The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices 340
Ostracus writes to tell us that Wired has an interesting summary of some of the best fictional doomsday devices. These devices have featured heavily in movies, television, and fiction; their list includes favorites from Dr. Strangelove to Futurama. What devices have they missed? "By the time Futurama's sci-fi satire hit the scene, creator Matt Groening had the doomsday-device shtick down. Case in point: the Spheroboom. This highly explosive space/time-bending device isn't just the prized jewel of the show's mad scientist, Professor Farnsworth. It also destroys anyone/anything not wearing a 'Doom-proof Platinum Vest.'"
ICE-9 (Score:5, Insightful)
ice-9 [wikipedia.org]: Maybe not intended to be a doomsday device, but it sure turned out to be one!
knew it had to happen (Score:5, Insightful)
/. had for long been one of the last holdouts against this type of "journalistic" garbage.
glad to see you lasted so long, guys. sad to see you give in and publicize this useless junk.
articles like this with absolutely no substance at all don't belong here. i may as well just go look at reddit or fark for this type of stuff.
Re:knew it had to happen (Score:5, Insightful)
Skynet? (Score:3, Insightful)
HHGTTG (Score:5, Insightful)
The Ultimate Weapon, designed by Hactar, the computer built by the Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax.
How could you forget the Krikkit Wars [wikipedia.org]?
Re:ICE-9 (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, but who can honestly say they haven't read Cat's Cradle? I think that's an automatic revocation of geekness.
The best doomsday weapon is....GUILE, bitches. (Score:5, Insightful)
The best doomsday device, is not necessarily the one you have, but the one your enemy THINKS you have.
Best fictional doomsday theories (Score:5, Insightful)
Peak Oil, Global Warming, New World Order, 9/11 Conspiracy Theories. :)