OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
What TV or movies would you recommend to get inspired for Traveller? Firefly and Star Trek seem obvious. Any others?
EDIT: The Expanse & Guardians of the Galaxy
EDIT: The Expanse & Guardians of the Galaxy
Inspirational Media
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AndrewW
Emperor Mongoose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outland_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999
Really, just about anything could be mined for adventure ideas and such.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999
Really, just about anything could be mined for adventure ideas and such.
OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
Haha! Space: 1999! How has that NOT been rebooted or made into a movie?
paltrysum
Emperor Mongoose
Alien (1979): Traveller analogues include Death Station and Chamax Plague.
Bladerunner (1982): For urban scenes and dystopian environments. One of the images of a Zhodani urban scene in Aliens of Charted Space, Vol. 1 was reminiscent of this film.
Aliens (1986): The military action of the Colonial Marines are inspiring for any TL9-11 mercenary campaign.
Babylon 5 (1994–1998): Humans and aliens trying to get along... and often failing to do so. Capital ship battles, diplomacy, interstellar travel. What's not to like?!
The Expanse (2015–): Great hard sci-fi treatment with a well-developed corps of characters, reminiscent of any Traveller starship crew.
Bladerunner (1982): For urban scenes and dystopian environments. One of the images of a Zhodani urban scene in Aliens of Charted Space, Vol. 1 was reminiscent of this film.
Aliens (1986): The military action of the Colonial Marines are inspiring for any TL9-11 mercenary campaign.
Babylon 5 (1994–1998): Humans and aliens trying to get along... and often failing to do so. Capital ship battles, diplomacy, interstellar travel. What's not to like?!
The Expanse (2015–): Great hard sci-fi treatment with a well-developed corps of characters, reminiscent of any Traveller starship crew.
OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
I can't BELIEVE I didn't mention the Expanse in my OP. 
Best sci-fi in the last 20 years* in any medium. (Fight me)
The Alien movies (first two) are good ideas. I never watched B5 though.
Bladerunner is probably a good example of certain types of worlds, but I'm not sure if it translates well to a party of PCs. I have to confess I am an outlier among my friends in that I didn't go gaga over the movie when it came out (or the Director's Cut). Visually cool, though.
*Except maybe for Firefly.
Best sci-fi in the last 20 years* in any medium. (Fight me)The Alien movies (first two) are good ideas. I never watched B5 though.
Bladerunner is probably a good example of certain types of worlds, but I'm not sure if it translates well to a party of PCs. I have to confess I am an outlier among my friends in that I didn't go gaga over the movie when it came out (or the Director's Cut). Visually cool, though.
*Except maybe for Firefly.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Space 1999 is maybe too niche, as well as the fact that like UFO, the first season was rather deadpan, and the second rather uncoordinated fantasy.
Blake's Seven had a sort of a reboot with the radio plays, and Anderson's other properties, despite being puppets, had more life to them.
Blake's Seven had a sort of a reboot with the radio plays, and Anderson's other properties, despite being puppets, had more life to them.
shammond42
Cosmic Mongoose
Battlestar Galatica. I'm drawing heavily on the newer one for inspiration for the Deepnight Revelation campaign I'm planning.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
I suggest looking up the game Deadlock, for an extended selection of prequelish starwarships.
OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
NOLATrav said:
I'll have to check it out!
Annatar Giftbringer
Emperor Mongoose
NOLATrav said:
I loved that movie! Thanks for the reminder, now I wanna watch it again!
or not, naturally it’s “no longer available” on Netflix in my region...
OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
Annatar Giftbringer said:
It's on Amazon Prime FWIW (watched it last night). The computer-animated movie was free w/subscription but the old 1970s show is a pay-for.
Annatar Giftbringer
Emperor Mongoose
OrdosMalleus said:
Well, I have thought about getting Amazon Prime as well for some time... feels like I’m playing Pokémon with streaming services (gotta catch em all!)
TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
People usually get hung up on definitions of what is science fiction or not, but I still find the Star Wars movies, or the first three at least and maybe Rogue One and Solo, to be pretty good inspiration for Star Wars. And Blake’s 7. And Firefly, although that’s already been mentioned.
There is meant to be an upcoming adaptation of Azimov’s Foundation coming on Apple TV.
There is meant to be an upcoming adaptation of Azimov’s Foundation coming on Apple TV.
ShawnDriscoll
Cosmic Mongoose
OrdosMalleus said:
I use Mongoose Traveller for everything. Not just sci-fi.
OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
TrippyHippy said:
I'm pretty done with Star Wars. I saw the originals as a kid in theaters. I barely got through Phantom Menace so I skipped the other prequels. Force Awakens was bleah enough to keep me from Rise of S & Last Jedi. Never saw Solo. I liked Rogue One okay because none of the original characters were in it (I don't count Vader cameos or CGI Leia/Tarkin).
After all,
I enjoyed the first Foundation book but quickly tired of it after that.
