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Title: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Plawranc on April 25, 2010, 05:55:49 AM
I saw the trailer for nextweeks DrWho (In Australia). They go back to WW2 and discover that England is using DALEKS to beat the Nazi's.

Developing their Tech they make...... SPACE SPITFIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH LASERS AND JET THRUSTERS !!!!!! BUT THEY LOOK JUST LIKE SPITS OTHERWISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we know there is only one thing to say.

PERK THE SPACE SPITFIRES

 :D
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: RipChord929 on April 25, 2010, 06:20:54 AM
Earth Force Star Fury... By the storyline, it is produced by Earthforce R/D, designed by the European Consortium, Rolls Royce Fusion engines, and has a direct corporate lineage back to the spitfire.. Space Spitfire?  I like it!
(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv226/RipChord929/starfury201.jpg)
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Bruv119 on April 25, 2010, 06:31:00 AM
I saw the trailer for nextweeks DrWho (In Australia). They go back to WW2 and discover that England is using DALEKS to beat the Nazi's.

Developing their Tech they make...... SPACE SPITFIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH LASERS AND JET THRUSTERS !!!!!! BUT THEY LOOK JUST LIKE SPITS OTHERWISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we know there is only one thing to say.

PERK THE SPACE SPITFIRES

 :D


OMG your so behind pacman.   It is a must watch though  :D.  Perk the spits with frikkin laserbeams in Space!!!    They owned that Dalek laser beam!!!  

got to love the Dalek bringing them tea  :lol
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 25, 2010, 07:34:40 AM
Earth Force Star Fury... By the storyline, it is produced by Earthforce R/D, designed by the European Consortium, Rolls Royce Fusion engines, and has a direct corporate lineage back to the spitfire.. Space Spitfire?  I like it!
(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv226/RipChord929/starfury201.jpg)
Best...Show...In...The...WORLD!!! :x
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: ACE on April 25, 2010, 07:51:26 AM
Perk the space spits ! :O
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Reschke on April 25, 2010, 08:09:53 AM
Earth Force Star Fury... By the storyline, it is produced by Earthforce R/D, designed by the European Consortium, Rolls Royce Fusion engines, and has a direct corporate lineage back to the spitfire.. Space Spitfire?  I like it!
(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv226/RipChord929/starfury201.jpg)

That isn't a Space Spitfire...

THIS IS!!!!

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061223184052/starwars/images/0/07/Defender.jpg)
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Penguin on April 25, 2010, 08:15:51 AM
Ah yes, a fine example of Imperial Engineering.  It is a TIE Defender, correct?

-Penguin
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Reschke on April 25, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Ah yes, a fine example of Imperial Engineering.  It is a TIE Defender, correct?

-Penguin

Yes! Much better than those other scifi engineering examples.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Penguin on April 25, 2010, 08:39:01 AM
Yet it is more of a Zero than a Spitfire, since it lacks any laser or particle shielding at all.

-Penguin
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Saxman on April 25, 2010, 08:51:22 AM
GOD I hated all those superfighters in the X-wing series. Led to XvT and XWA modders doing nothing but stupidly overpowered kitbashed super-ships.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: -tronski- on April 25, 2010, 08:55:54 AM



got to love the Dalek bringing them tea  :lol

Or the Dalek equipped with khaki belts and webbing

 Tronsky
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: ramzey on April 25, 2010, 10:34:07 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ZtvkFMEBI
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: USCH on April 25, 2010, 10:36:50 AM
i have been looking (in the US) since bruve saw his first trailer in the uk, ane nothing yet, so we in the us are even farther behind!  :cry
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: DREDIOCK on April 25, 2010, 11:47:12 AM
I saw the trailer for nextweeks DrWho (In Australia). They go back to WW2 and discover that England is using DALEKS to beat the Nazi's.

Developing their Tech they make...... SPACE SPITFIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH LASERS AND JET THRUSTERS !!!!!! BUT THEY LOOK JUST LIKE SPITS OTHERWISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we know there is only one thing to say.

PERK THE SPACE SPITFIRES

 :D

Obviously its being made by AH spit dweebs and stealing HTC spit flight modeling of the spit and the gunnery modeling of the B17's  :rofl
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Little Dragon on April 25, 2010, 11:54:01 AM
Best...Show...In...The...WORLD!!! :x



+1

The episode where the 2 are stuck in the elevator together makes me ROFLMFAO every time.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Vulcan on April 25, 2010, 05:04:54 PM
Space spits was meh.

I'm hanging out for the Blink sequel (Blink had to be the best Dr Who episode of all time).

If you want something scary to watch, Blink ... late at night... alone... will have you hiding behind the couch like you did when you were a kid :D
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Simba on April 25, 2010, 05:21:37 PM
This ol' cat has been a fan of the good Doctor ever since episode one.  :old:

And he likes the Doc's new assistant almost as much as Billie Piper. RRRRRrrrrrr, RRRRrrrrrr . . .

 :cool:
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: pipz on April 25, 2010, 05:29:54 PM

And he likes the Doc's new assistant almost as much as Billie Piper. RRRRRrrrrrr, RRRRrrrrrr . . .

 :aok
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z207/Pimpzdog/658px-The_Eleventh_Doctor_and_Amy_P.jpg)
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Vulcan on April 25, 2010, 05:31:36 PM
This ol' cat has been a fan of the good Doctor ever since episode one.  :old:

Yeah she so had me wanting to be arrested in the first episode :D
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: pipz on April 25, 2010, 05:33:51 PM
Space spits was meh.

I'm hanging out for the Blink sequel (Blink had to be the best Dr Who episode of all time).

If you want something scary to watch, Blink ... late at night... alone... will have you hiding behind the couch like you did when you were a kid :D

I agree.I still recall the teaser they played for that one and thinking ...oh man that looks good <G> I wasnt disapointed. As a bonus to that episode Sally Sparrow was way hot  :aok
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Reschke on April 25, 2010, 05:39:48 PM
Yet it is more of a Zero than a Spitfire, since it lacks any laser or particle shielding at all.

-Penguin

If you are referring to the Tie/D it does have shields.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Saxman on April 25, 2010, 05:59:19 PM
If you are referring to the Tie/D it does have shields.

You don't want to get me started on Star Wars fighter technology.

E-wings FTW!
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 25, 2010, 06:34:51 PM
You don't want to get me started on Star Wars fighter technology.

E-wings FTW!
I'd rather take a B-wing to tell you the truth...
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Penguin on April 25, 2010, 07:36:24 PM
If you are referring to the Tie/D it does have shields.

I stand corrected, I figured that all of the power from the engines was routed to the thrusters and laser cannons, with none to pressurization (<- this first one I know to be true, since the TIE pilots wear masks and breathing apparatus) and shields.  On the other hand though, there are three wings on that, so you could squeeze in a shield generator somewhere in there.

-Penguin
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 25, 2010, 07:46:28 PM
I stand corrected, I figured that all of the power from the engines was routed to the thrusters and laser cannons, with none to pressurization (<- this first one I know to be true, since the TIE pilots wear masks and breathing apparatus) and shields.  On the other hand though, there are three wings on that, so you could squeeze in a shield generator somewhere in there.

-Penguin
this is getting geekier than my level of geek :rolleyes: . time to go to sleep :bolt:
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Saxman on April 25, 2010, 08:00:42 PM
I stand corrected, I figured that all of the power from the engines was routed to the thrusters and laser cannons, with none to pressurization (<- this first one I know to be true, since the TIE pilots wear masks and breathing apparatus) and shields.  On the other hand though, there are three wings on that, so you could squeeze in a shield generator somewhere in there.

-Penguin

That was the case of the TIE starfighter, Interceptor and bomber.

I'd rather take a B-wing to tell you the truth...

The X-wing games WAY over-modeled the B-wing. The only thing the games had in common with the original movie design was pure firepower. If you go by what the SFX production teams used to compare performance when setting the space battle scenes in Return of the Jedi, the B-wing was very slow and not very maneuverable (slower and even less maneuverable than the Y-wing, which is routinely UNDER-modeled by the games). The B-wing fills a role more akin to the B-25H: she's a heavy gunship, not a fighter.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: cactuskooler on April 25, 2010, 08:02:51 PM
Space Spitfire X-Wing Thing!

(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/08.jpg)
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: phatzo on April 25, 2010, 08:42:58 PM
Daleks and curry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: -tronski- on April 25, 2010, 11:47:48 PM
Space spits was meh.

I'm hanging out for the Blink sequel (Blink had to be the best Dr Who episode of all time).

If you want something scary to watch, Blink ... late at night... alone... will have you hiding behind the couch like you did when you were a kid :D

The first part of the blink sequel was great!  I watched Blink before hand just to get in the mood...Sally Sparrow was such a great sort!

 Tronsky
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: saggs on April 26, 2010, 12:11:05 AM
Earth Force Star Fury... By the storyline, it is produced by Earthforce R/D, designed by the European Consortium, Rolls Royce Fusion engines, and has a direct corporate lineage back to the spitfire.. Space Spitfire?  I like it!
(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv226/RipChord929/starfury201.jpg)

Is that from a game?  If so what, and is it worth playing?
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: grizz441 on April 26, 2010, 01:22:20 AM
That isn't a Space Spitfire...

THIS IS!!!!

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061223184052/starwars/images/0/07/Defender.jpg)

Am I a total dork for knowing that is TIE Defender?
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Chalenge on April 26, 2010, 03:44:39 AM
Am I a total dork for knowing that is TIE Defender?

No your a total dork for completely unrelated reasons. Recognizing a TIE Defender makes you a nerd. If you could also build a custom scale cockpit of a TIE Defender that would make you a geek. So in reality your a dorky nerd thats is dumber that a geek.  :D
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Saxman on April 26, 2010, 07:21:26 AM
Is that from a game?  If so what, and is it worth playing?

StarFury was from the TV series Babylon 5.

It WOULD have been a game. Sierra was developing a space-combat simulator that would have used real-world Newtonian physics and, from the demos that were released, would have been WELL ahead of its time as far as visuals go. But this was in the late-90s/early-2000s when Sierra was beginning its rapid spiral down the tubes by canceling what would have been GREAT games (Aces of the Pacific II, Desert Fighters, its ENTIRE adventure game lineup) in favor of Hoyle Classic Cards and Super Professional Championship Bull Riding.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 26, 2010, 07:38:40 AM
That was the case of the TIE starfighter, Interceptor and bomber.

The X-wing games WAY over-modeled the B-wing. The only thing the games had in common with the original movie design was pure firepower. If you go by what the SFX production teams used to compare performance when setting the space battle scenes in Return of the Jedi, the B-wing was very slow and not very maneuverable (slower and even less maneuverable than the Y-wing, which is routinely UNDER-modeled by the games). The B-wing fills a role more akin to the B-25H: she's a heavy gunship, not a fighter.
i know this. i liked big and heavy weapons in those games... Personally i'd take a Tie Phantom over anything... but i actually liked game verisons. too bad its wrong...
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 26, 2010, 07:40:19 AM
StarFury was from the TV series Babylon 5.

It WOULD have been a game. Sierra was developing a space-combat simulator that would have used real-world Newtonian physics and, from the demos that were released, would have been WELL ahead of its time as far as visuals go. But this was in the late-90s/early-2000s when Sierra was beginning its rapid spiral down the tubes by canceling what would have been GREAT games (Aces of the Pacific II, Desert Fighters, its ENTIRE adventure game lineup) in favor of Hoyle Classic Cards and Super Professional Championship Bull Riding.
Sierra actually made World in Conflict last year (or two years ago?)
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Reschke on April 26, 2010, 07:43:55 AM
Once upon a time Sierra was a great game company...too bad they don't actually do anything but publish stuff these days...especially since they were a great simulation maker as well. I was part of the early Beta test group for Desert Fighters and it was outstanding with very few gameplay bugs and they were hammering on the flight model and from what I remember it was very good compared to the games of its time, both online and offline.
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 26, 2010, 07:54:42 AM
Sierra needs to make a comeback :aok
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: CAP1 on April 26, 2010, 07:57:05 AM
Space spits was meh.

I'm hanging out for the Blink sequel (Blink had to be the best Dr Who episode of all time).

If you want something scary to watch, Blink ... late at night... alone... will have you hiding behind the couch like you did when you were a kid :D

blink was the best episode yet. if the sequel to it is nearly as good, it should send shivers up n down your spine.  :aok
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: 321BAR on April 26, 2010, 08:17:14 AM
blink was the best episode yet. if the sequel to it is nearly as good, it should send shivers up n down your spine.  :aok
blink was 2nd to the return of Davros :D
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Saxman on April 26, 2010, 09:05:47 AM
Sierra needs to make a comeback :aok

Sierra doesn't exist anymore. The name is only used for branding now but that's all it is.

And how's this for a coincidence:

In the late-90s Sierra was bought out by Vivendi, which was either itself or was owned by some French water company (I can't remember which off-hand, but either way WTF?!) This was about the same time Sierra began its trip down the tubes.

In the early/mid-2000s Universal, who owned the SciFi Channel, was bought out by Vivendi. Right about the same time as the sale, SciFi began its own downward spiral (see the "Best Three hours of Television" thread).

Things that make you go, "Hmmmm...."
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Black Sheep on April 26, 2010, 05:12:44 PM
I just started watching again - I took a 20 year hiatus from the older ones. Is the Blink episode the one about the statues that kill and cover thier eyes when you are looking at them - but move at ya when you turn or blink?
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: Wolfala on April 26, 2010, 05:47:21 PM
Am I a total dork for knowing that is TIE Defender?

nope. I knew it. Was waiting for the missile boat to pop up
Title: Re: SPACE SPITFIRES
Post by: CAP1 on April 26, 2010, 05:49:19 PM
I just started watching again - I took a 20 year hiatus from the older ones. Is the Blink episode the one about the statues that kill and cover thier eyes when you are looking at them - but move at ya when you turn or blink?

YEP.