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& so it begins Top 75 Spaceships in movies and TV

In BetweenIn Between The Ultimate Lurker
Found this while /. ing

[url]http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/286589/top_75_spaceships_in_movies_and_tv.html[/url]


Not many B5 ships in this "Greatest Hits List":(

Comments

  • It appears that other B5 fans have made their point clear in the comments section, so I don't need to register to fill an complaint :P

    Nice find though, with all of its flaws. Though you can only find flaws if its about peoples opinions..
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    What do you mean by not many B5 ships? I counted exactly none.

    Whoever compiled that list needs to fix that oversight. Still, many of those designs are familiar to me. That said, I may have some catching up to do with those that aren't. My all-time favourite is still the Odyssey (and the Enterprise, of course) which I first saw as a kid.

    I agree with the comments posted. My apologies to Dr. Who fans, but the Dradis phone booth has no business being in that list.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    The guy who compiled the list replied saying he just didnt like any of the B5 Ships.

    Odd since Star Trek and Star Wars give him a hardon, since he stacked his list of 75 with what, 15 ships from ST/SW?

    I do agree with some of his choices, the Nostromo and Sulaco, Discovery, the EVA-POD, the Dropship... some of those are badass ships. hell even the Roger Young rocked.
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    Well that Leonov is on that list and thats pretty close to an Omega destroyer.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    WTH? One of the ugliest ships in sci-fi, Slave 1, is in the top 10..
  • Obvious lack of B5 is just....argh. How can you not like the shadow ships?

    Notice how non-alien these ships are, you can see them all serving the Earth Alliance, but not anybody else.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    The Star Fury belongs near the top for sheer excellence of design, irrespective of personal opinion. When NASA calls and asks if they can use your fictional design in research into real ship designs, you've done something right. :p
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    Neat list, some very nice insight into the development of many of the models there, but it was definitely not a ranking, nor did it do a good job with the rankings of the ships they listed.

    The one thing I'd love to see in a TV/Movie is a deep space vessal that truely respects the laws of physics. The Discovery is a close as yet been seen and that was designed 30 years ago.

    On the other hand, for a single passenger, limited distance vessal, the Starfury got as close to obeying the laws of physics as you can get without be strictly tied to current tech.

    Jake
  • DarthCaligulaDarthCaligula Elite Ranger
    thats cuz babylon gay is just a rip off of star trek did u c wut i said babylon gay cuz itz gay lol
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    Freejack, thats part of the reason i loved the Roger Young in Starship Troopers, it took every possible law of physics... and threw it out the damned window, Lol, sometimes its fun to watch a ship that could not ever exist in our universe.


    But you are right, seeing ships that do obey true laws is always nice. and very infrequent.
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    Yep, I think that we are so tied to our mariner past that we imagine that all spacefaring "ships" are constructed like and move like seafaring vessels, so I think many producers believe that if you want audiences to "believe" your SFX you have to construct ships that are very boat-like (the Rodger Young is a good example).

    I suspect that a large scale spacefaring vessel that is designed to the constraints of physics would look very foregin to most. Or at the very least lack much of the granduer that movie ships are designed to convey.

    Jake
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    Oh, you mean kind of like the Whale probe from ST4...
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    What the crap?
    Nearly half of them are those "includes every clichee - never mind about physics or usefulness" types!
    Considering that there should have been plenty of space for at least Omega destroyer, Shadow Battlecrab and Starfury.


    [QUOTE=Freejack;183033]I suspect that a large scale spacefaring vessel that is designed to the constraints of physics would look very foregin to most.[/QUOTE]While ships assembled on surface of planets with atmospheres would have to be rather sleek every ship built in space or for example on asteroids wouldn't have to give damn about looking aerodynamic.
    Neither there would be much space availability problems restricting them to compact solid objects so putting any potentially hazardous systems farther from crew area etc. would be surely considered during design.
  • One ship that I'd like to have seen there that wasn't B5 was the USS Cygnus from The Black Hole. Love or hate the film, you can't deny the Cygnus was a beautiful design. No Battlestars either (either version)? Or the Ajax from Flash Gordon or the Draconia?
  • HuntSmackerHuntSmacker Firstones Ambassador to Starcraftia
    That site is boycotted. :P
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