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False Advertising In Star Trek Movie Posters: A Complete History

Movie posters used to be simple and dignified, until marketing departments realized that the more sensational the poster, the more ticket-buyers. It's like the cover of a comic book: You might see an image of Batman riddled with bullets and dead, but that never takes place in the actual story itself. Star Trek has been one of the guiltiest parties in sensationalizing its posters with odd artwork and strange taglines (perhaps second only to the James Bond movie posters), and we've collected them for you all in one spot in the list below. More »

3:38 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Kevin Kelly
13,670 views, 56 comments

Latest by Smeagol92055: I always wished a DS9 film had been made. I mean, in terms of story development, that series took the cake.Here you have a Casablanca setup: a lonely, supposedly neutral outpost on the front lines of what could be the more »

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The Seven Best Torture Porn Scenes in SciFi

Nothing warms the hearts and soothes the soul at holiday time like a hot laser slicing through your pain receptors. That's why we put together this list of the top seven torture scenes from science fiction, including one that spawned one of the lamest action figures in the world. (We didn't include the Star Wars Christmas Special, even though it features Bea Arthur singing, because it's only unintentional torture.) Real torture after the jump! More »

12:00 PM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Kevin Kelly
2,549 views, 2 comments