28 Played-Out Scenes in Sci-Fi Movies and TV Shows
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Sci-fi is all about a reality that doesn’t actually exist. Because of that, creators get so bogged-down with presenting stuff we have no frame of reference for that once they figure out a shortcut, they use it over and over and over again. And so, science-fiction is littered with over-used, dimwitted tropes that no longer make sense — if they even made sense in the first place. Things like...
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![CRACKED CO COM The easiest way to tell if you're watching a Sci-Fi movie or show is: Look for the figure-hugging jumpsuit.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/0/7/693207.jpg?v=2)
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![ARE YOU AVILLAIN IN A DYSTOPIAN MOVIE? YOU'LL NEED AN ALL WHITE OUTFIT. CRACKED OONT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/6/693176.jpg?v=2)
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![Flash Gordon You can't have an epic space opera without: Star Wars That one evil enforcer with a badass- Stargate looking mask.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/8/693188.jpg?v=2)
![Spaceship fleets always fly really close to each other. Star Wars Starship Troopers Space is vast. You have room.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/5/693175.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDOON SNOW PLANET. DESERT PLANET JUNGLE PLANET A planet with more than one type of biome? Only Earth.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/2/693182.jpg?v=2)
![STARWARS RETURNO OF EDI THE Command bridges are needlessly overexposed. Put them deep inside your starship, not right on top where everyone can easily](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/8/693178.jpg?v=2)
![EARTH HAS ABOUT 6,500 LANGUAGES, BUT ALEN PLANETS ONLY HAVE ONE EACH. VULCANS SPEAK ULCAN. KLINGONS SPEAK KLINGON. FERENGIS SPEAK FERENGI. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/7/693177.jpg?v=2)
![F In Sci-Fi, having sex is basically the path to Penny ZDreadful Buffy the Vampire Slayer Grimm damnation.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/7/693137.jpg?v=2)
![NDAOY Aliens are always the hideous bad guys. Alien (1979) Predator (1987) A Quiet Place (2018) 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/9/693169.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED COM Flashing lights high-tech](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/6/0/693160.jpg?v=2)
![HAS YOUR ROBOT TURNED EVIL? IF ITS LIGHTS BUMBLEBEE HAVE SUDDENLY TURNED VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS RED, THEN YES I. ROBOT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/4/693134.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDC COM MYSTHRY MEN IER1uI 0 DOCTOR W.H. The more futuristic the city, the more likely we are to see a bunch of zeppelins flying around.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/7/693157.jpg?v=2)
![No guard rails over deadly drops. CHHI The Phantom Menace IItIb 11 Thor: Ragnarok The Force Awakens](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/5/693145.jpg?v=2)
![ENCOUNTERED SOME BLACK GOO ? STAR TREK: TNG : SKIN OF EVIL PROMETHEUS THE X-FILES: VIENEN .. THEN SOMEONE'S GONNA DIE.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/2/693142.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED COM STARGITE SG.1 Earth seems to be the nudist hub of the galaxy. SQMS Aliens hang around without THE ARRIVAL clothes on, never mind E.T space](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/1/693141.jpg?v=2)
![CRAGKEDCO Your go-to energy source in every Superman single sci-fi Star Trek film 8 Crystals! Star Wars](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/0/693140.jpg?v=2)
![Everyone in a post-apocalyptic world is healthy and strong despite the lack of food. Mad Max Waterworld The Book of Eli Future World](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/0/693150.jpg?v=2)
![Whether it's warp speed or hyper speed, one thing sci-fi movies agree on is that when spaceships travel really fast, stars blur into streaks of light.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/4/693144.jpg?v=2)
![Getting rid of the mothership or the final boss gets rid of everyone The Avengers EDGE of Tomorrow District 9 Independence Day](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/5/693155.jpg?v=2)
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![CRaCKED In science fiction, space suits are fitted with light bulbs shining on the characters' faces. Somehow, this doesn't affect their sight. Star T](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/6/693186.jpg?v=2)
![CRAcr USING FORCE FIELDS AS JAIL CELLS IS DUMB. THE PHANTOM MENACE STAR TREK DISCOVERY Sure, force fields look cool and futuristic, but they're comple](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/1/3/693213.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED COM 3LADE ATRINTY CAPTAIN MARVEL THE CABIN IN WOODS THE The cute creature is really a horrible monster gag has become too stale to keep gett](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/2/693152.jpg?v=2)