# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**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 5, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/81 "2009-03-05T22:04:49Z")
Jenny Agutter looks great in a nurse’s uniform. (Yeah, I know AAWIL isn’t a sci-fi movie, but we can stretch the category a bit for her, can’t we?) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/82 "2009-03-05T22:49:16Z")
Don’t cross the streams! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/83 "2009-03-06T02:05:46Z")
As bad as the original Battlestar Galactica series was, it could be worse. Much, much worse. No, really. Scary worse.Ed Woods worse. ---
**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 6, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/84 "2009-03-06T02:22:56Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > If you’re given magical words to say, remember them. Saying them mostly won’t count. That’s 90s fantasy/horror! Shenanigans! In any case, the lesson to learn here is never put your lives in the hands of an idiot, even if he did pass high-school metalshop. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/85 "2009-03-06T14:18:20Z")
Teenage whizz kids never need to use a mouse when hacking,just type incredibly fast. When a computer is trying to kill you it will always have a nice, reasonable sounding, fluffy voice. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/86 "2009-03-06T15:34:38Z")
Percussive maintenance works in souped-up YT-1300 light space freighters. It is to be expected that when sentient beings from different planets converse with one another, each will speak in its own language and yet neither will have any difficulty understanding the other. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/87 "2009-03-06T16:25:44Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > That’s 90s fantasy/horror! Shenanigans! > > In any case, the lesson to learn here is never put your lives in the hands of an idiot, even if he did pass high-school metalshop. Sons’a…you’re right. But I couldn’t remember what the guy on the recording said to open the wormhole in Evil Dead II. Bummer. I also noticed after posting that one of my movies was released in '77, so it really shouldn’t count either. But it could be said that Han’s “only in it for the money” front is continually dismantled by the other two movies, too, so maybe I’m OK. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/88 "2009-03-06T17:11:21Z")
The only way to win is not to play the game. (War Games 1983) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/89 "2009-03-06T17:20:33Z")
Don’t ever get a computer angry with you, or you’ll get derezzed and wind up stuck inside it. ---
**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 6, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/90 "2009-03-06T23:53:14Z")
•It’s possible to “transfer” programs and data between computers, rather than merely copying the information to a different computer, and deleting the original afterwards. This both eliminates uncomfortable philosophical issues when transferring AIs and “scanned” humans, _and_ makes information theft much easier and convenient. •It’s perfectly acceptable, and in fact may be indicative of good character, for women to take hairstyling cues from Irish Setters. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/91 "2009-03-07T00:35:33Z")
[quote=“Frodo, post:69, topic:488174”] [quote=“A\_Dodgy\_Dude, post:65, topic:488174”] If you see a helicopter full of Norwegian scientists trying to shoot a dog, for God’s sake – help them do it! > [@](#): > > Werent they Swedish? You might be right. I was torn between Norwegian and Swedish. I’m about 51% sure they were Norwegian. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/92 "2009-03-07T02:13:33Z")
“They’re not Swedish, Mac. They’re Norwegian.” ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/93 "2009-03-08T00:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=A Dodgy Dude] You might be right. I was torn between Norwegian and Swedish. I’m about 51% sure they were Norwegian. [/QUOTE] You’ve been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/94 "2009-03-08T01:05:23Z")
Space is noisey! Starships sound like an old-out of tune radio! Plus, nobody uses bathrooms in the starships. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/95 "2009-03-08T15:38:58Z")
Always remember–Flash will save every one of us. _Every one of us!!!_ Wow. Why they haven’t called in Flash on the economy is a mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174/96 "2009-03-08T15:51:58Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Why they haven’t called in Flash on the economy is a mystery to me. Without Queen for the backing vocals, he ain’t got no mojo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-from-1980s-scifi-movies/488174.md?page=4)