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Neci Maren
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Posted - 2009.10.08 12:41:00 -
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"...So the whole idea that CCP has with EVE is that we're trying to make the ultimate science fiction simulator. We're trying to create this world, this rich, deep world that goes in and expands out and recreates every one of those cool sci-fi moments you've had in movies and books, and everything when you think of science fiction. We want EVE to be like that, and bombing planets is definitely one of them, the seedy bar, and the canteena, all of that stuff." Noah of CCP
I keep hearing this from CCP, and I would like to respond with my favorite Sci-fi moments and ask you, the EVE players, for yours.
One of my favorite Sci-fi moments is a classic, Obi-wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, sitting in the falcon while luke is going up against the Remote and learning about the force from Obi-wan. It seemed like a home from the chaos, if only for a moment they were all part of this wierd hero family and no matter how much the empire shot at them they were always able to juke out of the way or rely on Han and Chewbacca to get them out of trouble. This also takes place when they're sitting in the asteroid in the Empire Strikes Back where Han first kisses Leia. I want my own Millennium Falcon, not for really fighting as much as I just want a place to chill with my friends while we wait to make our next move to get out of the **** we got ourselves in.
Wing Commander. Two instances from both the game and the movie I enjoy, it has been a while since I've seen or played it, but I'll try to recap the experience properly. The scouts are waiting attached to an asteroid for the enemy fleet. You're out there, with only your friend, your ship, and in the middle of a whole ****load of danger. I want to be one of those two pilots in that system with my best friend, attached to an asteroid trying to avoid enemy patrols waiting for them to pass before I can get a signal out to warn the fleet.
The Tigerclaw. You and your fellow pilots are in the middle of a fight you're probably going to lose but you are the tip of the sword. You're on call 24/7 and have to go whenever the klaxons start to blare. Some of the pilots don't make it back, mostly just rookies though. You're among the greats, Iceman, your hero, and others. They're all crack shots and you're privileaged to be part of that community although you're probably in a hopeless struggle against an enemy that has far superior numbers. I want to be a fighter pilot on a carrier.
So what are your favorite sci-fi moments?
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Hamshoe
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Posted - 2009.10.08 12:50:00 -
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"Ladies and gentlemen, please do not panic! But SCREAM! Scream for your lives! "
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RedClaws
Amarr
Dragon's Rage
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2009.10.08 12:52:00 -
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"DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! Hit your burners pilot!"
-- Freespace 2
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Mrmuttley
National Health Service
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Posted - 2009.10.08 13:27:00 -
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Can I have a Lazy Gun ? Please?
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Louis deGuerre
Gallente
The Rise of The Dragon Knights
Void Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.08 13:38:00 -
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Malcolm: "This is the captain, we have a slight problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then explode."
Jayne: "I don't wanna explode"
from the Movie of the FireFly series, Serenity
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Sol: A microwarp drive? In a battleship? Are you insane? They arenĘt built for this!
Clear Skies - The Movie
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Tamsin Rhylis
Minmatar
Space Tide Syndicate
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Posted - 2009.10.08 14:27:00 -
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There are four main quotes that stuck with me:
"The mind is a strange and wonderful thing. I'm not sure it'll ever be able to figure itself out. Everything else maybe, from the atom to the universe, everything except itself." - Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
"The universe is composed of infinite planes of the random." - Random Quest.
"Any sort of ship you have to learn to pilot; it takes a long time, a new set of reflexes, a different and artificial way of thinking. Even riding a bicycle demands an acquired skill, very different from walking, whearas a spaceship - oh, brother! I won't live that long. Spaceships are for acrobats who are also mathematicians" - Starship Troopers.
"The issue isn't whether you're paranoid, It's whether you're paranoid enough." - Strange Days.
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Dimitri Kerensky
Stardust Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.10.08 14:46:00 -
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Sitting alone in the movie theater after the opening weekend and watching "The last Starfighter". Come on, that movie wasn't that bad 
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Sirani
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Posted - 2009.10.08 14:52:00 -
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"I am right hand of vengeance and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to earth. I am death incarnate and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me."
"I am Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet."
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Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2009.10.08 14:53:00 -
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 Originally by: Neci Maren
One of my favorite Sci-fi moments is a classic, Obi-wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, sitting in the falcon while luke is going up against the Remote and learning about the force
And that's when you stopped talking about science fiction.
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Nalena Arlath
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Posted - 2009.10.08 14:59:00 -
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"I jus cannea do eet Cap'n! I dun haf the puuwer!"
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Winters Chill
Amarr
24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:05:00 -
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My top Fav SCI FI moments in film:-
1) The "boarding action" in New Hope
2) The Marines entering the atmosphere processor scene in Aliens
3) The fort scene in starship troopers
4) The first five minutes of FF: spirits within, its a shame the rest of the movie sucked, but the first 5 minutes of the dead world and guys in armour shooting at weird ghosts, that was pretty cool.
5) The lobby scene in the matrix
There are lots of classic sci fi moments in the star wars saga, so classic, that we now take them for granted. A world without the iconic AT-AT scene or the death star run is unimageable.
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Blane Xero
Amarr
The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:16:00 -
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"Your capacitor is empty"
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Haruhiist since December 2008
Originally by: CCP Fallout
:facepalm:
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Commoner
Caldari
The Tuskers
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:21:00 -
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Originally by: Sirani
"I am right hand of vengeance and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to earth. I am death incarnate and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me."
"I am Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet."
The first quote is so awesome, isn't it Lt. Ivanova from Babylon 5? Awesome ep!
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fivetide humidyear
Gallente
Fool Mental Junket
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:22:00 -
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the chairmaker.
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Haakelen
Gallente
Noir.
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:27:00 -
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Originally by: Tamsin Rhylis
"The issue isn't whether you're paranoid, It's whether you're paranoid enough." - Strange Days.
"They should've sent a poet."
"My god, it's full of stars."
"3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997."
Although the last one makes me feel old.
Originally by: Jack Jombardo
CCP love pirate, griffer, and other criminal acters!
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Atropos Kahn
Caldari
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:34:00 -
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When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
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zombiedeadhead
Minmatar
In Your Head
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:39:00 -
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When the ape throws the bone into the air, and it cuts to a spaceship.
And BTW, Star wars isn't Sci-Fi.
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Sergep Vitor
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Posted - 2009.10.08 15:48:00 -
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Of course not, we all have a deathstar ready for launch in our back garden 
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Captian Conrad
Minmatar
Empyrean Warriors
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Posted - 2009.10.08 16:19:00 -
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Originally by: Sergep Vitor
Of course not, we all have a deathstar ready for launch in our back garden
I know i do 
I think firefly/serenity quotes are my fav's Firefly Dino Scene :D
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.10.08 16:23:00 -
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Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
Confirming this.
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Blane Xero > Lance is at -0.9 sec status with a 1 million bounty. LAnce is also amarrian. Thats 3 evil points |
Arous Drephius
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Posted - 2009.10.08 16:28:00 -
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Originally by: Lance Fighter
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
Confirming this.
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This.
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Illectroculus Defined
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Posted - 2009.10.08 16:37:00 -
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The appendix in 'Consider Phlebas' - describing the scope of the Culture - Idiran war. And the rest of the culture novels for good measure.
The Kobayshi Maru, and Khan quoting Moby ****
'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attacked ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the TannhSuser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to die.'
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Stitcher
Caldari
ForgeTech Industries
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Posted - 2009.10.08 16:56:00 -
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Edited by: Stitcher on 08/10/2009 16:56:54
"You are fined one credit for a violation of the verbal moralities statute."
Pretty much all of The Fifth Element, but especially the reconstruction scene.
Oh, and Dan Simmons' "Ilium", wherein robots from Jupiter fly a skyscraper-sized starship powered by nuclear bombs to a quantum-shifted copy of Earth where post-human immortals are posing as the ancient Greek gods and re-enacting the battle of Troy.
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Verin "Stitcher" Hakatain. |
Julien Olivier
The Society for Creative Euthanasia
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:05:00 -
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Originally by: Haakelen
"They should've sent a poet."
Aww, man, you beat me to it. Contact, the movie is almost as good as the book.
Originally by: Illectroculus Defined
'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attacked ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the TannhSuser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to die.'
...Damn, twice in a row!
'It's a shame she won't live - but then, who does?'
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Atropos Kahn
Caldari
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:12:00 -
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"you lose the race... you lose your car"
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VoiceInTheDesert
Inroads
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:16:00 -
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Originally by: Arous Drephius
Originally by: Lance Fighter
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
Confirming this.
This.
More of this
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Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:17:00 -
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After thinking about it for a while...
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
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Atropos Kahn
Caldari
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:18:00 -
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How could I forget...
LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!
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Aurora Nyx
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:22:00 -
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Ripley: Get away from her, you b**ch!
And in second place.... every other scene from Aliens.
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keymaker
DEATHFUNK
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:23:00 -
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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die. "
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Mire Stoude
The Undesirables
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:39:00 -
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Edited by: Mire Stoude on 08/10/2009 17:42:09
The Galactica jumping into the upper atmosphere of New Caprica, plumetting to the ground, launching fighters, then jumping back into space to engage the Cylon fleet alone.
Then of course, later in the same episode, the Pegasus jumping in to save the Galactica. Engaging the Cylons and eventually ramming their fleet after it sustained too much damage.
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Clone 1
Laughing Leprechauns Corporation
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:44:00 -
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Originally by: Mire Stoude
Edited by: Mire Stoude on 08/10/2009 17:42:09
The Galactica jumping into the upper atmosphere of New Caprica, plumetting to the ground, launching fighters, then jumping back into space to engage the Cylon fleet alone.
Then of course, later in the same episode, the Pegasus jumping in to save the Galactica. Engaging the Cylons and eventually ramming their fleet after it sustained too much damage.
Yep this and
Morden: So what are you going to do, Mollari? Huh? Blow up the island.
Londo Mollari: Actually, now that you mention it.
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The Angels Have the Phone Box |
Musha Aleste
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Posted - 2009.10.08 17:48:00 -
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Kaneda: He's not your friend, he's ours! If somebody's gonna kill him, it should be us!
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Kirin Anasazi
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.08 18:14:00 -
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+1 for the Galactica's suprise attack over New Caprica.
Pretty much every bit of Firefly/Serenity.
Rid**** in Pitch Black - "Did not know who he was f****n' with."
The bar and gunfight in Outland.
The final battle in the Dahak trilogy by David Drake.
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Suneai
Gallente
Jovian Labs
Jovian Enterprises
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Posted - 2009.10.08 18:22:00 -
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Edited by: Suneai on 08/10/2009 18:22:24
Originally by: Tamsin Rhylis
"The issue isn't whether you're paranoid, It's whether you're paranoid enough." - Strange Days.
I love that film so much! Watched it about 20 times when it came out.
The Fifth Element
Police: Are you classified as human?
Korben Dallas: Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
Farscape:
John Crichton: Have we sent the 'Don't shoot, we're pathetic' transmission yet?
I always think of the Farscape one when I think of people getting caught and ransomed by a pirate.
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Beckoner Venhatha
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Posted - 2009.10.08 18:30:00 -
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Title sequence in Space : Above and Beyond
Can't go wrong with the USMCSAC!
(pity the series wasn't as good as it should have been)
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Myung Chul
Gallente
Federation of Xenotech
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Posted - 2009.10.08 18:38:00 -
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"punch it chewy" :P
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Alaric Dustwalker
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Posted - 2009.10.08 18:51:00 -
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"Kaylee, what happened here? Were there monkeys? Some terrible space monkeys maybe got loose in here?!?!"
--Captain Malcom Reynolds, Serenity (Firefly)
anything with space monkeys = win
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Grek Forto
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Posted - 2009.10.08 18:57:00 -
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Edited by: Grek Forto on 08/10/2009 18:58:26
"When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust..." - Whoever said it.
This
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Vall Kor
Minmatar
Stealthfield
Ihatalo Cartel Navy
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Posted - 2009.10.08 19:21:00 -
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'My god it's full of stars."
"By way of deception, thou shalt do war"
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Jack Airron
Gallente
Setenta Corp
Libertas Fidelitas
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Posted - 2009.10.08 19:26:00 -
[41]
EP 200 of stargate SG1
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Illectroculus Defined
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Posted - 2009.10.08 19:39:00 -
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The end of Blakes 7 - best series finale ever.
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Aggelos Theristes
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Posted - 2009.10.08 19:52:00 -
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Originally by: VoiceInTheDesert
Originally by: Arous Drephius
Originally by: Lance Fighter
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
Confirming this.
This.
More of this
Even more of this.
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Kweel Nakashyn
shadow and cloaking
Mordus Angels
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Posted - 2009.10.08 19:57:00 -
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Easy question...
#1, by far, is the opening of any never-seen-before Star Wars film. Horns, trumpet and so on heavilly pop in. "A long time ago"... I'll never forget these moments of pure joy.
The whole Blade Runner film is great. And I loved Dune. I'm planing to read the books after I read every Discworld I could grab in french (I'm in "Carpe Jugulum" and it's the last affordable one in french, others are at 15Ē).
I loved end of BSG season 1.
Anyway, one of my best moment in a scifi theme... is in Eve. It was in end of 2007 I think, within Tau Ceti federation, when GoonSwarm and TCF tried to one-shoot Veritas Immortalis's capital. Lokta Volterra came in with numbers.
With a titan.
And they hit us in the face very hard. We didn't knew they had a titan.
I immediatly was motivating people on our TS because we were really soooooooo choked.
And our people got over it. And TCF came back with a whole new fleet.
And TCF one-shot VI. Then GS guys came and put france national anthem on our TS, the "Marseillaise" just for fun...
This campaign was sooooooo epic and great !! :)
EVE allready rocks guys !!! :)
Fetchez la vache !
moar(tm) < soon(tm) :(
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Chooch Chooch
Chooch Inc.
Twilight Federation
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Posted - 2009.10.08 20:12:00 -
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I was at this party once and got really toasted. Had this chick drop me off at home got into my robe turned off the lights and was hanging out watching tv, smoking a cigarette. All of a sudden outside these flshing colored lights were coming in from all of the windows. In the smoke it was downright earie.
Of course being totally ****faced at the time I could have sworn the mother ship landed it was right out of close encounters of the third kind. I went to the door opened it up threw my hands in the air and shouted tot he lights take me to your planet.
The next thing i heard was my brother yelling to the police officer next to him to "lower your guns its my brother"
See while I was out he drove his girlfriend home but left all the lights on. when he came back all the lights were off except he could see a faint light flickering (the tv). He did not see my car in the dirveway so thought the house was being robbed and called the cops.
I was too drunk to realize that the red and blue and white flashing lights were the police surrounding the house.
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Galen Naranek
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2009.10.08 20:16:00 -
[46]
+1 for Galactica hotdrop
From Babylon 5:
Delenn: Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!
And of course, Aliens:
Hudson: That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over, what the **** are we supposed to now, huh, what are we gonna do?
Burke: Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs.
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That which kills me makes me deader |
Moroder
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Posted - 2009.10.08 20:23:00 -
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Wikus Van De Merwe: Get your ****in' tentacle out of my face!
With the Allspark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. But fate has yielded its own reward: a new world to call home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight, but watching over them in secret, waiting...protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here. We are waiting
not a movie or a quote, but the most memorable, awe inspiring and mind opening sci fi, has got to bo the manifold series of books by stephen baxter, well pretty much any sci fi book by him is awesome.
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Irida Mershkov
Gallente
War is Bliss
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Posted - 2009.10.08 20:30:00 -
[48]
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
This.
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:04:00 -
[49]
My favorite sci-fi experience was the time I built a graviton generator out of a couple of windmills and a few thousand feet of copper wire. I sucked my neighbors car and shed into a temporary black hole - but I never told anyone what happened.
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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Paddlefoot Aeon
SiN. Corp
Sons of Tangra
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:04:00 -
[50]
Edited by: Paddlefoot Aeon on 08/10/2009 21:04:34
The Galactica hot drop is awesome, but I have to say that my favorite moment has to come from Babylon 5.
Its in season two, and the Centauri have just launched their end game offensive against the Narn. The Shadows have just ganked the Narn Fleet, and the Centauri fleet is approaching an undefended Narn homeworld.
Centauri warships are seen in orbit of Narn, using Mass Drivers to bombard the planet with Asteroids harvested from within the system.
And in that moment you see Londo at the window of the command cruiser, this look of abject horror on his face as the assault is reflected in the glass....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjIlqrAfbbg
...and he looks away in shame at the end, knowing that he's just been instrumental in committing what amounts to genocide.
Babylon 5 was a great show.
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K'uata Sayus
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:24:00 -
[51]
The movie "Dune" in its entirety. The dark universe Frank Herbert created reminds me of Eve, and David Lynch (the director) revels in the Gothic detail of the sets.
The characters are human, but not the kind of humans that are from Earth.
The movie didn't do the books justice (which movie ever does?) but it did capture the feel the books conveyed.
EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM. |
Markesian
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:30:00 -
[52]
B5 greatest hits
Do yourself a favor and click it, even if you already know.
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Eran Laude
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:44:00 -
[53]
Galactica hot-drop is a great choice. That is one awesome episode in general.
My others:
- Luke's battle with Vader on Bespin and "that" revelation. Still chills me a bit. JEJ did some awesome VO work for Vader. Also the moment when the Super Star Destroyer is revealed - freakin' awesome.
- Most of Starship Troopers, but notably their first drop. The music, the tension . . . great stuff.
- Roy Batty's death scene in Blade Runner. Not ashamed to admit that I cried when I first saw it.
- Minority Report - every time they used that awesome screen. I still want one
- Ending of BSG. It's a marmite moment in that you will either love it or hate it, but I loved the final episode, and I still cry during that final scene between Laura and Bill in the Raptor.
- Crysis - the alien ship level. It looks stupidly good and offers quite a few tense moments. If the last section had all been 0G and in the ship, it would've been much better. Pretending to be the Predator and using the stealth ability a lot is also win.
- AvP2 - does it need saying why? Roll on AvP3!
- The Matrix - everything from the opening title [even the sound made when the WB logo comes up on screen is awesome] to the end.
Probably a few I've forgotten as well, but those are the reason why I still love sci-fi.
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Originally by: "CCP Whisper"
Boo hoo. Cry some more.
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Landrassa
Friendly Neighbourhood Extortion Company
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:44:00 -
[54]
- The Farscape crew chopping off one of pilot's arms. Nothing like a series where who's good and who's bad largely depend on how long it's been since the last meal.
- Alpha-striking an enemy Mech with 4 ER PPC's.
- The second episode in Babylon 5 where they go to Babylon 4 to send it back in time (serious "oooh, now it makes sense" moment).
- Pretty much anything by Philip K. ****
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Recruitment thread |
Saa Keku
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:47:00 -
[55]
The ultimate hotdrop in BSG was amazing (even after watching it many many times on youtube)
Still one of my favorites is Dark Star (1974) by John Carpenter.
Funny movie from beginning to end! Very campy and low budget but still worth watching.
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Secant
Gallente
Cutting Edge Incorporated
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.08 21:51:00 -
[56]
Hudson: Let's just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we talking about this for?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Hudson: F****n' A...
Burke: Ho-ho-hold on, hold on one second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.
Ripley: They can *bill* me.
In a way the Aliens world reminds me of EVE even more then Dune. Mega corps ruling all, motivated solely by profit.
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Onerv
Minmatar
Blue Republic
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Posted - 2009.10.08 22:10:00 -
[57]
The Eagles from Space:1999,best and most versatile spaceship ever built.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TQ5vuziPj4&feature=related
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R Ramjet
Virgin Galactica
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Posted - 2009.10.08 22:33:00 -
[58]
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
Absolutely my favorite sci-fi moment
Shame the series turned into 'days of our lives in space' after this.
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Minchurra
Caldari
Shadow Veil Industrial
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Posted - 2009.10.08 22:53:00 -
[59]
Edited by: Minchurra on 08/10/2009 22:55:49
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhp5LDSN-w&feature=related
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Crewman Jenkins
Caldari
Malicious Demi-Lancers
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Posted - 2009.10.08 23:06:00 -
[60]
Edited by: Crewman Jenkins on 08/10/2009 23:06:06
Originally by: RedClaws
"DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! Hit your burners pilot!"
-- Freespace 2
Ha, good game. Alot of my most memorable sci-fi moments are from games.
Did anyone play starseige?
Pretty much all of the ones mentioned here are great though.
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Denny Haze
Amarr
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2009.10.08 23:06:00 -
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EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!
'nuff said
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Ryhss
Caldari
Sarum A Fortiori
Sanctimony of Bellum
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Posted - 2009.10.08 23:29:00 -
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Originally by: Musha Aleste
......This: "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." and countless other Hitchhikers quotes.
"The effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
This 5 minutes between posts crap needs to stop, NOW.
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Konoch
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2009.10.08 23:51:00 -
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Starting in Anime: The first shot in Robotech. When the SDF-1 Fires its main guns. (HOT DAMN)
Gundam Wing Finale: WingZero VS Asteroid. Badass.
John Doe: First Episode where everyone is asking him all sorts of questions and he is answering everything. The cobra moment was sweet too.
SG-1 (outtake) The antartica episode where Carter and O'Neil are stuck under the ice. There is a rarely seen outtake where Carter goes off on O'Neil being MacGuyver. (This is one i wont spoil you need to see this for yourself)\
Babylon Five: Three stick out to me. Draal taking control of Epsilon, the whitestar jump into mars, and The big one is during the season four last episode. One of the most epic fights ever.
Halo 3's finale. (the true one)
There is just so much that sticks out its hard to put it all out there.
(i havent highlighted BSG because it was done already)
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Sys Root
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Posted - 2009.10.08 23:54:00 -
[64]
"WE ARE THE BORG"
"YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED"
"RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards
Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.09 00:06:00 -
[65]
DO A BARREL ROLL!
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Relicc
Caldari
Units of Resistance
The Undecided Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.09 00:27:00 -
[66]
Good ol starfox. I won a starfox bomber jacket when I was 10 at the "venture stores starfox challenge" deal.
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Haradgrim
Tyrell Corp
Fuzzy Nut Attack Squirrels
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Posted - 2009.10.09 00:35:00 -
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#1:
The Terminator: The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
Sarah Connor: Skynet fights back.
The Terminator: Yes. It launches its missiles against the targets in Russia.
John Connor: Why attack Russia? Aren't they our friends now?
The Terminator: Because Skynet knows the Russian counter-attack will eliminate its enemies over here.
#2:
All of BSG
#3:
Tie: Space Above and Beyond (all of it), The battle over Antarctica where Jack uses the chair platform in SG-1
Honourable Mentions: FireFly, Blade Runner opening sequence, The Foundation Books by Asimov
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Originally by: CCP Oveur
Just donęt forget the reach-around.
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Angelice
Minmatar
Reikoku
IT Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.09 00:42:00 -
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Some other ones I don't think anyone has mentioned:
1) The first time a "tuning" occurs in Dark City.
2) 'Behold me, family,' Leto said. 'Iam Ari, the Lion of the Atreides. And here - ' Again he shook Ghanima's arm with that powerful ease which set her whole body jerking. ' - here is Aryeh, the Atreides Lioness. We come to set you onto Secher Nbiw, the Golden Path.' - Children of Dune, Frank Herbert where the ensuing climax, which I will not spoil, is awesome! =)
3) Any episode of Red Dwarf (yup I even like the later series).
4) Any part of the Hitchiker's Guide trilogy by Douglas Adams involving Marvin the Paranoid Android.
"To see the right and not to do it is cowardice." - Confucius
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Avernus
Gallente
Imperium Technologies
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Posted - 2009.10.09 00:48:00 -
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The BSG hotdrop was the most memorable, oddly enough thanks to Eve.
Right after the episode I logged in to find a server wide nerdgasm in overload.
Corp channel, local, alliance channel, fleet, allied channels.... nerdgasms everywhere.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2009.10.09 00:54:00 -
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I kinda liked the wraith suicide run on Atlantis in Stargate Atlantis.
If only we had collision damage in EVE then we'd see legions of goons crash into POS shields all day every day.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Jonny Lumi
Gallente
Blend.
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Posted - 2009.10.09 01:30:00 -
[71]
Originally by: RedClaws
"DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! Hit your burners pilot!"
-- Freespace 2
Hehehee. I almost pee'd in my pants when that mission started. As always, headphones and volume cranked up. Surely a memorable thing (and game).
Few other ones from:
ST:TNG:
-There are four fingers!
Hardware(Movie):
- You're always saying things will change.
- Oh yeah they will, they will. But they're going to get worse, before they get any better.
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Awesome Possum
Imperium Signal Corps
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Posted - 2009.10.09 01:46:00 -
[72]
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
"you lose the race... you lose your car"
the wraith!
effin CLASSIC!
love that movie
♥
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paddytehpyro
Dark-Rising
IT Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.09 01:54:00 -
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Edited by: paddytehpyro on 09/10/2009 01:56:25
Edited by: paddytehpyro on 09/10/2009 01:55:41
Edited by: paddytehpyro on 09/10/2009 01:55:03
Sooooo many things to pick from. But, in no particular order:
The BSG Hot drop on new caprica, and the ressurection ship ep/fight.
Stargate SG1 battle over antarctica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwUQT0f9nhE
SG:A Fight over replicator homeworld http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthWqgMnoHQ
Other stargate moments: The Hive, The Seige pt1,2 and 3. The moment a Hatak rams an Ori warship and the Ori ship just shrugs it off and keeps on going. And less Sci-fi but The Shrine from S5 of SG:A is a great ep too.
And possibly my favourite moment in Sci-fi (that I can remember) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQF_DNdtpb8 Season... 9 finale of SG1 if I remember correctly. Also, sorry about the vid. It's late and I cant find one without silly music.
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Vak'ran
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Posted - 2009.10.09 02:03:00 -
[74]
Originally by: morepplthatdontfitthepiramidquitethingy
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
Confirming this.
This.
More of this.
Even more of this.
Confirming this, and also note that I will require my Chimera being able to do this when planetary interaction comes along, a requirement to continue my subscription, even, yes.
Also, "Indeed."
fakedit: 5 min timer on piramidquote error thingy is not cool, you already stopped me, stop stopping me.
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2009.10.09 03:04:00 -
[75]
"It's afraid!"
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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Ella C'Tronix
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Posted - 2009.10.09 12:56:00 -
[76]
"w-w-wh-what's wrong?"
and all of the awesome processed voices in THX-1138
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decoherance
Gallente
The Black Ark
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Posted - 2009.10.09 13:00:00 -
[77]
"Thats no moon"
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Nigel Sheldon
Caldari
Skaro Mining Reborn
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Posted - 2009.10.09 13:05:00 -
[78]
Originally by: Sirani
"I am right hand of vengeance and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to earth. I am death incarnate and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me."
"I am Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet."
Ivanova rules!!!!
keeping with the babylon 5 theme, it would be great that you could turn on current in game news, even if it was just random stuff, or maybe updates of wars in 0-0 stuff like that as in a live feed not just text....would really bring out the player immersion aspects.!
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Sidus Isaacs
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.09 13:31:00 -
[79]
I always loved when Deathstar blows up Alderan... :)
Or when Quinn Dexter bombs a planet in Nights Dawn with asteroids.
I really loved ship of the line fight in B5.
I also liked when HAL9000 kills its crew.
I definatly love the first time in Alien when they see that alien ship for the very first time. You got this awesome erie setting.
I liked quantum destabilizer that turned matter into energy in Pandors Star series of book. Well, when the humans used it the first time to the aliens utter shock and supprise was what was really exicting to read.
I liked the map in Star Craft where you get swarmed by Zerg, and you gotta hold out until rescue came along (Map 3 of Terran campaing was it?).
I liked the excessive use of antimatter weapons by Al Capone in Nights Dawn. When they attacked a planet the sky would shine brighter then any star. :D
And many many more (not all of them violent tho) :)
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Xaffax
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Posted - 2009.10.09 14:54:00 -
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1:The moment the alien pops out of kane.
2:Star Wars. "that's no moon" discovery of the deathstar.
3: Darth Vader (what a bad guy)
4:The space battle with Kahn (star trek II).
5:The doccking sequince of the pc gamme x-tension
6:"No! not for me!" rid**** at the end of pitch black.
7:chess match Avon vs the Klute in Blake's 7
8:Raid on the shadow depository (farscape)
9: Quark leaving Cisco speacheless when makes the arguement that hummans are worse than ferengi.(first time they meet de jem hadar deepspace nine)
10: End movie PC game Hardwar
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Meeogi
Amarr
Debitum Naturae
THE KLINGONS
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Posted - 2009.10.09 15:08:00 -
[81]
TAKE YOUR STINKING PAWS OFF ME, YOU DAMN DIRTY APE!!
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Arous Drephius
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Posted - 2009.10.09 15:48:00 -
[82]
Since it's not been mentioned, all of Homeworld 1 & 2.
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LordMordred
Body Count Inc.
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2009.10.09 16:29:00 -
[83]
Edited by: LordMordred on 09/10/2009 16:30:55
"...Commander Thor..." Finger raise "Supreme Commander"
"What do you, Londo Mollari want?"
"There are four lights!"
"You do not understand, but you will."
"Trying to leave? Sorry... A little more time in Danny's world."
"What do you want?" "I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike. As a warning to the next 10 generations that some favors come at too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me Mr. Morden?"
"And some of us most be sacrificed if all are to be saved. Because if we fail in this, than none of us will be saved. And the Narn, will be only a memory."
I left out exactly where it comes from, that's half the fun.
And so many more, but time to get back to work. And yes, I left out the BSG quotes because many have been posted already, and I'm sure you'll all come up with with some. I'd include more SG1 and SGA stuff, but I'd need to look them up get it right and I'm out of time =)
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.10.09 16:46:00 -
[84]
Originally by: Arous Drephius
Since it's not been mentioned, all of Homeworld 1 & 2.
not sure how I forgot those.
Especially hw1. Most notably.. the mission with the capship stealing thingiemabob. srsly.
Also, the garden missions... those were awesome. And epic. and amazing..
Blane Xero > Lance is at -0.9 sec status with a 1 million bounty. LAnce is also amarrian. Thats 3 evil points |
Ithoriel
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2009.10.09 16:55:00 -
[85]
"Target the Reavers. Target the Reavers! Target everyone! Somebody fire!!" - The Operative from "Serenity"
Thought that might have rung a few bells with EVE Fleet Commanders 
Growing old is mandatory, growing up is entirely optional |
Illwill Bill
Svea Rike
The Council.
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:04:00 -
[86]
The intro to Frontier - Elite 2
Oh, and the Freespace games were awesome.
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GAdm Tyrael
Rum Runners and T2 Ducktape
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:05:00 -
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"... Space balls?!"
"Oh **** there goes the planet."
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Daedalus II
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:17:00 -
[88]
I love the scene in Aliens (special edition) where they have placed two pairs of sentry guns as defense in the corridor leading to the command centre. The aliens attack and from inside they can only hear the first two guns and see on monitors how they use up more and more ammo.
Linky (sorry about the bad quality, also doesn't show the 5 rounds that was left in the last of the guns  )
Also found a video of a pretty cool related program.
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Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:22:00 -
[89]
Why do these threads keep getting randomly moved from OOPE?
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Akiao Isrenth
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:29:00 -
[90]
IT'S A TRAP!
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Zephran Cocharan
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:37:00 -
[91]
At the end of ET when you actually thought he died. Man that was great the stupid muppet was so damn annoying.
The he came back to life and ruined it
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Aisley Tyrion
The Penumbra Initiative
Atropos.
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Posted - 2009.10.09 17:41:00 -
[92]
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains. The stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
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Atropos Kahn
Caldari
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.09 18:01:00 -
[93]
No one mentioned AKIRA!
1. Motorcycle chase scene with the Clown Gang
2. The Hospital Bed scene where Tetsuo starts to lose his mind.
3. The end fight scene where Tetsuo goes from badass to a fat blob of uberness.
Oh... and "Pizza the Hutt" from Space Balls... who ate himself to death.
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Atropos Kahn
Caldari
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.09 18:06:00 -
[94]
Originally by: Akiao Isrenth
IT'S A TRAP!
Can't believe this made its first appearance on page 3 of the thread...
EPIC!
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Anub1s
Amarr
E-x7 Network
G-R-I-E-V-A-N-C-E
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Posted - 2009.10.09 19:39:00 -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HIGlMDanw4
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Lawnchair Commando
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Posted - 2009.10.09 19:50:00 -
[96]
In Independence Day where the F-18 pilot sees the motherships "Holy God"
Similar scene in Godzilla (2000?), Fighter pilot, "We're going to need bigger guns."
Matrix: "Guns, lot's of guns."
Battlestar Galactica hotdrop scene was ****ing awesome... to bad I didn't play eve when I say that scene it would have meant more ;)
"It's a trap!" The Ackbar
Children of Men: The super long seemily uncut single camera action scenes. Spoiler alert, but long single camera scene
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Amanda Mor
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Posted - 2009.10.09 20:18:00 -
[97]
Originally by: Lawnchair Commando
In Independence Day where the F-18 pilot sees the motherships "Holy God"
Similar scene in Godzilla (2000?), Fighter pilot, "We're going to need bigger guns."
Matrix: "Guns, lot's of guns."
Battlestar Galactica hotdrop scene was ****ing awesome... to bad I didn't play eve when I say that scene it would have meant more ;)
"It's a trap!" The Ackbar
Children of Men: The super long seemily uncut single camera action scenes. Spoiler alert, but long single camera scene
Not "seemingly uncut", but actually uncut. There's a mini-doc on the dvd about one of those scenes where they're sneaking around the bombed out city street. IIRC, it was the longest continuous single camera action shot in movie history.
Not enough ST:TNG moments - c'mon, it's the pioneer and inspiration for most of the shows on here!
-Just off the top of my head:
"I am Locutus of Borg." -Picard
"Data!" -Borg Queen
"Resistance is futile." -Data
"Fire everything!!" -Nero (yeah yeah, not TNG, but still a great line with a great delivery)
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Atropos Kahn
Caldari
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.09 20:34:00 -
[98]
You want moar star trek...
There was that one episode where the merged a DS9 episode with the "Trouble with Tribbles".. If some of you can rememeber... they actually digitally imported the DS9 cast into the old star trek scenes... was pretty cool...
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Shawna Gray
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.09 21:03:00 -
[99]
" Dont give me any of that intelligent life crap, just give me something I can blow up"
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Play Thing
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Posted - 2009.10.09 21:15:00 -
[100]
Here's one
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I am all out of bubblegum."
They live.
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Lawnchair Commando
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Posted - 2009.10.09 21:44:00 -
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Quote:
Not "seemingly uncut", but actually uncut. There's a mini-doc on the dvd about one of those scenes where they're sneaking around the bombed out city street. IIRC, it was the longest continuous single camera action shot in movie history.
Yeah afterwards I did youtube that.
Another thing I forgot to add was the movie "Sunshine" with it's epic sound track and visuals. At least the 1rst and 2nd acts of that movie were amazing. Mercury - youtube great visual
Great Music
Really wish I could find where the lead character jumps from the icarus 2 or when they do the shield repair. Truly epic scifi.
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brakespear
Minmatar
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2009.10.09 22:03:00 -
[102]
Originally by: Illectroculus Defined
The end of Blakes 7 - best series finale ever.
QFT
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'people will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.' |
Exitar Stormscion
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Posted - 2009.10.09 22:47:00 -
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Recently watched "Screamers" again. One of those movies that most ppl hate but i loved the atmosphere and the setting of the movie.
Mortal in body
Eternal in will. |
Hoshi
Eviction.
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Posted - 2009.10.09 23:04:00 -
[104]
Originally by: Tamsin Rhylis
"The issue isn't whether you're paranoid, It's whether you're paranoid enough." - Strange Days.
I prefer another quote from that movie. It's in my signature.
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Zeredek
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Posted - 2009.10.09 23:10:00 -
[105]
"I have an obligation to my beloved Federation to settle accounts with this hateful race, these cursed Caldarians. For my entire life, I have mourned for Hueromont, wishing, praying, willing for the day when I could strike back on behalf of those souls who perished. Fate has bestowed upon me this grand opportunity, this great day, to make vengeance for all those who gave their lives for the Federation, the true guardian of our precious Gallentean race.... may you rest in peace now, brave souls of Hueromont, and you, kindred spirits of Nouvelle Rouvenor, knowing that I will take back what was stolen from you... Curse you, Caldari... may I take as many of you with me that I can!"
I like EVE
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MECHcore
Saiyans United
death from above..
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Posted - 2009.10.09 23:25:00 -
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1st = The entire Aliens movie 
2nd = Startrek the wrath of Khan.
3rd = Starwars episode VI the battle of endor.
Honourable mention , BSG with the Pegasus.
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Stuart Price
Caldari
The Black Rabbits
The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2009.10.09 23:33:00 -
[107]
Edited by: Stuart Price on 09/10/2009 23:36:12
+1's to so many, but trying to mention original ones and trying to stick to spaceships if I can (since I could talk about films and/or sci-fi ALL YEAR):
- Latest Star Trek, during the opening scene, where Kirk's mother has just taken off on the shuttlecraft and it has that pan shot across the front of the Kelvin. Weapons fire going off everywhere, turrets tracking vainly against incoming ordinance, explosions tearing at the hull, fires blooming and all in total silence, just that incredibly evocative piece of music backing it up. It only lasts a few seconds but WHAT an image. A strong contender for BEST OPENING TO A FILM EVER (Along with the opening to The Fountain, for me at least).
- Ragnar Anchorage. Galactica gets angry for the first time in the show, one hell of a fireworks show.
- All of Freespace 2. ALL OF IT. Thank god for the Freespace 2 Source Code Project.
- The ending of Unreal 2 (it happens in space! It counts!). Downer ending or what?
- THAT revelation in Knights of the Old Republic. Also, in the sequel, when Atton asks you what happened to your lightsaber, one of the repsonses is, "A Jedi is not defined by his weapon", which to me says something very important about the nature of the Jedi order.
- *EDIT* ALL OF FALLOUT. EVERYTHING FALLOUT EVER (Except BoS on the consoles, but just like Galactica 80, that never happened).
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kangwo
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Posted - 2009.10.09 23:50:00 -
[108]
Originally by: Atropos Kahn
No one mentioned AKIRA!
1. Motorcycle chase scene with the Clown Gang
2. The Hospital Bed scene where Tetsuo starts to lose his mind.
3. The end fight scene where Tetsuo goes from badass to a fat blob of uberness.
Oh... and "Pizza the Hutt" from Space Balls... who ate himself to death.
Oh gosh,do you know how much id pay for an AKIRA style's bike.....20 thousand dollars
Hey i know its kinda kidish...but Treasure Planet...........I love how the space ships are sailing ships...l.do you know how much id pay for an ship of line style ship with 250+ 1000 mm canons.............
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Javelin6
Minmatar
Dirt Nap Squad
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Posted - 2009.10.10 00:43:00 -
[109]
From Space: Above and Beyond, the exchange between LTC. McQueen and the ship's chaplain before hunting "Chiggy Von Richtofen".
Chaplain: Colonel. Colonel! Colonel McQueen! Perhaps you should make peace with your maker.
LTC. McQueen: My maker was some geek in a lab coat with an eyedropper and a petri dish. What do I need to make peace with him for?
Priest: In times of war we must all make peace with our maker.
LTC. McQueen: Well, frankly chaplain I don't think our maker wants to hear from me right now. Because he knows I'm going to go out in his sky in this plane and remove one of His creations from His universe. And when I return, I'm going to drink a bottle of scotch as if it was Chiggy Von Richthofen's blood and celebrate his death.
Priest: Amen.
Also from S:AAB.
Cooper Hawkes: Who monitors the birds?
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Blasphemour
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Posted - 2009.10.12 15:19:00 -
[110]
I was very much impressed by the dialogue between Teal'c and Tomin in Stargate: Ark of Truth when they are in the mess hall of Odyssey.
"Teal'c: Nothing I have done since turning against the goa'uld will make up for the atrocities I once committed in their name. Somewhere deep inside you you knew it was wrong, a voice you did not recognize screamed for you to stop. You saw no way out, it was the way things were, they could not be changed. You're trying to convince yourself the people you're hurting deserved it. You became numb to their pain and suffering, you learned to shut out the voice speaking against it.
Tomin: There's always a choice.
Teal'c: Indeed there is.
Tomin: I chose to ignore it.
Teal'c: Yet you sit here now.
Tomin: I sit here, and I cannot imagine the day when I will forgive myself.
Teal'c: Because it will never come. One day others may try to convince you they have forgiven you, that is more about them than you. For them, imparting forgiveness is a blessing.
Tomin: How do you go on?
Teal'c: It is simple. You will never forgive yourself. Accept it. You hurt others, many others, that cannot be undone. You will never find personal retribution, but your life does not have to end. That which is right, just and true can still prevail. If you do not fight for what you believe in all may be lost for everyone else. But do not fight for yourself, fight for others, others that may be saved through your effort. That is the least you can do"
Not really a Sci-Fi quote but definately an amazing performance.
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Melthariumin
Gallente
Tactical Reconnaissance
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Posted - 2009.10.12 15:39:00 -
[111]
Originally by: Mrmuttley
Can I have a Lazy Gun ? Please?
this!! |
Winged Crime
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.10.12 15:49:00 -
[112]
Thread needs more real sci-fi.
Thread needs less people quoting action movies and fantasy films, it's a sci-fi thread.
Hint: there's been approx. 2-4 science fiction movies made in the past several years
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Chaeryl
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Posted - 2009.10.12 16:09:00 -
[113]
Originally by: Winged Crime
Thread needs more real sci-fi.
Thread needs less people quoting action movies and fantasy films, it's a sci-fi thread.
Hint: there's been approx. 2-4 science fiction movies made in the past several years
Blah, blah, blah!
First off, the end of Cowboy Bebop. Need I say more than "Bang...". Best ending ever.
Another one which hasn't been mentioned here is the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager, more specifically when the Voyager goes all Alien larvae birth on the Borg cube.
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Tipz NexAstrum
Celestial Horizon Corp.
United Corporate Ventures
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Posted - 2009.10.12 23:59:00 -
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1. The Adama maneuver: Hot dropping a Battlestar on unsuspecting Cylons was epic.
2. Star Wars Ep3: The opening space battle.
3. Cybermen vs Daleks:
Cyberman: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
Dalek Sec: Four.
Cyberman: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
Dalek Sec: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek!
Originally by: CCP Navigator
People who think I am joking or talking big are going to understand very quickly that there will be order in these forums.
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Crewman Jenkins
Caldari
Malicious Demi-Lancers
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Posted - 2009.10.13 01:44:00 -
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A boy and his dog.
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Aegis Osiris
Gallente
Failure Avoidance Insurance Limited
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Posted - 2009.10.13 02:04:00 -
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Edited by: Aegis Osiris on 13/10/2009 02:04:47
BSG hotdrop...nuff said.
"Ten minutes later, drifting idly through a cloud, he got a large and extremely disreputable ****tail party in the small of the back." - Gotta love Douglas Adams' ability to set up such ridiculous mental reversals. Plus, the whole '****tail party' description is simply win.
She arose, then: "Lord, could you be wrong about your Golden Path? Does the possibility of failure..."
"Anything and anyone can fail," he said, "but brave good friends help." - God Emperor of Dune. Herbert was a sick genius, really some of the densest storylines, plots, and dialog that would force you to read several times over. Shame about the newer books though; not even close.
Khan: Surely, I have made my meaning plain. I mean to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I deprived your ship of power, and when I swing around, I mean to deprive you of your life. - Ricardo Montalban as an evil genetic genius with pecs...Vader can suck it! heh
I like violet more then pink.
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Mr M
Legion of Illuminated Social Rejects
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Posted - 2009.10.13 02:07:00 -
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Adama maneuver.
Mandalorian dropship in KOTOR2, lighting it's engines just in time to reach the ground.
The scene in Babylon 5 when Vir Cotto finally gets angry. That's a scary scene, like a puppy rampage.
Aliens attacking through the roof in Aliens.
"There are four lights!"
"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra."
Eve Tribune|EVEgeek|Firebrand Radio |
Kaahles
Kentucky Fried Capitals
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Posted - 2009.10.13 02:59:00 -
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A lot of the things that come in my mind at first are also mentioned here like Delenn’s quote form B5 about “if you value your lives be somewhere else” or the galactica hotdrop or the very nice stuff from Firefly.
But for now back to B5 since I’m a huge fan of all those G’Kar / Molari conversations like this one here.
Or the follow up conversation when they are being rescued:
Londo Mollari: There, you see? I'm going to live!
G'Kar: So it would seem. Well, it is an imperfect universe.
Londo: Bastard.
G'Kar: Monster.
Londo: Fanatic!
G'Kar: Murderer!
Londo: You are insane!
G'Kar: And that is why we'll win.
Londo: "Go be the ambassador to Babylon 5," they say. "It will be an easy assignment!" I hate my life.
G'Kar: So do I.
Londo: Shut up!
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OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!
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Otto Durako
The Abyssmal Spire
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Posted - 2009.10.13 03:42:00 -
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Adama: I want you all to understand this, if you do this. There will be no forgiveness. No amnesty. This boy, died honoring his uniform. You, you'll die with nothing.
Roslin: No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own teeth to end you. I swear it. I'm coming for all of you.
BSG: The Oath and Blood on the Scales.
Adama inspires me. And in this episode I had chills when Roslin said that, first time I ever was afraid of her. She had so much emotion behind that, believing the Old Man was dead.
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HankMurphy
Minmatar
Pelennor Swarm
THE KLINGONS
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Posted - 2009.10.13 04:54:00 -
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favorite is a tough call.
i'm going to list the moments that seemed to hang with me for the years and years after...
BLADERUNNER: The Deckard / Rachel dialogue (the one where she asks him if he's ever taken the test.) That and the 'attack ships on fire off the shoulder of orion' monologue
StarWars: When Luke 'faces Vader' (no pun intended) in the treecave on Dagobah. (not sure why)
StarTrek: 'What does god need with a Starship?', The final fight in the nebula vs Khan, V'ger
Stargate: Window of Opportunity. "right in the middle of my backswing!?" really, anything Jack
BSG: anything Adama, ever. the hot drop was great but really, EJO's performance in this series shatters the rest of the cast and anything i've ever seen. He was the show. ppl tear bsg up for tons of reasons (many of them valid), but i'm pretty sure history will prove it to be some of the best scifi ever due almost solely to Olmos' performance.
"....but that's just how I feel about it."
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Jason Marshall
Gallente
Hammer Of Light
Aegis Militia
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Posted - 2009.10.13 04:55:00 -
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"Le Lu Dallas Multi-Pass!?"
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Jolie Tiro
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Posted - 2009.10.13 05:17:00 -
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The battle at the end of At All Costs by David Weber (Alot of great moments throughout the Honor Harrington series((and yes its Honor, its her name god damnit.))
Pretty much all of John Ringos Legacy of the Aldenata and his Looking Glass series.
Necropolis by Dan Abnett from his Gaunts Ghost Series
Tank Lords by David Drake
Armor by John Steakly, very good book, probably one of my all time favorites, the end scene where the main character takes on the mercenaries in their enteirity and then boards their ship and finishes them off in space.
The Forever Hero by L. E.Modesitt Jr
And of course The Forever War by Joe Halderman.
Some of my favorites, not quite moments, but I can't bring myself to ruin the stories of these for those of you who haven't read them. And many many(beyond my ability to recall ;)) more books I enjoy that didn't jump directly to the forefront of my mind. |
Zedic
Amarr
Universalis Imperium
Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2009.10.13 05:27:00 -
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BSG stuff:
The final five discovering, and then accepting their identities.
Admiral Adama taking his ship back.
President Roslin shouting into the comm, "I AM COMING FOR YOU".
Starbuck playing All Along the Watchtower with her dad.
Admiral Adama saying, "Jump the Ship Starbuck!" near the end of the show.
The conversation between Lee and his father about giving up technology.
Head Baltar and Head 6 appearing in present day New York and their conversation at the end of the show.
"You know it doesn't like that name".
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Logit Probit
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Posted - 2009.10.13 05:31:00 -
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Originally by: Dimitri Kerensky
Sitting alone in the movie theater after the opening weekend and watching "The last Starfighter". Come on, that movie wasn't that bad
KODAN ARMADA
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Vincenzo Delloro
Amarr
Lux et Veritas
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Posted - 2009.10.13 05:38:00 -
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Other than watching Empire Strikes Back with my dad in the cinema as a kid ("Wait, that's the end? But they didn't win!") it'd have to by my first ever successful battle against Thargoids in Elite. Those things killed me so many times until I figured out what I was doing and whupped their asses.
Galactica's atmospheric jump was also awesome, one of those moments you hope for when you're watching any sci fi.
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Wideen
Total Mayhem.
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.10.13 06:38:00 -
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when sam leans in the doorway and gives frodo that very fking gai look
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Zedic
Amarr
Universalis Imperium
Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2009.10.13 06:42:00 -
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Originally by: Wideen
when sam leans in the doorway and gives frodo that very fking gai look
Yea, that was hot wasn't it?
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Astal Atlar
Caldari
Priory Of The Lemon
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.13 06:45:00 -
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my favorite moment right now is from bsg season 4
At the begining,when they discovered the earth and it was dead,the black gf of Lee Adama, going out with him then going back in her cabin,getting her gun and blowing her head.
The hole idea of the lost faith the choice and the will strenght of the man just blow me up
There is a lot of favorite moments in bsg star wars babylon 5 ect though too.
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Serpents smile
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Posted - 2009.10.13 07:06:00 -
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THIS
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pussnheels
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Posted - 2009.10.13 10:05:00 -
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Not sure this is true Sci fi, could be just aswell gothic horror , i let you decide
I am the Hammer, i am the right hand of my Rmperor, I am the instrument of His will, I am the gauntlet about His fist, the tip of His spear ,the edge of His Spear
Greyknights pre battle prayer
Grey knight omnibus by Ben Counter. One of the best warhammer 40K stories i read, together with the complete horus heresey series
Opening Scene of the first Alien ' film
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Chaosmancer
Gravis Unbound
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Posted - 2009.10.13 10:41:00 -
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Soylent green is people!
But the best of all time is the monolouge in the end of blade runner, makes me shiver.
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Stratharn
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Posted - 2009.10.13 11:00:00 -
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That episode of BSG where they had to jump every 32(?) minutes. That basically made me watch the rest of the series. Shame how it turned out.
Bladerunner. Almost all of it. Not the voiceover version.
OMFG! He's LUKES DAD! - I was about 9 years old.
... and all of Blake's 7.
Rob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iv5lCuv1w8
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Melthariumin
Gallente
Tactical Reconnaissance
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Posted - 2009.10.13 11:21:00 -
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For me the greatest SF movie so far was Blade Runner.I like this kind of dark techy ambience. And of course Rutger Hauers monologue at the end was just...wow!
As for books, i was just blown away by Iain Banks "Use of Weapons". Needless to say i was very disappointed to see that "Zakalwe" as character name wasnt available anymore when i started playing EVE.
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Morraina
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Posted - 2009.10.13 12:31:00 -
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For it was a no brainer...The opening scene of Star wars, when the rebel ship is over taken by the Empire Star Destroyer and that ship just kept coming and coming getting bigger and bigger. Huge moment in my life, unforgetable :)
30 million ISK!! HOW MUCH!
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Blackbird explodes. Dominix warps off.
CF: IĘm sorry, did he just run away from us?
Sol: I do believe he did. Someone mark the calendar.
CF: Are we sure something scarier than us didnĘt just undock as well?
Sol: Well IĘve thought of that, but thereĘs no shuttles on scan.
JR: When youĘve quite finished, get us into warp somewhere, Sol. (Turns to Smith onscreen) Right you ū itĘs time we had a chat (evil grin)
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Captain Plumb
Gallente
Ghost Festival
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Posted - 2009.10.13 12:31:00 -
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Edited by: Captain Plumb on 13/10/2009 12:32:17
'This is the commander... Moments ago this ship received word of a Cylon attack against our home worlds is underway... We do not know the size, nor the disposition, nor the strength of the enemy forces, but all indications point to a massive assault against Colonial defences'.
The BSG Miniseries, Season 1, Episodes regarding the Pegasus in season 2 and the escape from New Caprica in Season 3.
The latest Star Trek movie was also brilliant as were ST movies 2 (The Wrath of Khan) and 6 (The Undiscovered Country).
Star Wars was a big influence when i was younger although i can't say im a fan nowadays.
In terms of literature the Ian M Banks Culture novels are my favourite pieces of Sci Fi literature, followed by Gaunts Ghosts.
Oh, and of course Firefly/Serenity. The executives at Fox who cancelled that show did the genre a great injustice.
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Corto Malteze
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.10.13 13:31:00 -
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2001 Space Odissey
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
What's the problem?
I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
What are you talking about, HAL?
This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?
Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Alright, HAL. I'll go in through the emergency airlock.
Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
HAL, I won't argue with you anymore. Open the doors.
Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
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Ferdio Ricotez
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.13 14:00:00 -
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DON'T PANIC
Every book in the future should have written that on the back.
I also really like the podrace scene in Star Wars: Episode One.
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Sentious Trill
Pakistani Taxi Drivers
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Posted - 2009.10.13 14:01:00 -
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One of my most memorable was Bruce Dern in "Silent Running" where he is saying goodby to his little robot:
"Realizing that his crime will be uncovered when the Berkshire finds him, Lowell jettisons the last dome to safety with the words "take good care of the forest, Dewey."
With the Berkshire only two hours away from docking, Lowell and the damaged Huey sit facing each other while he arms the last of the six nuclear charges. As he prepares to destroy himself and preserve the last dome, Lowell says to Huey: "When I was a kid, I put a note into a bottle, and it had my name and address on it. And then I threw the bottle into the ocean. And I never knew if anyone ever found it."
With that, Lowell destroys the Valley Forge with the last of the onboard nuclear charges.
The final scene is of a well-lit forest greenhouse drifting into space, tended by the sole remaining robot with a battered watering can."
Really fine Sci Fi is so hard to come by any more.
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MightyRhinox
Minmatar
Rhinox Heavy Industries
Twilight Military Industrial Complex Alliance
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Posted - 2009.10.13 14:11:00 -
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Every last moment of A Scanner Darkly.
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Julius Rigel
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Posted - 2009.10.13 14:43:00 -
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Originally by: Ferdio Ricotez
I also really like the podrace scene in Star Wars: Episode One.
Oh man, I watched this movie dozens of times when it first came out. There's something about the way it has a decent plot, a fantastic backstory, amazing CG...
I can't believe that was ten years ago.
And it's such a shame two and three were so crappy in comparison.
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Triton101
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Posted - 2009.10.13 16:20:00 -
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Originally by: Julius Rigel
Originally by: Ferdio Ricotez
I also really like the podrace scene in Star Wars: Episode One.
Oh man, I watched this movie dozens of times when it first came out. There's something about the way it has a decent plot, a fantastic backstory, amazing CG...
I can't believe that was ten years ago.
And it's such a shame two and three were so crappy in comparison.
Well, not entirely, I really liked the light sabre fight between Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul. That was one of the most fantastically choreographed scenes ever.
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Bombacla
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.13 16:22:00 -
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the first time i read Ender's Game, Neuromancer, Hyperion, Old Man's War, Solaris, Night's Dawn, Altered Carbon and a whole lot of others a can't think of right now.
SF is in books guys, good SF movies are very very rare...
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Posted - 2009.10.13 19:01:00 -
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Originally by: Triton101
Well, not entirely, I really liked the light sabre fight between Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul. That was one of the most fantastically choreographed scenes ever.
Sure, the choreography is great, and so is the CG, but it didn't save the movies from the really boring romance / pew pew plot.
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Winged Crime
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.10.13 21:50:00 -
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hint two: star wars isn't sci fi, it's fantasy
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Zeredek
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Posted - 2009.10.13 22:15:00 -
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Originally by: Winged Crime
hint two: star wars isn't sci fi, it's fantasy
O_o Since when?
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Aglais
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.10.14 00:22:00 -
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Reid Malenfant bugging out after becoming a Gaijin or something, and constructing the GRB shield. I loved how Stephen Baxter described how the shield itself was more than dynamic, with it's own wars even, and how the idea that there was once a character named Reid Malenfant just ceased to exist as he became this odd machine.
Hell, I liked all of Manifold: Space.
Especially what I said before, and the empty darkness of the Triton colony.
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Arcanum Arcanorum
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Posted - 2009.10.14 02:08:00 -
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The avalanche has already started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Kosh
A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles. -- Kosh
Elric: We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things
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Stratharn
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Posted - 2009.10.14 03:04:00 -
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Actually, as above, I'd have to admit that the light-sabre stuff in the new Star Wars movies was pretty damn good... but that's really about the only recommendation I can make about them. I lost interest in the franchise at around the time the Ewoks turned up.
S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz1-Yxqw6oo
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Awesome Possum
Imperium Signal Corps
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Posted - 2009.10.14 03:38:00 -
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When Marcus gives his life for Ivanova.. I cried 
Pretty much all of B5 was greatness, the interaction between G'kar and Mollari was always a study in great screenplay.
Originally by: Delenn
"This is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari. Babylon 5 is under our protection. Withdraw or be destroyed."
"Negative. We have authority here. Do not force us to engage your ship."
"Why not? Only one Human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!"
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Amitious Turkey
Gallente
TarNec
New Eden Retail Federation
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Posted - 2009.10.14 04:57:00 -
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Edited by: Amitious Turkey on 14/10/2009 05:06:27
Originally by: zombiedeadhead
And BTW, Star wars isn't Sci-Fi.
Some people disagree...it depends on how you define sci-fi. Star wars is more specifically "space opera", which is a subdivision of sci-fi, since sci fi is the bigger category. Star Wars is more concerned with the storyline than the tech, so it is definitely not "classic" sci-fi- also known as "hard" sci-fi, which was the very first kind of sci-fi. Certain elements of Star Wars, have, however, been turned into "hard" sci-fi by its fanboys, and into fantasy (the Jedi Church for example) by others.
Things like this are very hard to classify, since fantasy elements can also be present in sci-fi books and vice versa- take Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey, for example. Most of the books are more accurately fantasy, even though the backstory is sci-fi (somewhere between hard and soft).
One could even argue that science fiction is not its own genre at all, but a sub-genre of fantasy. Books like to defy classification.
Originally by: Lance Fighter
Originally by: Arous Drephius
Since it's not been mentioned, all of Homeworld 1 & 2.
not sure how I forgot those.
Especially hw1. Most notably.. the mission with the capship stealing thingiemabob. srsly.
Also, the garden missions... those were awesome. And epic. and amazing..
Homeworld, all of it, was EPIC. This makes me want to dig those out!
BECAUSE OF FALCONDUST!
Originally by: CCP Navigator
We love you all as well <3
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HankMurphy
Minmatar
Pelennor Swarm
THE KLINGONS
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Posted - 2009.10.14 05:17:00 -
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Originally by: Winged Crime
hint two: star wars isn't sci fi, it's fantasy
"You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. Only a precise hit will set off a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes."
Obi-Wan: How long before you can make the jump to light speed?
Han Solo: It'll take a few moments to get the coordinates from the navi-computer.
[the ship begins to rock violently as lasers hit it]
Luke: Are you kidding? At the rate they're gaining?
Han Solo: Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?
"But I was gonna go to the Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!" - Luke Skywalker
C-3PO: [translating for R2] He says he's found the main control to the power beam that's holding the ship here; he'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor.
[a diagram of the power terminal appears on the screen]
C-3PO: The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to leave.
C-3PO: Listen to them, they're dying R2! Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough, it's all my fault! My poor Master.
Luke: 3PO, we're all right! We're all right! Ha ha! Hey, open the pressure maintenance hatch on unit number... where are we? 3263827!
yeah, ok. tell me another one
Lucas says it's an opera, but i dont see any fat lady singing (at least i dont think that thing in jabba's palace is a 'lady'
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Kunming
T.H.U.G L.I.F.E
The Volition Cult
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Posted - 2009.10.14 07:06:00 -
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The 5th Element taxi scene.
The Scimitar uncloaking above Romulus, Picard ramming Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis.
Equilibrium, Gramaton Cleric class training scene (... makes the gramaton cleric not an adversary to be taken lightly) + the last scenes (OMG he's a sense offender)
Just to add a few...
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Dirty Wizard
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Posted - 2009.10.14 07:25:00 -
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Three Doctor Who episodes come to mind.
42
Gridlock
Midnight
Very awesome.
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Emma Peil
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Posted - 2009.10.14 08:18:00 -
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Vasquez: All right, we got seven canisters of CN-20. I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole ****ing nest.
Hicks: That's worth a try, but we don't know if it's gonna affect them.
Hudson: Let's just bug out and call it even, man! What are we even talking about this for?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Hudson: ****in' A!
Burke: Hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.
Ripley: They can bill me.
Burke: Okay. This is an emotional moment for all of us, I know that. But let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly an important species we're dealing with and I don't think you or I or anybody has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.
Ripley: Wrong!
Vasquez: Yeah, watch us.
Hudson: Maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!
Burke: Look, I'm not blind to what's going on, but I cannot authorize that kind of action. I'm sorry.
Ripley: Well, I believe Corporal Hicks has authority here.
Burke: Corporal Hicks has...?
Ripley: This operation is under military jurisdiction, and Hicks is next in chain of command. Am I right, Corporal?
Hicks: Yeah... yeah, that's right.
Burke: Yeah... look, Ripley, this is a multi-million dollar installation. He can't make that kind of decision, he's just a grunt! Ah, no offense.
Hicks: None taken. Ferro, do you copy?
Ferro: Standing by.
Hicks: Prep for dust off. We're going to need immediate evac.
Ferro: Roger. We're on our way.
Hicks: Alright. We take off, nuke the site from orbit.
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Smagd
Encina Technologies
Namtz' aar K'in
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Posted - 2009.10.14 08:28:00 -
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This thread turned out a lot less fail than I was expecting.
In movies, I'll vote for "2001". Some of the feeling of weightlessness conveyed for instance when jogging inside the ship have not been reproduced yet - and this was done before computer tricks, also it has most memorable cut, and best board computer.
Books, I'll vote for Dur Tahar's counter-betrayal in Cherryh's "Chanur's Homecoming": Completely in character and well, I just love the way space is done in that series anyway starting from little touches like having "claw computer switches" instead of keyboards to the whole social background of not one, but about 6 species and at least 3 very detailed. It's rather obscure. More people should read those books.
Video games, the alien egg chase sequence from "Privateer". Only one thing has given me a rush like that: EVE PVP, but the sense of achievement was better in Privateer when after having mapped out new solar systems, finding an artefact, inadvertently activating it, then racing across the full map against an invulnerable and heavily-shooting opponent you got one, just one of the guns mounted to your own ship.
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Mr M
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2009.10.14 08:44:00 -
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The book The 34th Rule by Armin Shimerman and David R. George III.
I also enjoyed Deep Space 9 since they toyed around with cultural differences. I don't remember what episode it is but there where on where Quark looks away disgusted from his mom say "Please mom, take those clothes off."
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Yakkatak
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Posted - 2009.10.14 10:30:00 -
[157]
"I'm sure they'll listen to Reason" - Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
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Sprackfargle
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Posted - 2009.10.14 10:30:00 -
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Originally by: Chooch Chooch
See while I was out he drove his girlfriend home but left all the lights on. when he came back all the lights were off except he could see a faint light flickering (the tv). He did not see my car in the dirveway so thought the house was being robbed and called the cops.
Wow, what a tard.
Quote:
Carebear tears fuel my warp core:)
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Bombacla
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.14 11:47:00 -
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Originally by: Yakkatak
"I'm sure they'll listen to Reason" - Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
haha yes this
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Ryoji Tanakama
Caldari
Firestar Drive Yards
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Posted - 2009.10.14 12:14:00 -
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Originally by: "Londo"
Did I ever tell you that you are very cute for a Minbari? Even you are cute, in an annoying sort of way. Everybody's cute! Everybody's cute! Even me. But in purple.. I'm stunning!
Originally by: "Ivanova"
And just one more thing. On your trip back I'd like you to take the time to learn the Babylon 5 mantra: 'Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out.'
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Kept
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Posted - 2009.10.14 12:46:00 -
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Every time I hear the FireFly opening sequence and music I get emotional.
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Gibbeous Moon
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Posted - 2009.10.14 13:22:00 -
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As far as I am concerned there's been very few good science fiction films. But for me they are:
- Blade Runner. If one could remove the bit from The Shining at the end of it then it would be the perfect film.
- Alien and the full version of Alien 3 ("Howay, Geordies In Space, man!). The second one was just yet another Cameron film and the last one could have been so good, but they messed it up.
- Galaxy Quest. Which always makes me laugh. "Ducts, why are there always ducts?" In fact this may be the only recent Hollywood 'comedy' which is actually funny.
TV:
- Battlestar Galactica. The whole fracking lot of it; the script writing was fantastic and one didn't need to have a load of action (which was well done) to have a rattling good story and to keep us on tenterhooks from week to week and from season to season.
- Doctor Who. "Midnight" was, I am sure, a version of Arthur C Clarke's "A Fall Of Moondust". It wasn't, oddly enough, written by Moffat who did write the excellent "Blink" (part two has just been filmed at my mate's place) and also "The Doctor Dances".
- The Lost Room. An excellent three part series which, I hope, doesn't get turned into a series.
Books:
- The Gap Series. Donaldson's best work and if I ever run into any of the protagonists in this game then I'm off!
- The Mote In God's Eye. Pournelle irritates me immensely with his politics but he can write a cracking book.
- Anything by Philip K ****. I can't remember which book it was but the line "I have seen the future. It is made of plastic" forever haunts me.
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Rick Wensbane
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Posted - 2009.10.14 13:58:00 -
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Edited by: Rick Wensbane on 14/10/2009 13:58:27
Originally by: Gibbeous Moon
TV:
- Battlestar Galactica. The whole fracking lot of it; the script writing was fantastic and one didn't need to have a load of action (which was well done) to have a rattling good story and to keep us on tenterhooks from week to week and from season to season.
I really hope you're talking about the original Battlestar Galactica, because the ending of the "reimagined" version was the worst thing ever written in SF history. Period.
As for me, the one quote I will never forget was spoken by Delenn, in the Babylon 5 episode "Passing Through Gethsemane": We believe that the Universe itself is conscious in a way we can never truly understand. It is engaged in a search for meaning, so it breaks itself apart, investing its own consciousness in every form of life. We are the Universe, trying to explain itself.
Absolutely brilliant.
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hydlided
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Posted - 2009.10.14 14:08:00 -
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I grew up with a talking car called KITT. it has been a torment for the rest of my life, since i still believe that every car seems to talk to me.
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Gibbeous Moon
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Posted - 2009.10.14 14:11:00 -
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Well, the ending of the Re-Imagined series certainly wasn't the worst thing ever written in SF.
I once, accidentally, bought a feminist SF novel from one of these socio-political workshop things I came across one day along the South Bank whilst waiting for the pubs to open.
The opening line of the book went something like this.
"I was standing at the sink, looking out of the window, when they landed in my back garden."
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Taradis
Amarr
Paxton Industries
Paxton Federation
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Posted - 2009.10.14 14:14:00 -
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This
Tripping the rift
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Otto Durako
The Abyssmal Spire
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Posted - 2009.10.20 08:50:00 -
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I agree, though the final episode of reimagined BSG was a bit...bleh...it still makes you think. Man did just appear one day, we still havent found SOLID evidence to prove that Lucy is our ancestor, and with the recent outing of that other skeleton we go further back to something not even resembling Lucy. So BSG hints at the 'what if'...so maybe it is too much for us to even consider that Man is not from Earth, but BSG gives us a story where that is the case.
Personally speaking regardless of what Star Wars is considered as, space opera or sci fi, it is a universe a lot of us grew up with or grew into as kids...these younger generations (the post Cold War kids) just don't grasp what us older folk have with SW. Adventure, a world with more going on than we have here. Isn't that why we all love sci fi in the first place? It is a better...well more interesting world than we live in. I mean, hell if I could get on a ship and go out there I don't know if I would have a reason to come back to Earth other than my son. There is just so much out there, never be close minded....ok now im just babbling, I am so incredibly bored at work.....
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Dannerkongen
Lootex
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Posted - 2009.10.20 10:30:00 -
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omgwtf
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StealthNet
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.20 11:44:00 -
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Originally by: Atropos Kahn
When the Galactica hotdrops into the atmosphere and free falls while launching fighters. Then jumps back into space just moments before hitting the ground... they were so close to the ground, that the JUMP kicked up alot of dust...
CLASSIC!
This.
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Tellnan Matkiel
Gallente
The Industrial Consortium
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Posted - 2009.10.20 11:45:00 -
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Originally by: Smagd
Books, I'll vote for Dur Tahar's counter-betrayal in Cherryh's "Chanur's Homecoming": Completely in character and well, I just love the way space is done in that series anyway starting from little touches like having "claw computer switches" instead of keyboards to the whole social background of not one, but about 6 species and at least 3 very detailed. It's rather obscure. More people should read those books.
They certainly should. That is a very good series.
Though my favourite Cherryh sci-fi (and my favourite book sci-fi) is Forty Thousand in Gehenna.
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Posted - 2009.10.20 12:15:00 -
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ST6
Cloaked Bird of Prey under Gerneral Chang vs Enterprise
The cloaked Bird of Prey is pounding away on the Enterprise. Chang recites Shakespeare (the klingon original) on the Bridge.
Kirk and Bones go to manipulate a Torpedo, the Enterprise takes hit after hit. One Torpedo goes straight through the saucer section.
Enter Excelsior. Cpt. Zulu takes the pounding for the Enterprise.
Kirk finishes the "operation" on the torpedo and runs back to the bridge where the coolest ever "Fire!" Scene in any ST movie happens.
The music stops, the camera vollows the single torpedo flying slalom through space, looking for its target.
General Chang stands on the Bridge, watching the Torpedo come close while reciting "To be or not to be"
Impact, the cloak of the Bird of prey fails.
Enterprise and Excelsior open with Alpha Strikes simultaneously, completely destroying the BoP.
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Oriens Pars
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Posted - 2009.10.20 13:40:00 -
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Originally by: Otto Durako
I agree, though the final episode of reimagined BSG was a bit...bleh...it still makes you think. Man did just appear one day, we still havent found SOLID evidence to prove that Lucy is our ancestor, and with the recent outing of that other skeleton we go further back to something not even resembling Lucy. So BSG hints at the 'what if'...so maybe it is too much for us to even consider that Man is not from Earth, but BSG gives us a story where that is the case.
Actually, there were already primitive humans on the planet. It even showed some of the crew eyeing the primitives through binoculars. The show suggested that it was the result of the intermingling of the 2 species (BSG crew with the natives) that spawned modern humans. Nowhere in the final episode did the story suggest that all of a sudden humans appeared.
We have no "missing link" skeleton as of yet...the one that says "ahhh, THIS is the "Eve, and Adam, of modern humans." All science has right now is speculation, and that is what made the final episode interesting, for me anyway. It made it's own suggestion.
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KaarBaak
Minmatar
Squirrel Team
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Posted - 2009.10.20 15:02:00 -
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Blade Runner (entire movie...but some quotes):
Deckard: You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl.
Rachael: Is this testing whether I'm a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?
Holden: Now tell me, in single words, only the good things that come into your mind when you think about your mother?
Leon: My mother? Let me tell you about my mother.
Also, ANY of Bill Paxton's lines from Aliens: "Game over, man! Game over!" or "Great, why don't you put her in charge?"
"We gotta get inside. It's gonna be dark soon, and they mostly hunt at night. Mostly."
KB
Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. |
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