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The Worst Thing Star Trek Did To Science Fiction

There are many things that annoy us about science fiction: godlike beings, lazy time-travel paradoxes, actions that don't have consequences... but luckily, there's one thing that epitomizes all of them: the reset button. Whenever the unthinkable happens, you can be pretty sure science fiction will unthink it. Click through for the many evils of the reset button. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
9,704 views, 113 comments

Latest by cde: I'm late to the party, but what about that star trek spoof with Tim Allen, where actors get kidnapped to save a race of very stupid people from LizardMen. They have a literal reset button. more »