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The Decreasing Impact of Death In Sci-fi

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-feel-happy dept.

brumgrunt writes "Are science fiction TV shows and movies overusing death as a plot device? And, more crucially, do any of us believe that a dead character is really dead any more?"

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  1. Happened to my Dad's Uncle by Maximum+Prophet · · Score: 1, Interesting

    My dad had an uncle who woke up at his own funeral. The uncle lived several years after that. This would have been in Nova Scotia around the 1930's.

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