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more about #loisandclark bluehinter: Sorry, but the award for all time worst holodeck episode of anything has to go to the craptacular 3rd Season episode of Forever Knight "The Games Vamp... more » Annalee Newitz: Has everyone forgotten on the TV series Harsh Realm? It was set entirely in a virtual world, and it was so terrible that it was canceled after just a ... more » dirtybacon: I am being 100% serious with this message: I wish there had been a longer run of Cleopatra 2525. There, I said it, my shame it laid bare for you all. more » Slovenly Muse: ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?! I loved that show! It occasionally scared the crap out of me as a kid, but I just kept on coming back! I watched VR Troop... more » Zidel333: I for one enjoy the Fistful of Datas episode. Patrick Stewart directed it. And the original script was even cooler. more » Erinaceus: Oh, and "Are You Afraid of the Dark" was the greatest thing ever. Sure, it was cheesy and unquestionably for kids, but it did start the career of Jew... more » Dominus Astra: Every scene from CSI: NY which features their "virtual autopsy room." Yuck. The episodes themselves weren't that bad, but I hate them for jumping on d... more » Zack Stentz: Sorry, but I can't hate on an episode that represented the first writing credit of DS9 all-star Robert Wolfe, and had the villain named after my UC Sa... more » Brain.wav: Wait, wait, Fistful of Datas was a bad episode? Since when? Easily the best Holodeck episode in the franchise, and, IMO, even up there with some of ... more » Zombie-Robot: What? No mention of the X-Files episode "First-Person Shooter"? Mulder and Scully trapped inside a video game? True, it did have Krista Allen and W... more » ciscokidinsf: Heh. I thought this was an all-Trek list. Bringing the question, which holodeck-based episodes AREN'T dumb. I count two: DS9's Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang ... more » -
#triviagasm
The Dumbest Holodeck Episodes Of All Time
It's a terrible cliche — the television episode where our intrepid hero goes inside the cyber-world and things start going terribly wrong. Star Trek owns the holographic disaster story, with its litany of holodeck mishaps, but plenty other shows have gone there. Here are the 10 worst holodeck stories. Ever. More » -
#electionrigging
How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style
If you're freaking out with worry over whether tomorrow's U.S. election will be rigged, don't worry. It will be. American elections are always rigged to some extent, but the tampering is almost never enough to alter the final outcome. Still, Americans are pansies when it comes to rigging ballots — at least, compared to our greatest science fiction heroes, who have a long and proud history of tying democracy into knots you'd need a million nanoprobes to untwist. Hacking voting machines? Registering Yoda to vote? Bah. That's nothing. Here's how your heroes do it. More »
