Re: Unguarded conduits--The unheralded hero of scifi adventure!

On Jan 22, 9:50 am, cryptoguy <treifam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jan 22, 7:38 am, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Time and again, in Star Trek, Stargate, Farscape, Terminator, Aliens,
etc.,
> > the unguarded and unmonitored hallway, the unlocked person-sized air
vents,
> > the huge sewer pipes ... if you need to break in, surveil and / or
break out
> > of a place you need the
>
> > UNGUARDED CONDUIT.
>
> > Now, it's a staple of nongenre shows, movies and stories, but you'd
think in
> > scifi you could space some extra minions, robots, psionic sensors,
even a
> > couple of webcams to guard or at least monitor.
>
> > And with Unguarded Conduit is trusty sidekick:
>
> > Slow Noisy Distracted Guards.
>
> > Our heroes are sneaking into a some super secret ultra lair, the
Archvillain
> > once in a blue moon actually DOES have guards, but is undone by said
guards:
> > --taking forever to patrol an area,
> > --making enough noise to alert anyone sneaking about from miles away,
> > --and even when said guards get the drop on the sneaks lurking about,
the
> > guards are too distracted by their own conversation or a radio or tv
or some
> > magazine or picture book to take notice.
>
> > -- Ken from Chicago
>
> Look, if the bad guys read and practiced Peter's Evil Overlord List
> (no relation), the writers would have to work a lot harder.
>
> http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
>
> Peter Trei


Very good, Peter. Thanks for the link!

Tom