Resistance in futile - is the line from Star Trek.

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Re 1 - I should add, "resistance is futile" goes back much further than Star Trek, it was in use in English at least from the mid-1800s

And here's a Wikipedia page of examples of it in use in the English-speaking world

I immediately associated "resistance is futile" with Dr Who and the link above appears to confirm that it and variants made several appearances. The link also provides other sources.

#6 Doctor Who was around back then. After all, he is a Time Lord. 🙂

I've never watched it, but isn't he a she at the moment?

Zumindest wurde Dr Who für einige Staffeln von Jodie Whitaker gespielt, ja. Die war/ist klasse.

Ich nehme mal an, dass sie trotzdem ein Time Lord ist, oder? Time Lady klingt eher bescheiden ;-)

Hab ich ehrlich gesagt nicht drauf geachtet.

#10 - Time Lady! That took me back. When I was a kid, you could call 853 1212 to hear a recorded voice tell the time: "At the tone the time will be: xx:yy and zz seconds." *beeeeep!* The voice sounded female, and we called her The Time Lady.

Filmtitel und Zitate aus Science-Fiction-Produktionen finde ich wenig überzeugend. Die spiegeln nicht unbedingt den tatsächlichen Sprachgebrauch wieder. Da kann eine Phrase wie "Die Macht sei mit dir!" weltberühmt werden, ohne dass sie jemand im realen Leben oder in Polizei- und Militärfilmen, die sich daran orientieren, gebraucht.

DANKESCHÖN / MANY, MANY THANKS!

Rominara does have a point... I'm finding it very difficult to imagine a US police officer calling out "Resitance is futile!" in real life or in even in a tv crime drama. They'd say something like "We have you surrounded, lay down your weapons and come out with your hands up..." etc., etc.

But one of google's book hits is a passage about leaflet raids by the US military on Japan in WWII, which quotes one of them as saying "Your resistance is futile. Lay down your arms." So at least one military use is attested ; )

Erstaunlich, dass dieses Kultbuch hier noch nicht zitiert wurde.