<![CDATA[io9: how i met your mother]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: how i met your mother]]> http://io9.com/tag/howimetyourmother http://io9.com/tag/howimetyourmother <![CDATA[30 Rock Salutes Science Fiction: Every Great Clip]]> We've all seen the big spoofs of scifi classics. Family Guy just recreated Star Wars and the Simpsons' Prisoner tribute was perfection. But nobody salutes science fiction better than 30 Rock's sly one-liners, which just slip it in there.



We're madly in love with the writing on 30 Rock, mainly because each wickedly clever line is laced with loads of nerd-only humor. Sure, Big Bang Theory is cute and full of genre arguments and pop-culture showdowns, but I have much more respect for the show that can slip in a Star Trek/Boston Legal joke with out flinching. To show our appreciation, we've rounded up the best of the best 30 Rock geek moments — feel free to suggest your own.

The embrace of the genre way isn't a new thing for non-genre shows. Below I've collected a few moments from the leading contenders that also excel in dropping BSG riff after Rocky Horror joke. Please add on your favorites in the comments.

Veronica Mars
Veronica and friends really knew how to turn a phrase into a layered geek out dialogue session, here's just a taste of best.



The Big Bang Theory
The series is about nerds...so not really fair but they did really hash a lot of real life genre arguments.




The Office
Dwight represent!



How I Met Your Mother
We actually wrote an entire about this dillema, can you love someone that doesn't love Star Wars?

Additional reporting and gathering by Julia Carusillo.

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5348171&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How I Met Your Mother Asks The Eternal Scifi Love Question]]> Possibly the largest hurdle many lovers of genre movies, books and television shows have to jump with non-believers is the big scifi ultimatum. Sure they love me, but can they love my Star Wars? It's all fun and games until the Firefly box is opened, and all of a sudden you're caught defending space pirates. How I Met Your Mother's season premiere perfectly covered this silly question that those of us with short fuses and huge science fiction collections often find ourselves in. Season spoilers for HIMYM.

It's a sweet look at the geeking out we all do when our most favorite movie is on and you really, really hope that your friend/buddy/significant other/or homeless guy on the street will enjoy it as much as you will. The nice thing about HIMYM's take on the "deal breaker" movie is that at least Sarah Chalke was smart enough to lie. Which is my advice to those of you just getting into the scifi game.

Just this week a beautiful girl approached me and asked what she should do as she "discovered" her fiances' in-depth collection of Star Trek episodes. I told her to ask him to play her his favorite episodes that he thought she would like, open a bottle of wine (or two), and if she didn't like it just let him know he can have all the fun friend time he wants with his buddies that want to come over for Trek marathons.

I can not count the number of times where I had to convince past boys to watch "the movie with the big bug creatures" again (their quote) but when you find the right person to relish in your scifi joy (friend or familiar) the 77th time around is even sweeter. My favorite can-not-live-with-out-deal-breaker-if-they-don't-at-least-pretend-to-like-it movie is and probably always will be Aliens. What's yours?

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