"Okay, so the guy with the sombrero goes into the bar, and- oh, did I mention he's wearing cowboy boots? Yeah, it's important. Real cowboy boots. Anyway, the bar's one of those old time Western taverns, with the swinging doors and all that, which is why he's wearing cowboy boots. So anyway, the woman looks at him and says, "What's with the corvid?" You know, corvids, that bird family that has jays, crows, and ravens. They're all in a family called "corvidae" and-"
I tend to refer to this as the Seth Macfarlane rule, since I tend to use it based on those skits that drag on forever in Family Guy.
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Science fiction can be just as guilty as comedy. Let people see the technology or world too long, and they start to notice all of the flaws. The plot holes start to pile up, and you get left wondering things like "Hey, why didn't they revoke Tom Cruise's clearance in Minority Report after he was suspected of future murder?" or "Wait a minute, what happened to the terrorists in Back to the Future?"
So here's a few really great sci-fi short films that manage to (almost) perfectly provide their own little world while being both incredibly entertaining and leaving you wanting more. Strong language warning for the last one, by the way.
