Ubjon wrote:I only play Eve Online now and with the exception of ships designed for hauling stuff and mining they are all warships of one sort or another and are recognisable as such. Personally I find it a somewhat inescapable fact of sci fi that most ships need to have some kind of offensive capacity as most the environments the stories play out in are hostile and it must be apparant that they have weaponary.

In the Culture books by Iain M Banks even the peaceful Mind ships have impressive weaponary.

MacIver wrote:

Ubjon wrote:I only play Eve Online now and with the exception of ships designed for hauling stuff and mining they are all warships of one sort or another and are recognisable as such. Personally I find it a somewhat inescapable fact of sci fi that most ships need to have some kind of offensive capacity as most the environments the stories play out in are hostile and it must be apparant that they have weaponary.

In the Culture books by Iain M Banks even the peaceful Mind ships have impressive weaponary.

As far as I'm aware the only unarmed ship in sci-fi is Serenity. And even then they stuck a gun on the top in the movie.

MacIver wrote:

Ubjon wrote:I only play Eve Online now and with the exception of ships designed for hauling stuff and mining they are all warships of one sort or another and are recognisable as such. Personally I find it a somewhat inescapable fact of sci fi that most ships need to have some kind of offensive capacity as most the environments the stories play out in are hostile and it must be apparant that they have weaponary.

In the Culture books by Iain M Banks even the peaceful Mind ships have impressive weaponary.

As far as I'm aware the only unarmed ship in sci-fi is Serenity. And even then they stuck a gun on the top in the movie.

Ubjon wrote:

Eryemil wrote:Why are the human ships in sci-fi always so clunky and boring? I guess they do it to make the alien ones appear more different but it makes me apathetic to the human factions.

I think the functional design is more realistic.

Kytescall wrote:I'd almost forgotten...

The Starfury fighters from Babylon 5:



Originally I thought it was just an X-Wing/TIE fighter cross, but it is easily the coolest and most intelligently designed starfighter in science fiction. For once it actually looks as though it is designed to operate in zero-g. I personally look at it more as an MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit - pictured below) with guns and bigger thrusters.

Around 1995 ("two years into the show") NASA expressed an interest in the design as a work vessel for the International Space Station. They apparently consider the design to "make the most sense" for zero-g work due to the thruster and wing setup. They approached the shows co-executive producer (J. Michael Straczynski) for permission to use the design, which was given provided the Star Fury name was not altered.[8]

MacIver wrote:Sunshine was almost the perfect sci-fi movie (and the Icaruses were a great design!).

The only thing that let it down was the ending (meh) and the fact they never even tried to explain how artificial gravity worked.

But considering it was Danny Boyle's first sci-fi movie....pretty damn good.

felltoearth wrote:

MacIver wrote:Sunshine was almost the perfect sci-fi movie (and the Icaruses were a great design!).

The only thing that let it down was the ending (meh) and the fact they never even tried to explain how artificial gravity worked.

But considering it was Danny Boyle's first sci-fi movie....pretty damn good.

Great movie though I agree about the ending. Upped the cheese-o-meter.

How about the starship Yamoto? I loved Star Blazers when I was a kid. A live action version is about to be released.

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn wrote:

as for those who mentioned EVE Online, how'd you put up with the ludicrous fees (WOW costs £7.99 in 6mo deal Eve is £9.06 (which is also about £2 more than the US version...)

Joe09 wrote:

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn wrote:

as for those who mentioned EVE Online, how'd you put up with the ludicrous fees (WOW costs £7.99 in 6mo deal Eve is £9.06 (which is also about £2 more than the US version...)

i pay 3-monthly at 38.85euros or about £10.70 a month

how is that ludacris? hell im a student and thats affordable lol

felltoearth wrote:

MacIver wrote:Sunshine was almost the perfect sci-fi movie (and the Icaruses were a great design!).

The only thing that let it down was the ending (meh) and the fact they never even tried to explain how artificial gravity worked.

But considering it was Danny Boyle's first sci-fi movie....pretty damn good.

Great movie though I agree about the ending. Upped the cheese-o-meter.

Joe09 wrote:

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn wrote:

as for those who mentioned EVE Online, how'd you put up with the ludicrous fees (WOW costs £7.99 in 6mo deal Eve is £9.06 (which is also about £2 more than the US version...)

i pay 3-monthly at 38.85euros or about £10.70 a month

how is that ludacris? hell im a student and thats affordable lol

Ubjon wrote:
Rockhopper

Kytescall wrote:

felltoearth wrote:

MacIver wrote:Sunshine was almost the perfect sci-fi movie (and the Icaruses were a great design!).

The only thing that let it down was the ending (meh) and the fact they never even tried to explain how artificial gravity worked.

But considering it was Danny Boyle's first sci-fi movie....pretty damn good.

Great movie though I agree about the ending. Upped the cheese-o-meter.

How about the starship Yamoto? I loved Star Blazers when I was a kid. A live action version is about to be released.

I think I must have violated some law for never having seen Yamato despite being Japanese (the ship design doesn't appeal to me).

Based on what I know of it, though, is it just me or is there some similarities between Yamato and the Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade?

CookieJon wrote:

felltoearth wrote:

MacIver wrote:Sunshine was almost the perfect sci-fi movie (and the Icaruses were a great design!).

The only thing that let it down was the ending (meh) and the fact they never even tried to explain how artificial gravity worked.

But considering it was Danny Boyle's first sci-fi movie....pretty damn good.

Great movie though I agree about the ending. Upped the cheese-o-meter.

Was it good? I haven't seen it in a while, but I seem to remember it was just "zombies in space" (albeit in a cool setting with the sun-thing and all)

Reminded me of the movie Event Horizon - started well, looked fantastic but degenerated into a mess.

Although that might be just because of my avatar.

felltoearth wrote:How about the starship Yamoto? I loved Star Blazers when I was a kid. A live action version is about to be released.

Kytescall wrote:...Based on what I know of it, though, is it just me or is there some similarities between Yamato and the Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade?

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn wrote:

Joe09 wrote:

PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn wrote:

as for those who mentioned EVE Online, how'd you put up with the ludicrous fees (WOW costs £7.99 in 6mo deal Eve is £9.06 (which is also about £2 more than the US version...)

i pay 3-monthly at 38.85euros or about £10.70 a month

how is that ludacris? hell im a student and thats affordable lol

because I wouldn't have any time to do uni coursework trying to get my moneys worth out of that. what gets me is you have to buy the game as well as pay subscription fees.

half considering guild wars, as thats fee free.

HughMcB wrote:

Slighty better one...