So do I have to be the dork to point out that the other "Enterprise" in The Tholian Web was the USS Defiant, also a Constitution Class starship? #spaceships
Also to be included: Every floating hulk found in the 40k universe, ever.
Actually, everything about 40k ships is awesome, from being controlled by a three-eyed mutant who sees into the depths of a horrible realm full of malicious entities that claw their way through his mind, entering a dimension of space where thought and emotion merge with matter.
And god, there was the most awesome short story about a crew that literally lived in the gun deck--they never saw the light of day, never stepped outside the ship, just lived in the bowels of this incomprehensibly massive ship, slowly going insane from the constant tedium and occasional nasuea, which the denizens had no idea about, when the ship would jump into the Warp.
The movie NightFlyers was about a starship haunted by the computer program of the dead mother of its pilot. Not a phenomenally great film, but pretty creepy.
I'm also a bit ashamed to remember the episode of Buck Rogers where there were vampires in space. It almost makes Twilight seem respectable. Almost. ;-= (vampire winking!) #spaceships
@Howard Blair: I did mention that in the post - if you click on the image, you'll see it. But you're right - it's not a ship. It is basically a massive installation floating in space, on an abandoned planet. So - streeeetching a little - you could see it as an abandoned, planet-sized ship. #spaceships
I'd throw in George R.R. Martin's novella Nightflyers, a terrific example of gothic space opera, but that would mean having to mention the craptasticular movie that was made from it, starring '80s genre babe Catherine Mary Stewart and Michael "Robin of Locksley" Praed. #spaceships
If you include Dead Space then you have to include the Von Braun and the Rickenbacker from System Shock 2. Ghosts, mutants, cyborgs, killer robots, murderous A.I.s, it's got the lot! #spaceships
@Hillbert: I second that. The Von Braun and the Rickenbacker should be in this if Deadspace qualifies for it.
System Shock 2 was the original Deadspace with the biozombies. Plus it had a psychopathic AI that makes HAL look docile. Especially the twist at the ending. Even though I saw it coming, it still scared the bejezus out of me. #spaceships
I was glad to get off the USG Ishimura in Dead Space, creepy ass ship, but I cannot wait for the sequel and see where they take the franchise.
Event Horizon was one of the creepiest flicks I happened to see as a teen. The imagery was so disturbing to me as a young and naive Christian boy, and even as an adult it's still pretty weird. #spaceships
@Makidian: I saw it as an adult and I agree with you - it was the scariest piece of nut-crunching metal and spooks I've ever seen!
An excellent film! #spaceships
@Geo666: Why anyone would build a ship with a hallway that looks like there are saw blades with razor blades attached rotating around you is beyond me. The whole of the interior of the ship looks like it was designed by a serial killer. #spaceships
@Makidian: I saw it in 9th grade and Indonesian theaters were not so scrupulous about barring 9th grader into a gorefest sci-fi movie. Could not eat meat for a week after. #spaceships
@Makidian: I watched Event Horizon alone in my room when I was 12, and it remains today one of the few films that has left me completely sleepless and terrified of the little red buttons on my VCR after turning out the lights. If I had to do a second round, I'd consider drugging myself to sleep afterwards. #spaceships
@botanicidal: It was jarring when I was a kid, however I can watch it with ease now. I am slightly ashamed to admit that Paranormal Activity has scared and scarred me for the rest of my adult life. I don't think I will ever get over the fear I experienced when that movie had finished playing. I watched the original ending online today and my heart was racing and I was getting all short of breath and shit, but it wasn't as scary as the theater ending so I was cool by the end of it this time. Still though, I had trouble sleeping for the first two nights after I saw it and I still see that face sometimes and it freaks me out.
I know a lot of people have said it isn't scary or the original ending is better but I really think its what our perception of the reality of the events taking place in the movie that make it scary. I have never been as scared as I was the night I saw Paranormal Activity, by the time the last screen hit and it was over I had tears in my eyes from holding my breath. I think the guy next to my wife and I thought I was going to have heart attack I was so pale. Event Horizon was kinda the same way when I was younger but it wasn't permeated into every day life, so I never saw it again anywhere until years later. PA is everywhere online so it's all around me freakin' me out. I feel like a little girl because some guy made the scariest movie ever. #spaceships
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Actually, everything about 40k ships is awesome, from being controlled by a three-eyed mutant who sees into the depths of a horrible realm full of malicious entities that claw their way through his mind, entering a dimension of space where thought and emotion merge with matter.
And god, there was the most awesome short story about a crew that literally lived in the gun deck--they never saw the light of day, never stepped outside the ship, just lived in the bowels of this incomprehensibly massive ship, slowly going insane from the constant tedium and occasional nasuea, which the denizens had no idea about, when the ship would jump into the Warp.
...Yeah, 40k is pretty much badass. #spaceships
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I'm also a bit ashamed to remember the episode of Buck Rogers where there were vampires in space. It almost makes Twilight seem respectable. Almost. ;-= (vampire winking!) #spaceships
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I think the Cygnus should be included...
I mean, it was not really haunted, but clearly looked like it was... #spaceships
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It gives your mind the power to create whatever you think of. Of course, we don't have much control, do we? #spaceships
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System Shock 2 was the original Deadspace with the biozombies. Plus it had a psychopathic AI that makes HAL look docile. Especially the twist at the ending. Even though I saw it coming, it still scared the bejezus out of me. #spaceships
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Event Horizon was one of the creepiest flicks I happened to see as a teen. The imagery was so disturbing to me as a young and naive Christian boy, and even as an adult it's still pretty weird. #spaceships
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An excellent film! #spaceships
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I know a lot of people have said it isn't scary or the original ending is better but I really think its what our perception of the reality of the events taking place in the movie that make it scary. I have never been as scared as I was the night I saw Paranormal Activity, by the time the last screen hit and it was over I had tears in my eyes from holding my breath. I think the guy next to my wife and I thought I was going to have heart attack I was so pale. Event Horizon was kinda the same way when I was younger but it wasn't permeated into every day life, so I never saw it again anywhere until years later. PA is everywhere online so it's all around me freakin' me out. I feel like a little girl because some guy made the scariest movie ever. #spaceships
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#@! #spaceships
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Oh yeah, and Patrick Stewart! #spaceships