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Titan A.E. was pretty inspirational for Three Galaxies.

Carl

Carl Gleba wrote:Titan A.E. was pretty inspirational for Three Galaxies.

Carl

Is that a hint on what we can expect of things to come?

If you are running a Military type game then a good show to watch would be Space: Above and Beyond. That was an awsome show.

As far as movies for that Starship Troopers, Aliens and (oddly) Soldier.

dakota wrote:

Carl Gleba wrote:Titan A.E. was pretty inspirational for Three Galaxies.

Carl

Is that a hint on what we can expect of things to come?

Nope, I actually saw it at the movies when writing Dimension Book 6, Three Galaxies. I liked the ice field which inspired the jewl belt in one of the systems. Now I'm working on Hades and a PF idea I have. All on spec of course.

Carl

Hmmm...how about Stargate: SG-1?

Replicators...and you thought the Mechanoids were bad...

Starship Troopers, and the X-box game Halo.

Or computer games, just don't borrow too much.

Starcraft
Warcraft
GTA
HL
X-Com
Civilization(mainly just for a quick world map)
Masters of Orion 2

I tend to borrow alot from those


For anime would like to add Escaflowne and any of the Gundams

Anyone know where to get a copy of all the old Galaxy Ranger cartoons? I remember getting up at 6am as a kid to watch them every day.

I also get ideas from Dimension books 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 when I finally get it... ...buy Palladium stuff...

DarkWarriorKarg wrote:Anime:
Captain Harlock
Tenchi Muyo
Nadessico
Iczer (And variants)

well... it will sound corny... but don't forget the Robotech trilogy and its later derivatives... who needs fear Dominators and Space Hives when the space is crawling whith Zentraedi and Invid?

ST:Wagon Train lol!!!

Phalanx wrote:Enemy Mine is a personal favorite.

Good movie...better book...

Or, for some good cheese...The Last Starfighter...

Roughnecks---The CGI TV series that was what the full cinema screen version of Starship Troopers SHOULD have been....

Buckaroo Banzai---because you don't have to be high-tech to be cool in the face of rampaging aliens, monkey-boy!

BladeRunner---What an overdeveloped Core World looks like,and the sort of jaded urban attitude travellers from afar are likely to run into....It set the standard for gritty, grubby, crowded-sky disutopia in a manner not seen since the original _Metropolis_[/b]

The Sixth Sun series by Thomas Harlan would be a good choice to read. Its an alternate future setting where in the past Aztecs got the upper hand and conquered Earth. The books are set in the 2400 where Earth has spread throughout space. The main characters are an Archeologist and the captain of a naval ship. It also has an interesting form of magic in the setting with some aliens plus ancient cultures.

Wasteland of Flint vol. 1
House of Reeds vol. 2

I am surprised that no one mentioned the Anime space adventure known as the Lensman or even the rough nitty gritty city movie of the future....the Tank police.......and a great inspiration for another dimension would definatly fall under (Please don't laugh) Treasure Planet. A dimension where the physics are literally and completely different from our common universes

on anime inspiration sources....

Trigun, and the shorter-lived Eatman......sci-fi westerns set on worlds on the edge...I can easily see both co-existing in one universe, possibly with anime like Sol Bianca and Outlaw Star....

Windaria....Imagine being a high-tech peacekeeper or a covert anthropologist set down on a primitive world and finding yourself in the middle of a low-tech but savage war, even before you figure out all the local pecularities....

Irresponsible Captain Tylor....The classic 'misfits pulling together against overwhelming odds' anime....

Other movies:

'October Sky'...You're young, you're stuck in a backwater blue collar community where you and your community will likely die doing underappreciated dirty work that's no longer profitable...all the while the universe is soaring and flying above and beyond you....You want to get there, but to do so will require educating yourself in skills no one else thinks are important, and chase a dream everybody thinks is just plain nuts coming from a person of your station...But you want to fly....


Crimson Tide....You command a strategic weapons platform/ship operating under silent running orders, when you get partial orders to infiltrate enemy territory and ready your weapons for use....You do so, but you can't get a complete confirmation for what you're supposed to do then....Delay and await for complete orders, and maybe risk costing millions of lives on your side, or go ahead and fire, and start an unnecessary all-out war?

Duel----classic atmospheric piece...perfect for one-on-one single player gaming sessions....just one lone traveller versus the enigmatic, menacing, juggernaut in the middle of nowhere...

I'm sorry I don't have a picture yet, but my ***** goblin underling and associate can't get his finger out getting my ***** painting done.

I just wanna say that I was in Montreal lately and noticed a new anime series had aired. It's called Tripping the Rift, and is aboot this D'Bee called Choad, a short fat purple captain of the spaceship Orion 5 or 6 or something. He has a crew of lunatics and are travelling the galaxy in a neurotic and very childish spaceship, causing all kinds of riots.
Excellent example on how a 'realistic' space campaign could go aboot. Plus kool animation too. Nice booty on that Six, ey?

VIVE CINÉ GROUPE!!!

They gotta be rifters...

By the way come get a juicy hamburger and fries at Woo's Diner in ****ville, just by the drain from Firetown, Chi-town. Only 2 creds a piece.

Akira, Ghost in a shell, and Spriggan...