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Nothing is more awesome than watching Ricardo Montalban yell, "Lousy human bastards!" in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes - best flick of the series, and about to get a (hopefully awesome) remake. More »
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News reaches us of the death of Ricardo Montalban this morning, at his home in Los Angeles. Best known to most people, perhaps, as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island, Montalban will always be Star Trek's Khan Noonien Singh to science fiction fans despite an amazing 64 year career that included appearances in The Naked Gun, Dynasty, and Dora The Explorer (You couldn't fault him for his variety). No cause has been given for his death. He was 88 years old. More »
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Science fiction fans are like the bacteria in your stomach: most of the time, they help to keep you healthy. But when the pH balance goes wrong, and the bacteria start running the show, they can make you sick. We've expressed our view that Star Trek deserves euthanasia partly because it inevitably caters too much to its obsessive fanbase. Here's a list of examples of too-powerful fans hastening the death of a franchise. More »
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