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more about #battlefieldearth more comments → 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 » -
#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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#summermoviemadness
I've Found A Movie I Like More Than Most People - Sadly, it's Battlefield Earth
Literally because you asked for it, I watched Battlefield Earth and was surprised to discover that... Well, it's not really that bad. I mean, it's not good by any sense of the imagination, but still. More » -
#chooseyourownreview
Plan My Summer Viewing - And Your Summer Reading
As we head into Spring, one thing becomes obvious: There aren't that many shows on TV for us to recap anymore. So what should we be watching instead? It's time for you to tell us. More » -
#propsonebay
Bring Home The Head Of Arnold Schwarzenegger
A genuine casting of Arnie's head from Batman & Robin is just one of the bizarre movie props available on eBay right now. You can also own the robot head of Robin Williams from Bicentennial Man, and the original helmet from the Rocketeer movie. Or if your loved ones are really obsessive, you can get them some even weirder crap. More »
