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    15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction

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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    04/20/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Aperture Science (Portal)

    Union Aerospace Corporation (Doom series)

    Liandri, Izanagi, and Axon (UT series)

    Universal Exports (James Bond series)

    Parallax Corporation (The Parallax View)
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    I am hard pressed to recall any portrayal of a wholly benevolent big corporation in any Speculative Fiction. Can it be so, are our hearts that hardened to the worthy machinations of Big Business? Are we truly that cold and unfeeling?


    O cry, o wail for the maligned Zaibatsu. O mourn for those daring financial adventurers who only wish to drain the very best of the world for themselves.



    Will you not share but a single tear with the lonely CEO who cries himself to sleep every night surrounded by exquisite mistresses in his vast silk-lined bed atop Dubai's latest architectural gem?


    Have you no soul? If you do, would you be willing to sell it for a daring new scientific study?

    Our recruiters will contact you shortly.

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    Image of Mazda Eric Mazda Eric
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    The Middleman didn't even try to hide the fact they stole the Mirror universe emblem: [www.geocities.com]


    also, where did you find a Tyrell Corp. logo? I never remember seeing it in any of the books or the film.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/18/09

    @Mazda Eric: I suspect that may be retconned. The owl image seems quite suspect.
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    Image of Doug Nelson Doug Nelson
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Gots to wonder if there are any examples of a truly good megacorporation in sciffy lit?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/18/09

    @Doug Nelson: That is the tougher question. Warren Ellis' Planetary? Hmmm...
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/18/09

    @Grey_Area: Someone else mentioned Stark and Wayne Enterprises although both are heavily into weapons manufacturing. Was S.T.A.R. Labs a private corporation?

    Dang, these are all from comic books! Is there no love for the faceless megacorporation in other media?
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    Image of R.O.A.C.H. Creates ACyclicUniverse R.O.A.C.H. Creates ACyclicUniverse
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Paik Industries from LOST? A translation of the Korean spoken between Sun's father and his aides right before she delivers a corporate bitch-slap reveals that they have ties to the Hanso foundation.


    And what about Widmore's company as well? Using one's resources to dig up over 200 bodies and sink them in a shadily acquired plane warrants a place on the evil scale..

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/18/09

    @ACyclicUniverse: Both run by clearly evil CEO's, at minimum.
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Wheadon has said that the Hands of Blue guys worked for Blue Sun. Making people bleed out of their eyeballs certainly suggests a level of evil.
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    btw, what about Dr. Zeus the time-travel Company in Kage Baker's novels.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/18/09

    @Mathmos: It is The Company! Love those books.
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    But but Yoyodyne makes ships for Starfleet in the 24th century!


    [memory-alpha.org]

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/18/09

    @Jim Topoleski: There must have been a takeover and clean-up so that they were no longer evil.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Dude I am loving the FatBoy Industries shout out. How I wish we had more of that show to fully realise what that whole plot line was going to be.


    LE SIGH!!

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    Image of Laffinboy Laffinboy
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Crimson Permanent Assurance, anyone...?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/18/09

    @Laffinboy: Not evil, just swashbuckling! (once the execs were gone)
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    Image of OsDavis OsDavis
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Obligatory Doctor Who mentions: "The Company" from the Sunmakers; Tobias Vaughan's company in "The Invasion"; and whatever company it was manufacturing cybernetic ipod thingees and also Cyberman in recentish "Rise of the Cybermen / Age of Steel" episodes.


    Cheers,

    Os.

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    Image of Mav Mav
    04/18/09

    @OsDavis: The master's cellphone company? Angel something?
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    04/18/09

    @OsDavis: Also Geocomtex from "Dalek" run by Henry van Statten. Not a great episode, but an exercise in toplessness for Eccleston and a decently evil corporation (purposely not curing illnesses in order to sell more drugs) so I'll give it a little love.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Ive always wondered about why there are so many evil corporations in sci-fi. Do these companies not have share holders they have to report to? Is it supposed to be in anyone's best interest to create a world destroying super virus or killer robot bees?


    You also forgot Crossgen of Kings fame, though I'm not sure how evil they are.


    And not to be a stickler (who am I kidding) but some of these companies may not be incorporated. They could just be evil sole proprietorships or evil limited liability partnerships. It would explain why we never see evil board meetings or any evil CFOs.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/18/09

    @OW-Holmes: Evil LLP's or SP's really are the way to go. I'm thinking LexCorp is one of those.
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    Image of Steve Roberts Steve Roberts
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    Tyrell + Cyberdyne + OCP = GENOM. There's nothing like armored crazy killbots that can assimilate machines and telnet into orbital death rays to brighten your day.


    But of course, you could just have Aperture Science. They only make science, cake... and LIES.

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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    04/18/09

    @Steve Roberts: There is still cake, though, right? Delicious, moist, cake. Mmmm.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    04/18/09

    @Discodave: You only get cake after your victory candescence.
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    Image of FishinginCrisis FishinginCrisis
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    No love for MomCorp?
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    Image of Regular_Stormy Regular_Stormy
    04/18/09

    @FishinginCrisis: She puts up such a good facade though.
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    04/18/09

    @Regular_Stormy: She IS the world's most huggable industrialist. But I agree - clearly evil.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/18/09

    @vulcanized and zombified: Manservant Neville puts up a good front, too. But Mom's completely evil and ruthless.
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    Image of Clarox Clarox
    04/18/09

    In reply to 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction
    No Massive Dynamics?
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    04/18/09

    @Clarox: we don't know if they're EVIL yet - we just know they're suspicious and immoral.
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