{{Gus}}: Damn, Schol-R-LEA, you can't go ''Hodgkin's Law'' without a linky. It leaves troper all un-informed and stupid-feeling.

LooneyToons: I just Googled "Hodgkin's Law," "Hodgeson's Law" and "Hodgson's Law" and could find ''nothing'' that made any sense in the context here. Unless he explains somehow, I am ''so'' tempted to cut it. (later) And "Twaang!" means what?

{{Ununnilium}}: Most likely, it's supposed to be the guitar twang that comes after that line in the ''{{MST3K}}'' theme song. Also, "Hodgeson" is probably Joel Hodgeson, creator of the show and actor of Joel Robinson.

KendraKirai: Yep, it's the line at the end of the song. Which is naturally why it's at the end of the entry! I'm so wittee.

Anyhow, Hodgeson's Law is presumably a fancy name for the MST3KMantra. Like Bellisario's Maxim for whatever that one is..I think it's 'Don't examine this too closely' or something. maybe that's JMS's.

{{Ununnilium}}: Also, I just realized, it's "Hodgson". *edit*

Zeke: Hodg''kin'''s Law is the one from Star Trek that rather brilliantly handwaved the huge number of Earth-like planets. No need to come up with some convoluted explanation (as TNG would later do) when you can just have Spock mention "Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development".

Btw, anyone else think it was kinda hypocritical to discourage nitpicking in the theme song to ''{{MST3K}}'', of all shows?

BigT: Naw, not hypocritical, just intentionally ironic. They basically say you can't enjoy a movie if you criticize it too much, and then go about doing it themselves to prove that statement wrong. When I finally knew the words, I thought it was hilarious.

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RobP: In one of the Star Wars documentaries, Mark Hamill remembered saying that his clothes were clean and his hair was dry after climbing out of the wet and dirty trash compactor. Harrison Ford (the veteran actor of the trio) replied, "It's not that kind of movie, kid."

6_Qubed: So... Seriously, what does "twanng!" mean?

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{{Inkblot}}: I don't get it. Why should people care less about something that's not real?

{{Regiment}}: It's not that- it's basically that people shouldn't get all worked up over minor problems. In-show example: Mike or Joel is held captive on a space station. Somehow, he has food, air, and access to terrible movies. Where does all that come from? Well, ''nobody cares''. It's not important to the story how he eats, or where any silly prop comes from (where did Tom get all those [[SpaceMutiny railings]]?), or anything.

It's a catch-all answer to that sort of question. Why is there a flash of light when the [[StarTrek Enterprise]] goes to warp speed? Why does a [[StarWars lightsaber beam]] have a fixed, finite length? Why would a [[JurassicPark theme park-slash-zoo]] have a ViewerFriendlyInterface? ''Because it does''.