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[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I love that every Sci fi show eventually does the "out of phase" episode, and I love seeing the fun twists and flavorings they use to make it "their" version.

Like Stargate sg1 and their crystal skull radiation and advanced dimension-shifting technology episodes.

And my personal favorite lampshading for this is actually from Stargate. in the in-universe parody show "Wormhole X-treme" one of the main character parodies asks "if I'm out of phase, why don't I fall through the floor?" and the response from the writer/director/producer/whatever he was, was something along the lines of "I'll have to get back to you on that"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

In Batman Beyond, the out of phase person is a bad guy. He's using a machine to control his phase. Eventually he loses control of it and he really does fall through the floor. He's stuck in the center of the earth for the rest of the show.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Lower Decks, per usual, had the best take on this trope.

in the in-universe parody show “Wormhole X-treme”

That whole episode was such a gift.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wormhole X-treme is the best. They criticize and second guess every plot-issue on the series.

My favorite is on the last season:

  • I'm writing the story for this episode, and the characters are stuck on $complex_situation$. I don't know how to get them out, do you have any idea?

  • Why don't they $stuff_stagate_did_2_episodes_ago$?

  • What? No! That's stupid! - and goes on for a minute or so enumerating all the problems with the plot.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

My favorite part is all the inside jokes they pack in as well. You don't really get all of them as a viewer, but I've watched every episode with commentary, and a lot of interviews with a lot of the directors, producers, prop/costume/sfx people.

Nothing beats the "special effects coordinator" guy screaming BIGGER at everyone after they show him progressively larger explosive effects.