Seen below: the Dune sea.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Looks DeathStar-ish. Do the astronauts sit in the front of it gazing evily out of it? Cause that would be cool.
"I thought I told you to remain on the shuttle."
Posted by Axeman 3D (Member # 1050) on :
The Register printed a very similar photo of the new window. There caption stated that no X-Wings had been spotted so far...
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Speaking of Death Star-like windows...
I'm pretty sure that resemblance is intentional. His chair is even damn close to Palpatine's, other than being white.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Aban: Actually, the Death Star window is totally asymmetric. Someone in the CNN comments section mentioned the Falcon, but it has an octagonal window. This is the TIE Fighter window, hexagonal. As if nerds needed another reason to want to visit the ISS.
The article further describes that this is just the central cupola in the newly renovated room, and that the section illustrated has received an entire SERIES of windows, so that there is a full six-axis sight radius (minus the 45 from the hatch you came in through).
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
It was a joke. I do that sometimes. But you're right, I neglected to pop my DVDs in to come up with the most appropriate reference.
(but ok you're right about the death star windows being asymmetrical...)
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
And I was being Sheldony, no harm meant. It's weird that they came up with that jagged and gothic window when the rest of the Death Star (and empire) is so angular and meticulous. Maybe it was to increase the occult "High Priest" vibe of the Emperor? Along with his gypsy/djinn-like accent?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I always thought it looked spider-webish with the Emperor at the center.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
I was looking at a video about some new PS3 game called Heavy Rain and noticed something in one of the cutscenes.
Look at the poster to the far left. That certainly can't be a coincidence!
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
That definitely is the Maquis ship. This reminds me of an old find I made regarding Second Life (feels like ancient history now)..
Now, this and the Heavy Rain thing are deliberate, where the ISS-window is actually life imitating SF. Isn't it nice, though, that the original artists who designed the TIE Fighter get a kind of confirmation of viability from NASA, regarding their choice of cockpit window?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Looks like the Monogram model- what do they have it shooting at though?
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