v22TTC Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Since we're being all spacetastic, I'd be really interested in people's top few spaceships of all time - defined as broadly as you like and from whatever source (as long it's pictured somewhere). This isn't just an idle question and there might be similar ones as time goes on, if people are up for it. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witchfire Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 nothing's more iconic then the USS Enterprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hmm.... Star Wars really brought some fantastic ships to the galaxy: X-Wing fighter Millenium Falcon The Imperial Destroyer TIE fighters... so many others.... Check out this site though: Starship (and much more) comparisions. One of my favorite sites. http://www.merzo.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 So many to choose from, but was there ever a bigger "oh my god, that was so awesome" moment than in the Last Starfighter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBugKing Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Larry Niven's Ringworld. Not necessarily a spaceship but damn! A "planet" built as a ring around a sun with an average thickness of only 1 mile? Not much can top that in my estimation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bexley Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Duh, the Red Dwarf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinton Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Duh, the Red Dwarf. "It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere. I'm all alone, more or less." (Love Red Dwarf) Heart of Gold with the Infinite Improbability Drive is good one. Smug doors and an overly happy ship's computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterdita Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I do love the solar powered TIE fighters from Star Wars... The Interceptor was my favorite. The Death Star was pretty bad ass also.... SERENITY!!! now thats a cool ship. Especially with Wash at the helm. Or take it back to like 5th grade with the RPG Robotech:SDF-1 Macross, I used to think that thing was so cool. Nostromo from Alien was pretty sweet to. So was the dropship in the Aliens "We're on an express elevator to hell, Going down!" Event Horizon was a freaky ass ship! That one scene where the guy is holding his own eyeballs in his hand and says "liberate tutame ex inferis" freaked the crap outta me for sure! This quote is pretty cool: "I've been listening to the distress signal, and I, um, think I made a mistake in the translation. I thought it said "liberate me" - "save me." But it's not "me." It's "liberate tutame" - "save yourself." And it gets worse. There - I think that says "ex inferis." "Save yourself... from hell." Look, if what Doctor Weir tells us is true, this ship has been beyond the boundaries of our universe, of known scientific reality. Who knows where it's been, what it's seen. Or what it's brought back with it." I could go on and on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafNala Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I have a certain fondness for the Necro ships from The Chronicles of Riddick, but I LOVED the Ice Pirates ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewartoad Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'm with Peterdita...the Serenity Ship was really cool. But my all time favorite was the Hoth Snowspeeder from Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauth81 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Several of my favourites X-Wing, Tie (Fighter and Interceptor), Star Destroyers. Even if the movies are essentially crap, they had very nice spaceships in star wars USS Enterprise-D (sleek design) and Borg cubes (anti-sleek design) from Star Trek TNG. The D'deridex class romulan warbirds and the Ferengi marauders are pretty awesome as well. those pyramid ships from Stargate are a pretty nice concept. My all-time favourites though, are the HUGE, witty, selfconscious spacecraft from Iain M. Banks' culture novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hmm, there are so many amazing space ships out there, but my top choice would have to be the TARDIS. Where else do you find something the size of Buckingham palace inside what looks to be a teeny tiny cupboard?! Second choice would have to be the USS Enterprise D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draykin Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 "It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere. I'm all alone, more or less." (Love Red Dwarf) "Gold fish souls, nibbling at my toes. Fun Fun Fun in the Sun Sun Sun." Red Dwarf is smeggin great! "Ahm not drunk, Ahm jus lattly pished." I have always been partial to Souja. Anyone seen Tenchi Muyo Riyo-Oh Ki? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblyn13 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I'd have to agree with Eric, The last starfighter with its full on Death Blossom was totally bad a$$. Serenity was awesome for being a realistic starship that wasn't all pristine and clean. The spaceship and Fighters from the Wing Commander movie (the humans man, not the others.) And the Colonial Vipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregdorf Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I am surprised that no one said Slave 1, but maybe that has more to do with the pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draykin Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I am surprised that no one said Slave 1, but maybe that has more to do with the pilot. Fett has on of the best ships...but the Executor was cooler! Have you read the Bounty Hunter Wars? Fett with a Star Destroyer...what an idea that was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waghorn41 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I'll settle for the TARDIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 hmm, one of three for me, either the ship from the f;ight of the navigator, one of the cylon fighters or the ship from a film i cant remember! it starred john boy walton and the ship had a womans voice and looked like a moose. the ship hal was in was cool too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinton Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 or the ship from a film i cant remember! it starred john boy walton and the ship had a womans voice and looked like a moose. Battle Beyond the Stars is the movie you're thinking of, I believe. I remember seeing it when I was a kid and I really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushmistress Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Tardis.... And Serenity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bexley Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Battle Beyond the Stars is the movie you're thinking of, I believe. I remember seeing it when I was a kid and I really enjoyed it. Hells yeah. Name me another movie where George Peppard has a liquor dispensing belt buckle. Best prop ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 What about the fleet of ships from Hitchhikers Guide the blew up the Earth....or while we're at plant destroying ships, where's the love for the Death Star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bexley Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 That's no ship. That's a space station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 it flies around! it's just a big ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushmistress Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) My husband fussed at me for not mentioning these two - Klingon Bird of Prey And Moya from Farscape... Edited November 29, 2008 by Brushmistress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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