"A power surge of great magnitude has been detected."
Well, in a world(s) where it costs FAR too much to place a simple surge protector in Crew member's consoles (BSG, Star Trek, etc.) i can see how this could be causing the issue.
Haha! Ya, they like making computers spontaneously explode don't they... I can't think of many shows/movies where they don't explode when the ship is taking fire. Probably a remnant of the WW2 image of the pilot going down with his plane on fire and smoking. After all, fire won't burn in a vaccuum and so they need some visual cue to the audience that the ship is taking damage.
