Science fiction is full of shocking moments, moments where either out loud or in your head and asking “What’s going on? No way!” So this is a post filled with some of those shock moments – enjoy and chip in if you can think of some.
Star Wars – I am your Father!
This is perhaps one of the most iconic scenes from any of the Star Wars films and it paves the way as the setting for not only the rest of the original trilogy but the entire epic saga.
Darth Vader’s murderous voice telling Luke “I – am your father!”
Captain Lorca – Star Trek Discovery
Star Trek Discovery – great series and in season 1 captain Lorca’s devisive character seems out of place in starfleet. The reason why becomes apparent towards the end of season 1.
He’s from the Terran dimension.
Interstellar – Ranger 2 Detach
This amazing film deals plenty of surprises, the biggest one that no one saw coming, not even Dr Brand was Cooper’s sacrifice to shed weight from Endurance so it could escape the gravity well of Gargantua.
Death of Gamora
One of the most powerful scenes in Infinity War (at least for me) was the sacrifice of Gamora by Thanos so he could gain the soul stone. Just when you thought that he had failed, just when you thought there was hope he couldn’t succeed.
Star Wars Solo – Darth Maul
This one got me. Right at the end of Solo – Darth Maul appears with robotic legs. Chopped in half by Obi Wan some years before it obviously wasn’t enough to kill him. Not sure how that works, but hey. That’s Sci-Fi for you.
What do you think of these? Are there better ones I should have thought of? Maybe I’ll include them in a later post?
Science in Sci-Fi – Time Travel
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Time, Space and the Universe as we know it – Part 2 Relative Motion
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Science in Sci-Fi – Quantum Entanglement Communication
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Oh what a great post topic. I love this. I also completely agree about Star Trek Discovery.
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Fantastic! You’re into Star Trek Discovery?
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Yes, I think it’s been so good. I’ve heard some don’t like that the story lines aren’t per episode but season. I don’t mind that though, do you?
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I’ve only seen season 1 fully, I have yet to go through season 2 but I like it
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Spock and the shuttlecraft survived a matter-antimatter explosion in the nucleus of the single-celled organism (The Immunity Syndrome).
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I vaguely remember that… That was pretty unexpected.
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I didn’t think he was going to make it.
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It’s Star Trek. They normally do lol
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Even in space, you can’t escape the drama! 😂 Great list – can I add the bit in Aliens where you think Bishop has abandoned Ripley on the planet, but then he appears to rescue her and Newt? Gets me every time!
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Ooh yes good one. I forgot that one and I was trying to think of one in the alien saga.
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Happy to oblige! 😁
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Thanks – I thought you might be 🙂
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I did not see Gamora’s death coming!…At all!
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Neither did I – I was gutted.
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=(
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I got one: Planet of the Apes Statue of Liberty reveal. I loved that Discovery Mirror Universe arc. It was so over-the-top.
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Great list. Maul came back first in the Star Wars: Rebels animated series as a “freelance” Sith determined to get revenge on everyone from the good guys to the Emperor and Vader.
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I didn’t realise that. I never know if the cartoon story lines are relevant anyway.
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They are now. Disney essentially erased anything that wasn’t a movie or Marvel comic before they bought out the franchise. The Clone Wars cartoons being the only real exception but I’m blanking on how involved Disney was with them.
So now, all the Movies are canon, but Disney has talked about remaking the first six to their SJW tastes. All Marvel comics are canon, even the first run in the 70s and 80s, and so are Clone Wars, Rebels, and Resistance.
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