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mgrad784 — 13 years ago(July 27, 2012 03:10 PM)

Thanks

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Or, as he says, "My life.is not for any Earthling to give, or TAKE!" So, suicide vs the shame of a Earthling killing the mighty Ming.

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I read somewhere in the comic ming has magical powers and there is a cave somewhere only his bloodline knows about with some type of coffin chamber that hiscessence goes to to be restored whenever he's killed.

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The Legendary Max Von Sydow who, in his 80s, has just finished lending his considerable gravitas and distinction to Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens.
I'm surprised you did not know him, he's been in everything!
A no-brainer they would have wanted him back for any sequel and the ring would have afforded a "rebirth" as Mongo is more technologically advanced than Earth and the Emperor's power is even further developed and a mystery to all, as he is a dictator and would not easily share this knowledge or that of secret passages and people and plans put in place for the possibility of his death/assassination.
Any form of technology that is sufficiently advanced would, in comparison to ours, be indistinguishable from magic.
If I was Barin, I would be prepared for a BAD TIME, as happened in the 30s shows.
"I don't recall dying - must have happened when I was too drunk to give a flying FU..

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Heck, I can't even find who played Ming in the actor list above.

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BINGO! His plan was to use the ring to store his 'soul'(for lack of a better word) then possess whomever picked up the ring later on. In the meantime, everyone would think he was dead.
Basically, it was a sequel hook for a sequel that never happened.
It'll be like Luke Duke and the other guy.
Really?
Yeah.
NO!

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I always thought he got sucked into the ring.

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lmao I was thinking the same thing.

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that didn't look like his hand that picked up the ring as ming did not wear a gloved hand. maybe one of his servants? I dunno, but the fact you hear a laugh means he isn't quite as dead as we thought lol. they always do this! same thing with masters of the universe.
Realism, Remakes and Unnecessary Sequels are ruining movies!

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He faked his own death. At the very end you hear him laugh and see his hand pick up the ring from the dust of his supposed corpse.

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