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Thrillho:
I just randomly remembered a very fun night with one of my friends. We watched a terrible sci-fi movie called Sci-Fighters starring Rowdy Roddy Piper, made in 1994 and set in 2009. It was 2010 when we watched it, which amused us greatly. Any time we saw some kind of futuristic technology, we'd respond with 'I don't think you could do that with a laser, but then, this is the distant future of... 2009.' I never stopped finding it funny.
cesium133:
In "Canadian Bacon" (filmed in 1995) there's a scene where Honey is in a hospital in Canada, and the nurse tells her, "Our healthcare system has decided you do not need to see a doctor until... *looks at chart*... 2006." In the same movie there's also a line where a general makes fun of the ludicrous idea of declaring war on terrorism. :psyduck:
94ssd:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 10 Dec 2014, 08:56 ---I just randomly remembered a very fun night with one of my friends. We watched a terrible sci-fi movie called Sci-Fighters starring Rowdy Roddy Piper, made in 1994 and set in 2009. It was 2010 when we watched it, which amused us greatly. Any time we saw some kind of futuristic technology, we'd respond with 'I don't think you could do that with a laser, but then, this is the distant future of... 2009.' I never stopped finding it funny.
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Hey, don't blame science fiction writers for setting their goals too high. Arthur C. Clarke, one of the greatest authors ever, thought in 1968 that we'd have cryogenic chambers, moon bases, and homicidal super computers by the years 2001.
Thrillho:
I think you missed why we were finding it funny.
Akima:
Rowdy Roddy Piper makes everything funny. Admittedly, I think the only one of his movies that I have seen in full is "They Live", which has a fight scene that is an even more effective rebuttal than the one from "The Quiet Man" to complaints about long unrealistic fights in wuxia cinema.
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