Poll of the Day > Generic sci-fi question thingy (jog my memory)

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I had a couple ideas in my head and they're stuff I can't remember:

The first (1) is it was a robot detective, but it was a long time ago... I THINK it was from Metropolis, right?

The second (2) is energy shields/force fields - you used the shield as a weapon but shooting meant you didn't have the shield for a sec... I think it wasn't on Steam (at the time) it was an Xbox Live Arcade game IIRC

The third (3) is I remember people suffocating on a ship without life support, but they weren't freezing or low power or something, it was just the air... it wasn't star trek, wasn't total recall, wasn't farscape and turns out it wasn't firefly either... oh wells.

Lokarin posted...

The third (3) is I remember people suffocating on a ship without life support, but they weren't freezing or low power or something, it was just the air... it wasn't star trek, wasn't total recall, wasn't farscape and turns out it wasn't firefly either... oh wells.

Doctor Who, Oxygen?

Soma is a trip

In Super Smash Bros Falco can use his reflector like a weapon. He throws it to one side and it does damage to anyone it hits. On the down side, it's less effective as a shield since it only works while he's throwing it.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/7/AAQwHjAADRvZ.png

Fox has the same reflector, but he keeps it centered on himself so it can only hit an enemy at point-blank range, but he can maintain it indefinitely. Wolf's reflector looks different but works mostly the same as Fox's.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/8/AAQwHjAADRva.png

Futurama? (When the ship was suffocating Fry and Leela)

VampireCoyote posted...

Soma is a trip

I don't drugs - other people drug to become like me

captpackrat posted...

In Super Smash Bros Falco can use his reflector like a weapon. He throws it to one side and it does damage to anyone it hits. On the down side, it's less effective as a shield since it only works while he's throwing it.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/7/AAQwHjAADRvZ.png

Fox has the same reflector, but he keeps it centered on himself so it can only hit an enemy at point-blank range, but he can maintain it indefinitely. Wolf's reflector looks different but works mostly the same as Fox's.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/8/AAQwHjAADRva.png

nah... it had better graphics (:D).. the shield in shield form was circular (globalur?), but it was indeed blue, and it was made up of, like, dots. It's actally the dot pattern that's in my memory the most

keyblader1985 posted...

Futurama? (When the ship was suffocating Fry and Leela)

nah, live action - but I haven't checked the Doctor Who episode thar yet

Lokarin posted...

nah, live action - but I haven't checked the Doctor Who episode thar yet

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Oxygen_(TV_story)

If it helps.

Lokarin posted...

The first (1) is it was a robot detective, but it was a long time ago... I THINK it was from Metropolis, right?

There's been quite a few in fiction. Like, a lot.

Here's the first two that leapt to mind for me, though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/06/12/automata
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/07/31/automata-page-two



Lokarin posted...

The third (3) is I remember people suffocating on a ship without life support, but they weren't freezing or low power or something, it was just the air... it wasn't star trek, wasn't total recall, wasn't farscape and turns out it wasn't firefly either... oh wells.

This could be almost literally anything.

First thing that came to mind for me was Stargate: Universe though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_(Stargate_Universe)

Lokarin posted...

I had a couple ideas in my head and they're stuff I can't remember:

The first (1) is it was a robot detective, but it was a long time ago... I THINK it was from Metropolis, right?

You're not thinking of Blade Runner are you? They left it open whether Deckard is a human or a replicant.

captpackrat posted...

You're not thinking of Blade Runner are you? They left it open whether Deckard is a human or a replicant.

nah, this time it's animated, possibly anime

edit: I think he gets put in a trash compactor but maybe not?

That third one sounds like my favorite episode of Firefly, Out of Gas.

Lokarin posted...

you used the shield as a weapon but shooting meant you didn't have the shield for a sec...

probably not but makes me think of the "leaf shield" in Mega Man 2 from Wood Man.

Lokarin posted...

I remember people suffocating on a ship without life support, but they weren't freezing or low power or something, it was just the air...

how can you be sure it's not Star Trek? could even be Apollo 13.

Sahuagin posted...

how can you be sure it's not Star Trek? could even be Apollo 13.

My memory (alpha) is hazy, so it's possible I'm mixing elements of Star Trek TNG's Angel One and Firefly's Out of Gas

Lokarin posted...

My memory (alpha) is hazy, so it's possible I'm mixing elements of Star Trek TNG's Angel One and Firefly's Out of Gas

another one I thought of could be Galaxy Quest. If I recall, there's a roomful of aliens dying from suffocation in a locked room for way longer than makes sense. they're flapping about on the verge of death and then minutes later... they're still flapping about on the verge of death.

Lokarin posted...

nah, this time it's animated, possibly anime

edit: I think he gets put in a trash compactor but maybe not?

There was a Japanese show literally called Robot Detective (Robotto keiji), but it looks like it was live action.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/6/AAQwHjAADR3M.jpg

You're not thinking of Inspector Gadget are you?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/7/AAQwHjAADR3N.jpg

Maybe this guy?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/0/AAQwHjAADR3Q.jpg

Lokarin posted...

My memory (alpha) is hazy

I understood that reference.

captpackrat posted...

There was a Japanese show literally called Robot Detective (Robotto keiji), but it looks like it was live action.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/6/AAQwHjAADR3M.jpg

You're not thinking of Inspector Gadget are you?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/7/AAQwHjAADR3N.jpg

Maybe this guy?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/0/AAQwHjAADR3Q.jpg

yup, that's the guy - that's Metropolis, right?

Lokarin posted...

yup, that's the guy - that's Metropolis, right?

Yes. He is referred to as Pero by Shunsaku Ban, though robots do not have human names.

Black_Crusher posted...

That third one sounds like my favorite episode of Firefly, Out of Gas.

That was the first thing that came to mind for me too.

Lokarin posted...

The third (3) is I remember people suffocating on a ship without life support, but they weren't freezing or low power or something, it was just the air... it wasn't star trek, wasn't total recall, wasn't farscape and turns out it wasn't firefly either... oh wells.

Is it possible you're thinking of Avengers: Endgame? This happens at the beginning of the film.

Lokarin posted...

The first (1) is it was a robot detective

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Human_(TV_series)

Lokarin posted...

The second (2) is energy shields/force fields - you used the shield as a weapon but shooting meant you didn't have the shield for a sec

Maybe Another World / Out of this World.

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Human_(TV_series)

Maybe Another World / Out of this World.

I'm reasonably sure 1 was Metropolis and that 3 was an amalgamation of multiple TV episodes

For 2, what's clear is that the shield is blue, it's a circle, and has white (or light blue) dots... and you shoot the dots out