Charlton Heston's Impact On Sci-Fi

An anonymous reader writes "As you're probably already aware, Charlton Heston passed away yesterday. Wired has a piece looking back at Heston's extremely notable work in the sci-fi genre, with roles in films like "Planet of the Apes" and "Soylent Green". 'Heston also roared out some of sci-fi's greatest and most memorable lines, bringing his macho swagger and over-the-top intensity to the screen in movies like 1973's food freak-out flick Soylent Green and the Planet of the Apes series. In a pivotal scene from 1968's Planet of the Apes (see clip), Heston's character, time-traveling astronaut George Taylor, utters the first words spoken by a human to the simian rulers of a bizarro future Earth: "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!'"

Let's not forget

[Anonymous Coward]

He also fought for our rights to carry phasers and other types of disintegrator rays.

Republicans

[deft]

Would also likely point out his work in Michael Moore sci-fi films.

Damn, I'm totally independant, but I wish I was republican for a moment, if for nothing else but to throw out that zinger.

Oblig.

[Ethanol-fueled]

*Pries the musket from his cold, dead hands [about.com]*

Most famous quote.

[tomhudson]

Read the journal entry, and the first comment. I don't want to take any credit away from plover [slashdot.org] ... http://slashdot.org/~tomhudson/journal/200218 [slashdot.org]

...and the originator of "you can have ... when you pry it from my cold, dead hands".

I call shotgun!

Because apparently we CAN pry it from his cold, dead hands.

Re:Oblig.

[AaxelB]

Damn you! I was just looking for somewhere to post this [shortpacked.com] and be witty.

The Line That Almost Was

[Skeetskeetskeet]

"Get your stinking ankh off me you damn dirty Pharaoh!!!"

Re:Finally...

[urcreepyneighbor]

He was not the right-wing nut that some people claim him to be.

Ssh! The truth isn't convenient! ;)

Re:Let's not forget

[Duhavid]

Now, now, you are getting into interpreting the constitution there. Guns was all they had back then, so that is all you can have now.

Re:Yeah, Heston!

[Vectronic]

I searched and searched, and I just could not find the movie where he played the "Dog Fucking Fag"...

If you are so Anti-Heston, you could at least explain why you are... such, you are Pro-Gun Control, or Anti-Biblical Stories, or something...

But, i'll assume that when you die, many people will spout off... "I am glad that anonymous fucking coward is dead"

Is his hand cold?

[Barlo_Mung_42]

I call dibs on the gun.

MOSES?

[Ralph Spoilsport]

WHO is this MOSES???

RS

Re:He was legend

[Tumbleweed]

The original ending is the zombies win. No producer in Hollywood will ever shoot an ending like that.

Sure ... unlike pretty much every zombie movie ever made.

Re:Let's not forget

[moderatorrater]

Ray Guns Don't Kill Zygornians, Zygornians kill Zygornians!

Re:Let's not forget

[Anonymous Coward]

Dibs on prying the gun from his cold, dead hands.

Re:Most famous quote.

[jollyreaper]

What people fail to realise is that Aussies were never really gun nuts to start with, owning a handgun has always been uncommon, carrying one has always been socially unacceptable.

Well no kidding, have you seen what passes for knives over there?

Re:Oblig

[mfnickster]

> What will they say about Slashdot? All I can think of is that the first page of the guest book at the way will be full of "FRIST PO$T!!1!"

They'll probably say "NETCRAFT CONFIRMS IT."

Re:MOSES?

[lord merlin]

Not sure, and off-topic, but I am spartacus....

Re:MOSES?

[bakes]

No no - *I* am Spartacus!

Re:RIP

[Anonymous Coward]

I second the motion for James Earl Jones.

Re:Most famous quote.

[TempeTerra]

Richard Stallman, is that you? [xkcd.com]

Re:MOSES?

[Avagadro's.Phone.Num]

Edward G. Robinson said it best... "Where's your Moses now? See..."

Re:RIP

[elrous0]

Bah, Calculon had a terrible voice before they gave him that 1.7 upgrade.