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Re: Look at it this way...
Posted By: InnerRaygDate: 11/22/09 6:16 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Look at it this way... (Stephen L. (SoundEffect))


: Pine trees are on Halo. There's a distinct implication of relatedness between
: Forerunner and Humanity. I'm OK with Halo looking and feeling like Earth.
: Same gravity, temp, and so forth. Makes sense.

: Elites' architecture shouldn't be identifiable to any known Earth
: construction or materials. Why would there even be trees on Sanghelios? Is
: it required? Could their planet have been much different.

: There used to be a story in the early days of Star Trek (mid 60's) that on
: the first pilot episode, the set dressers were outfitting a stage as an
: alien world. They had some fake rocks and trees and plants and a few real
: trees and plants around. Gene Roddenberry (Trek's creator) was viewing the
: set and complained that the world didn't look 'alien' enough. The set
: dressers sarcastically asked what an alien plant would look like. Gene
: walked over to one of the real plants, pulled it out of the ground, turned
: it over and shoved it back in the ground burying the leaves and flowers
: and having the ugly roots showing above ground. He then exclaimed that
: that was what an alien plant looked like.

: I've always liked that story.

: You can make a world look wholly unfamiliar even using familiar things.

Hold on now, even if it is a different planet, you've got to remember these are still bipedal creatures who breathe oxygen and seem to have metabolic processes very similar to our own. Their world has got to have at least some structural similarities. And even if it is completely different the same elements would be present on their planet as on ours; and the same rules of physics still apply, so when building, an arch is still going to be a structurally sound way of constructing things no matter what the planet.

I've rewatched the episode, and the similarities just don't seem as obvious. Really the worst offender is the samurai Elite, but then if you try you can still draw some parallels between the way his armor is stylized and the look of the Honor Guards later on.


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Hey, Frankie?Riceatron 11/22/09 12:08 a.m.
     It was made it JapanEiii 11/22/09 12:27 a.m.
           Re: It was made it JapanMasterNoob 11/22/09 12:37 a.m.
                 Re: It was made it JapanEaite Randjam 11/22/09 2:59 p.m.
     I thinkIccaRa 11/22/09 12:29 a.m.
           Re: I thinkSonofMacPhisto 11/22/09 8:38 a.m.
     Look at it this way...InnerRayg 11/22/09 1:47 a.m.
           Re: Look at it this way...UNSC_Trooper 11/22/09 2:27 a.m.
                 Re: Look at it this way...InnerRayg 11/22/09 3:40 a.m.
           Re: Look at it this way...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 2:33 p.m.
                 Re: Look at it this way...Riceatron 11/22/09 4:16 p.m.
                       Re: Look at it this way...Leisandir 11/22/09 4:35 p.m.
                             Re: Look at it this way...rolandk73 11/22/09 4:38 p.m.
                                   Re: Look at it this way...General Vagueness 11/22/09 5:16 p.m.
                                   Re: Look at it this way...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 5:21 p.m.
                                         Re: Look at it this way...InnerRayg 11/22/09 6:16 p.m.
                                               Re: Look at it this way...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 6:48 p.m.
                                                     Re: Look at it this way...General Vagueness 11/22/09 9:00 p.m.
                                                           Re: Look at it this way...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 10:00 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Look at it this way...General Vagueness 11/23/09 11:20 a.m.
                                                     Re: Look at it this way...InnerRayg 11/22/09 9:14 p.m.
                                                           Re: Look at it this way...Riceatron 11/22/09 9:38 p.m.
                                                           Re: Look at it this way...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 10:09 p.m.
                                                     Re: Look at it this way...Vincent 11/23/09 3:26 a.m.
                                                           Re: Look at it this way...Bry 11/23/09 4:22 a.m.
                                                           Re: Look at it this way...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/23/09 7:32 a.m.
                                         Re: Look at it this way...Bry 11/22/09 6:42 p.m.
     Re: Hey, Frankie?darthbob 11/22/09 2:29 a.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?zofinda 11/22/09 2:33 a.m.
                 Re: Hey, Frankie?Riceatron 11/22/09 2:42 a.m.
                       Re: Hey, Frankie?zofinda 11/22/09 3:01 a.m.
                       Re: Hey, Frankie?Bry 11/22/09 3:34 a.m.
                             Re: Hey, Frankie?reprobate 11/22/09 4:34 a.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?Gordon Freeman 11/22/09 11:42 a.m.
                 Now THATrolandk73 11/22/09 11:45 a.m.
                       Re: Now THATGordon Freeman 11/22/09 12:16 p.m.
                             What he said *NM*Ibeechu 11/22/09 12:19 p.m.
                             Pretty well agreed. *NM*Leisandir 11/22/09 3:29 p.m.
     Re: Hey, Frankie?Frankie 11/22/09 11:47 a.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?Ibeechu 11/22/09 12:18 p.m.
                 Re: Hey, Frankie?Frankie 11/22/09 12:36 p.m.
                       Re: Hey, Frankie?evildoctorwill 11/22/09 12:53 p.m.
                             Astronaut Lu Tang Wu *picture*Chris101b 11/22/09 11:44 p.m.
                                   *shudders* *NM*evildoctorwill 11/23/09 7:30 a.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?SPARTAN-034 11/22/09 12:40 p.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?UNSC_Trooper 11/22/09 12:48 p.m.
                 He's Irish *NM*rolandk73 11/22/09 1:08 p.m.
                       In all seriousness... don't let it be Andersrolandk73 11/22/09 1:14 p.m.
                             Re: In all seriousness... don't let it be AndersYNation913 11/22/09 2:54 p.m.
                                   Re: In all seriousness... don't let it be AndersVincent 11/22/09 2:57 p.m.
                                         Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterAngelicLionheart 11/22/09 3:23 p.m.
                                               Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterLeisandir 11/22/09 3:31 p.m.
                                                     Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterInnerRayg 11/22/09 6:20 p.m.
                                                           Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterLeisandir 11/22/09 7:16 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterInnerRayg 11/22/09 9:02 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterLeisandir 11/23/09 12:04 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterInnerRayg 11/23/09 1:19 a.m.
                                               Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 5:13 p.m.
                                                     Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterYNation913 11/22/09 6:13 p.m.
                                                           Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 6:18 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterrolandk73 11/22/09 8:57 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterInnerRayg 11/22/09 9:08 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterrolandk73 11/22/09 9:16 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Anders is not Dr. Catherine Halsey's daughterStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 9:58 p.m.
           I cannot WAIT for Package, personally. *NM*gunluva 11/22/09 1:31 p.m.
                 *Cough* Is that what she said? (Had to) *NM*Silent Knight 11/23/09 5:53 a.m.
                       I left out the "the", for that reason. *NM*gunluva 11/23/09 4:30 p.m.
                             I got that impression, but close enough *NM*Silent Knight 11/24/09 7:58 a.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/22/09 2:28 p.m.
           Re: Hey, Frankie?YNation913 11/22/09 2:50 p.m.
           Kojo "Romeo" AguXMixMasterX 11/23/09 12:41 p.m.



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