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Important lessons I've learned from watching television
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SOOHWA101



Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Location: Makin moves...trying to find 24pyung

PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

-always check for hardware if u take someone home (Crying Game)

-Never think it's white boy day (True Romance)

-Live or die by the colors I choose (Colors)
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blurgalurgalurga



Joined: 18 Oct 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's no need for cussing, unless you're on 'the wire,' 'brotherhood,' 'the sopranos,' or some other HBO type thing. You can still torture the hell out of people though, that's all good.

Also, the world is full of nevernudes. Permanently clad prudes, unite!
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lisac1983



Joined: 14 Dec 2008
Location: sydney, australia

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheonmunka wrote:
No one enjoys a cigarette.
(Any TV show)


Obviously you haven't watched Sex in the City.
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aboxofchocolates



Joined: 21 Mar 2008
Location: on your mind

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are trapped in an elevator and there are bad guys coming to shoot you you can always find, open, and climb out the escape hatch on the elevator ceiling in 2.3 seconds. Bad guys usually forget about this hatch, so you might even be able to wait and shoot a couple of them as they bewilderedly wander into your elevator wondering if you're magic or something.
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blurgalurgalurga



Joined: 18 Oct 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SOOHWA101 wrote:

-Never think it's white boy day (True Romance)


TV LIED!!!
In Korea, every day is White Boy Day...
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Leslie Cheswyck



Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your computer will beep and make 'doink' noises... and not crash. (CSI)
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There`s always a mole. (24, the Shield, OZ, etc)
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bluelake



Joined: 01 Dec 2005

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your spaceship's control boards are spewing sparks and flames, due to being hit by the enemy, but all electronic components still work fine.
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

People in red shirts will have an explosive and certain death
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travel zen



Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn, i hate Star Trek:

There is always gravity, even if the ship is pounded to hell and back.

Aliens are never really too alien-looking, just quazy-human (budget you know).

Spaceships always fight toe to toe, even though space is limitless.

The Captain has to 'order' raise shields and evaisive action and other things that would be too simple or obvious for others to do.

All alien races operate with either Capitalist, Communist or some easily identifiable other human system.

Alien races are made to resemble one or anther of the human race (very unoriginal and mostly prejudiced).
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joshuahirtle27



Joined: 23 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Underwaterbob wrote:
90% of alien races spread throughout the universe mysteriously speak perfect English, unless the fact that you can't understand them is somehow a plot-point.


It's called a universal translator. Pay attention!
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

joshuahirtle27 wrote:
Underwaterbob wrote:
90% of alien races spread throughout the universe mysteriously speak perfect English, unless the fact that you can't understand them is somehow a plot-point.


It's called a universal translator. Pay attention!


They break that rule every two shows. Unless somehow the entirety of the universal translator is somehow contained in a com badge, and even then there's times they've been without those and still English all round.

Douglas' babel fish or Farscape's translator microbes were a much better solution.
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought they put it into their ears. It`s a little implant or something.
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

travel zen wrote:

There is always gravity, even if the ship is pounded to hell and back.


I believe the captain instructs the crew to slip on their Velcro slippers.
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joshuahirtle27



Joined: 23 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Underwaterbob wrote:
joshuahirtle27 wrote:
Underwaterbob wrote:
90% of alien races spread throughout the universe mysteriously speak perfect English, unless the fact that you can't understand them is somehow a plot-point.


It's called a universal translator. Pay attention!


They break that rule every two shows. Unless somehow the entirety of the universal translator is somehow contained in a com badge, and even then there's times they've been without those and still English all round.

Douglas' babel fish or Farscape's translator microbes were a much better solution.


I think it may depend on the era or the species. I'm not sure. I know that in Enterprise it was a fairly simple device. Perhaps it was thought that it'd be best to "have it in the camera". Also the UT may be in the federation combadge. If you saw Enterprise, the UTs used on Earth were worn on the chest.
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