Landru

Pointing this out causes their heads to explode, like that stupid computer 'Landru' in the original Star Trek, or when HAL starts decomposing in 2001.

Is Kevin Drum a Clinton sycophant? Ann Althouse 2007

Think of Vaal or Landru or Apollo from Star Trek, or the dudes with no faces from Beneath the Planet of the Apes who lived underground and had way-cool Mind Powers and worshipped a still-working atom bomb.

MIND MELD: Gods by the Bushel 2009

Vincent's Central Control operates from the same motives of hatred and cruelty as Ellison's AM, and the regimented society it creates could serve as a model for those of Landru and the Oracle of the People.

Deprogramming "Master Control" Johnny Pez 2010

If they worship atom bombs, or Vaal, or Landru, or the Great God Finuka, those religious ideas are on stage because they are strange and novel.

MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Antithetical to Religion? 2008

Other ideas have interest - Khan, Gorn, Landru, alternate universe, or the Doomsday machine.

JJ Abrams Says Shatner and Khan Are Possible in Star Trek Sequel | /Film 2009

The meme connects up with the general "sex killers use knives" motif that English-speakers get from Jack the Ripper Francophone sex-killers, from what I understand, come from Landru, and strangle their victims, so take that, Dr. Freud and perhaps some now-forgotten paperback, true-crime pulp, or B-movie about a hook-handed killer.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2009

The meme connects up with the general "sex killers use knives" motif that English-speakers get from Jack the Ripper Francophone sex-killers, from what I understand, come from Landru, and strangle their victims, so take that, Dr. Freud and perhaps some now-forgotten paperback, true-crime pulp, or B-movie about a hook-handed killer.

princeofcairo: Hooking The Hook princeofcairo 2009

So, I hope and pray to Set, the Snake God, that the Bolsheviks are right that terrorism does not come to disturb the peace and tranquility of our fellow Landru-Canadians.

Archive 2007-07-01 2007

(TNG: "Peak Performance") 19 c4000 BC Landru of Beta III in C-111 chose to construct a computer to continue providing guidance to the planet as if he is still alive.

A Larger War on Terror? Cole, David 2008

Landru, channeling Seinfeld, asks: "Maybe it is just me, but what is the deal with hiding cash in a safety deposit box?"

Active Comment Threads - The Consumerist 2007