I'm new to the forum. I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I hope to get to know all of you pretty soon. I expect that will happen, as it's a busy board.
One initial observation:
Regarding Ent: >>> does anyone in additon to me see a design lineage between the VentureStar shown in the opening credits and the Unknown Class Type I from "The Expanse"?
Much thanks
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Oh.... boy.
Mr. Irishman, I hope you've brought your asbestos suit with you. Things are about to get a bit hot in this thread, for reasons that are much too complicated for me to explain. Well, not all that complicated. It's just that this is, well, the wrong forum for a generic "hello" post.
Good luck, and I'll see you around... if you survive the flames. Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Eh, what flames? The post contains a more or less straightforward question.
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
At any rate, I'll just say a simple welcome.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Yes, hello. And to answer your question that does belong in this forum... we all see the design lineage.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
He thought we'd be making jokes about Irishman's question being a drunken attempt at introduction.
We'll pass on ripping apart the Newbie.
.....at least untill after the holidays! Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
Wow....Jason must have watched Grinch.
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Watched?
You mean is....
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by WizArtist: Wow....Jason must have watched Grinch.
No....I'll skip that silly holiday movie, thanks.
Besides, call me a Grinch after I say something mean. Bastards! I'll crucify you all!
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Ooh, fresh meat, ready to be roasted. Shall I carve? 8)
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I'll break out the spit. B)
"we all see the design lineage"
Uh, we do?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I'm going to need some clarification.
The ship in the opening credits that you're talking about... do you mean the one shown right before Enterprise? The Lunar Colony orbiter? I've never heard the designation "VentureStar" before.
And which ship from "The Expanse" do you mean? The flying wing (which some around here have taken to calling 'The Iceland') or the one the Intrepid Type that looks more like Enterprise?
The Lunar Orbiter from the credits has a saucer at the front, and thus doesn't look alot like the Iceland, but all the ships of that general era seem to bear a passing resemblance to each other... as well as alot of 24th century ships...
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
I think he means the VentureStar seen here. Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
No, he means Lockheed Martin's SSTO prototype, not the lunar orbiter thingy.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Ooh, fresh meat, ready to be roasted. Shall I carve? 8)
You are so damn mean: I'ts Christmas you greedy dog! Give someone else a chance to carve. Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Ooh, fresh meat, ready to be roasted. Shall I carve? 8)
You are so damn mean: I'ts Christmas you greedy dog! Give someone else a chance to carve.
It's the season for giving - I carve, then serve. Are you a leg or a breast man? Maybe some thigh? Or the parson's nose? 8)
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
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Never mind...
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
quote: You are so damn mean: I'ts Christmas you greedy dog! Give someone else a chance to carve.
I'm surprised I've survived this long here. Can't help feeling that Jason is a Technomage.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Irishman: I'm new to the forum. I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I hope to get to know all of you pretty soon. I expect that will happen, as it's a busy board.
Hello, and welcome. But stay off the west side!
quote:does anyone in additon to me see a design lineage between the VentureStar shown in the opening credits and the Unknown Class Type I from "The Expanse"?
I remember "The Expanse" and the Earth ships that appeared briefly in it, but I can't remember what the ships looked like. And didn't Drexler say that those ships in that episode were just shapes shoved together?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee:
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Ooh, fresh meat, ready to be roasted. Shall I carve? 8)
You are so damn mean: I'ts Christmas you greedy dog! Give someone else a chance to carve.
It's the season for giving - I carve, then serve. Are you a leg or a breast man? Maybe some thigh? Or the parson's nose? 8)
I'll take bicep and quad: leaner cut. Ribs might go over nicely too if we char grill. Anybody called the head yet? I'm hoping to make a necklace of teeth by new years... Ma's partial to teeth.
Posted by Intruder1701 (Member # 880) on :
That last post read like something from the Lecter's Family Reunion.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
quote:And didn't Drexler say that those ships in that episode were just shapes shoved together?
Actually, it was John Eaves, who designed the ships, who made that comment. He originally made five ships, and Berman picked two of them. I'd really be interested in knowing what the other three ships looked like.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Ah, I stand corrected. I knew it was one of the two, put money on Drexler, and I lost my savings.
I'm never going to Vegas. I'd have to sell my candy apple ass for chips with my luck.
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