From intergalactic adventures to brooding dystopia, the sci-fi genre spans a wide range of subject matter and ideas. And yet somehow, we see the same-old tropes and plot devices being fired out into the vacuum time and time again.
So hold on to your anti-grav boots and prepare to go to ludicrous speed. Here are nine of the most over-used sci-fi clichés.
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God did it was the worst excuse Battlestar Galactica ever came up with it.