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

cryptoguy 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.
>>
> 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
>
Isn't that one of the sticking points in the strike?

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