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more about #aliennation joetato: This Island Earth? Anyone . . . Anyone . . . Mutants? Anyone . . . Anyone . . . Beuller? more » karpar: Robotech's Invid bear mention (though they do a great job of oppressing humans once they get the chance). They were initially peaceful, and gladly wel... more » Klebert L. Hall: If you're going to use an example from Known Space, it should really "everyone except for the Bandersnatch", under the Masters... Or Possibly "everyo... more » tetracycloide: that is quite possibly the worst rendering of a kzinti i have ever seen. why not just put up a lolcat picture instead, would be roughly as fearsome. more » Dimbo_Sama: [cache.gawker.com]" rel="lytebox" class="commentImageWhat about the Narns? [cache.gawker.com] Held in a position of slavery for a hundred years by t... more » Torley: Also in the artificial beings category: Blade Runner/DADOES' android Replicants, who were called "skin jobs" before the humanform Cylons. more » ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: Great list, but no Thermians? "[Sarris] has tortured our scientists, put us to work in the gallium arsenide mines, captured our females for his own d... more » B: What about the Wookies? more » Stueymon: Glad to see the vortigaunts made it on here, makes me wonder about other enslaved aliens in games... hmm. do the Gelf count from Mass effect? or for ... more » gods-n-clods: Did I not see Skrill form Earth: Final Conflict? Call me dumb, but I did NOT see that one coming (organic arm-lazer symbiotes as highly evolved sentie... more » disatess: that x-men poster had one of the best team rosters . more » Bill-Lee: No one enslaves humans better than other humans. My favorite example from fiction are the conscripted soldiers from Joe Haldeman's Forever War. more » AcceleratedDragon: A Classic from Star Trek [memory-alpha.org] "their skin was exactly half-black and half-white, with some white on the right side and black on the le... more » Starlionblue: I can't believe you used a Kzinti from the Star Trek Animated Series. That is not quite what they look like. The covers of the Man-Kzin wars books are... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Shoggoths. Of course they weren't oppressed for too long. more » Rasselas: Damned dirty aliens, always symbolizing the Other and such. more » bluehinter: There are so many oppressed alien species in classic Doctor Who, I wouldn't even know where to begin. I will call special attention to the Monoids an... more » gunluva is prepared to drop.: What about the Unggoy(Grunts) from Halo? Cannon fodder on good days, snacks for Jackals on bad days, doormats every day. more » kosai: Just got a tingly feeling for the inclusion of Exosquad on any list, loved that show. more » laughingacademy: Would the Eloi from The Time Machine count as oppressed humans, given that the species preying upon them, the Morlocks, are also descended from humans? more » -
#triviagasm
The Best of Science Fiction's Oppressed Species
District 9's crustacean aliens may be the first extraterrestrials to experience South Africa's apartheid, but they're hardly the first species to feel the sting of oppression. We list science fiction's other downtrodden, enslaved, and dehumanized (so to speak) species.
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#syfyoperago
Which Show Would Give SyFy The Space Opera They Deserve?
When Meredith spoke with Syfy president David Howe this week, he revealed that the newly-rebranded network was looking for a new space opera to replace BSG. But considering their love of remakes, why not just use an old one? More » -
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Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?
Firefly's Tim Minear is already hard at work on the Syfy Channel's reboot of Alien Nation, and we asked the Syfy execs about it. But that's not the only classic they're looking at restarting: Quantum Leap could make a comeback.
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#aliennation
Will Syfy's Alien Nation Reboot Be The Next BSG?
The Syfy Channel is rebooting another classic series, with a brand new Alien Nation. No doubt hoping to pull down BSG numbers, they've even brought in Tim "Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse" Minear to write the new series. More »
