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Author Topic: Sci-Fi Cliches or Trope-a-Dope  (Read 558 times)

Ken

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Sci-Fi Cliches or Trope-a-Dope
« on: 16 May 2011, 17:51 »
Found this amusing page about sci-fi tropes (with various degrees of :roll: assigned to each) from film and literature and wanted to share it with you: http://www.cthreepo.com/writing/cliche.shtml
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Re: Sci-Fi Cliches or Trope-a-Dope
« Reply #1 on: 16 May 2011, 21:08 »
Meh, TV tropes is better imo, that just seems rather poorly organised and put together.
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Re: Sci-Fi Cliches or Trope-a-Dope
« Reply #2 on: 16 May 2011, 21:15 »
Well, yes, but I think the above link is intended to be a list of amusing or facepalm-worthy cliches in sci-fi rather than a wiki of tropes found in all media.  Clearly not trying to be TV Tropes.  What could compare?
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