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We're All Living In A Sci-Fi Movie - 9/11/2011 1:15:55 PM

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Star Wars Tractor Beam - 9/11/2011 1:15:55 PM

dholleyuk

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Apart from the following little issue, great artical, interesting to see where we are now and the next steps we may take!

You guys at Empire really do love Star Wars a little too much. The "tractor beam" term was used in Star Trek between 1966 - 1969 TV show. Mr "need to make more money" Lucas coined the phrase 15 years late, but Empire, we never got to see it, just hear the words "prepare the tractor beam"

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Hover Travel - 9/11/2011 1:56:29 PM

pollytechnic

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" it’s still three years until 2115"

Wow, that was some long Hypersleep I must have been in for the last 100 years.

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RE: Star Wars Tractor Beam - 9/11/2011 3:36:46 PM

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ORIGINAL: dholleyuk

Apart from the following little issue, great artical, interesting to see where we are now and the next steps we may take!

You guys at Empire really do love Star Wars a little too much. The "tractor beam" term was used in Star Trek between 1966 - 1969 TV show. Mr "need to make more money" Lucas coined the phrase 15 years late, but Empire, we never got to see it, just hear the words "prepare the tractor beam"

Thank you!

But we do see a tractor beam used: that's what pulls the Millenium Falcon into the Death Star in Star Wars. Obi-Wan has to go disable it. I did mention Star Trek, and the only reason we got a pic of Star Wars is that Amar found better ones floating about. I think we can all agree that Trek did most sci-fi things first, or at least popularised most sci-fi things first, but it's harder to get pics from TV.

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RE: Star Wars Tractor Beam - 9/11/2011 4:17:51 PM

dholleyuk

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Helen, how could I have forgotten that scene, I stand corrected.

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I'm gonna sound like such a geek but... - 9/11/2011 8:00:25 PM

Sphinx

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From: East London

I'm suprised the ipad hasn't had a mention, we see sci-fi films with these funny plastic boards with the cast pretending it has information on it, now look it's actually real.

...Maybe Rodenberry was onto something after all!

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Great article... - 10/11/2011 3:57:54 PM

drawmyfoot

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From: T to tha mutha-friggin' Q Homeboy!!!

"The potential for scaring away all your friends and romantic interests is HUGE." That made me laugh hugely. Which, now I think about it, makes me a little sad... The Michel Gondry comment was also very amusing. As I said, great article, it's stuff like this that makes me a regular visitor here. Hey, it beats working...!

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Exoskeleton suit! - 11/11/2011 1:13:57 PM

Mezla

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How about an Ironman or Aliens-loader-esque exoskeleton suit?

Yo Ripley, check it out. We've got knives, sharp sticks, exoskeleton suits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hkCcoenLW4 and http://exoskeletonsuit.net/

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nah!!! - 13/11/2011 12:22:41 AM

danielthompson99