th dimension with just a rocket chair. Use a whole rocket truck. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/31 "2009-03-04T04:00:06Z")
Never trust a monkey or a robot. They’ll always turn on you eventually. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/32 "2009-03-04T04:41:51Z")
Never feed adorable fuzzy-wuzzy creatures bought from a inscrutable old Chinese man after midnight! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/33 "2009-03-04T06:51:49Z")
•The world has long abandoned the silly notion that ultrapowerful computers of the future will be mysterious “black boxes” and oversized collections of relays and reels. Heavens no—they’ll obviously look and operate just like the home computers of today; we have surely reached the pinnacle of user interfaces, industrial styling, and usually storage media. •Lightning is basically still magic, sent down from the heavens in a time of need like Prometheus smuggling fire from Olympus. •The hippies are gone, sweety—it’s OK to use guns again. •Supercars rule. I mean really, they’re just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/34 "2009-03-04T07:13:32Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > I did learn, of course that revenge is a dish that is best served cold. And it is very cold . . . in space. And no-one can hear you scream. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/35 "2009-03-04T08:31:58Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > There are a couple ways to accomplish time travel: > > 1. You go naked. Something about the field generated by a living organism. Nothing dead will go. > > 2. With a flux capacitator & 7 gigavolts of electricity and a Delorean going 88 miles an hour. > > . 1. Slingshot around the sun ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/36 "2009-03-04T10:02:35Z")
People with mullets will most likely survive. Space travel involves a lot of brightly colored computer screens. In the future, some women have three breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/37 "2009-03-04T10:07:10Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > 1. Slingshot around the sun 1. Phone booth. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/38 "2009-03-04T11:41:47Z")
Shy guys will get hot chicks after their home computer becomes self aware. Security robots will kill everybody when a lightening strikes the power transformer causing a surge in the central computer. Usually this happens during a night when teens are making out at the location. Always behead the creature completely the second it’s down, because it’s not dead. Incinerate the whole body or one cell will allow the creature to regenerate or somebody to clone it. Once something is dead you can never sleep, because it will now attack you in your dreams. Whatever happens in your dream will manifest to your body. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/39 "2009-03-04T12:32:02Z")
It’s not Han’s Fault the warp drive is offline. Likewise, Tauntauns smell pretty bad, inside and out. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/40 "2009-03-04T14:46:34Z")
Do not fuck with robot prostitutes. Mind wipes don’t work very well. Virtual Reality is dangerous, pretty much magic, and yet it still looks shit. > [@Mudshark](#): > > People with mullets will most likely survive. Do not piss off Kurt Russell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174.md?page=3)