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For Trek’s 45th Birthday: 10 Underappreciated Aspects of Classic Trek.

45 years of Star Trek in one handy timeline.

Dread Central interviews Kathryn Leigh Scott.

Comics fans react angrily to Batman’s reboot in 1987.

Nike unveils limited edition Back to the Future Part 2 sneakers. All proceeds will go to Michael J. Fox Foundation, which helps fight Parkinson’s Disease.

The AV Club asks what everyone’s first R rated movies were. So those on my friends list: what was your first R movie? It doesn’t matter if it was in or out of the theater. Mine was Army of Darkness, when I was 11. They showed the trailer in a local video rental store, and Dad agreed to get it. So once Mom was out of the house to go shopping, Dad and I watched it. This was followed by The Good Son—he tried to watch it alone in the bedroom, but I snuck in and watched directly behind him. Asked a question near the end, just about gave him a heart attack.

An exclusive introduction for Doctor Who’s The Girl Who Waited.

Michael Hart passed away on September 6th, at the age of 64. He was the founder of Project Gutenberg. May he rest in peace.