Hard Sci-Fi Movies

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A boy and his sister discover a space alien and provide him refuge in their home closet. Their parents correctly identify it as a groundhog.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 14, 2013

Ray Bradbury once famously said, "Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself ... Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about."

To which, Hard Sci-Fi Movies replies, "Not so fast, buster."

Hard Sci-Fi Movies is a novelty Twitter account, started by a metafilter user, that takes the Occam's Razor approach to science fiction. The result is pure brilliance. See if you can identify the science fiction movies and novels referenced in the tweets.

Image: The Asylum

A tornado passes over a large group of sharks. They are unaffected.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 8, 2013

Image: Warner Bros.

Remote imaging detects a black, perfectly rectangular monolith orbiting Jupiter. Further study identifies it as a broken pixel array.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 14, 2013

Image: MGM Home Entertainment

After robots kill most of Earth's population, the Resistance sends a lone soldier back in time to prevent war. No-one knows if he succeeded.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 10, 2013

Image: Warner Bros.

A powerful new AI has gone haywire. Its code and dataset are rolled back to an earlier version. The mission proceeds normally.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 9, 2013

Image: Universal Studios

A scientist purchases a DeLorean DMC-12. It fails to start.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 9, 2013

Image: Sony Pictures Entertainment

A spider is irradiated by a particle accelerator at a science exhibit, and bites one of the students. The student is given a Band-Aid.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 8, 2013

Image: Warner Bros.

While repairing the Hubble Telescope a small group of astronauts encounter a high-velocity cloud of debris. They die.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 8, 2013

Image: Warner Bros.

Gigantic beasts are attacking Earth's cities. Gigantic robots are designed to combat them. The design is rejected in favor of air strikes.

— Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 8, 2013

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