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Monroville Community Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:13 am Post subject: ** anyone consider kit-bashing SATURN 3 kits? ** |
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I have no idea what any of these ships are called, and I know this is primarily an ALIEN forum, but:
(1) if there is one thing I really like about SATURN 3 it is the more "insect" designed elements
(2) SATURN 3 is one of the more memorable ALIEN rip-offs - in what WAYS it is memorable, I'll leave that up to you.
Regardless, whether someone did a straight custom model, or say an anime variant, I still think it would be a cool kit none the less.
Here are some images of the ships in question. I will post some sketches of an alternate "anime" design later:
Cargo ship:
Lander:
youtube link 1 and link 2
Patrol Ship (can't say I care for this one, being that it is typically '50's rocketship styling):
Transport:
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The Loyalizer Community Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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The transport has a vaguely Ron Cobb feel to it.
Gotta love the Mad Max gloves on those pressure suits. _________________
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steevy Community Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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I thought the transporter had a Gerry Anderson feel.It looks like something from UFO. |
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phase pistol Community Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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Some... THING is wrong on Saturn 3.
Actually I didn't think it was much of an "ALIEN" ripoff... it had much more of a "Heavy Metal" euro comics vibe to it. Barbarella.
Still, a guilty pleasure. That buglike landing module was pretty cool. And I love the cruise ship at the end .
Here's Keitel's helmet
Kirk Douglas' helmet.
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andy Community Guide
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:39 am Post subject: |
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It is on my tops list too. It is a bit too slick to be truly influenced by Alien, except maybe it tried to capitalize on the fact that Alien was a blockbuster, even though it was rated 'R' and a horror film, while most Science Fiction films were 'G'-'PG' rated especially so soon after Star Wars. I agree that it was heavily influenced by Heavy Metal magazine as well. It is also memorable in the fact that pretty much everybody else gets naked except for Harvey Keitel.
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The Loyalizer Community Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:51 am Post subject: |
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You know, looking at Douglas's helmet, I could swear I've seen a similar design in an old Heavy Metal issue. I'll have to see if I still have that one. _________________
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joberg Community Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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I'm with Steevy on that transporter: very UFO/Thunderbirds...I would like to see who was the chief model-maker on that one...Derreck Meddings maybe? |
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Gaff87 Community Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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The Loyalizer wrote: | Gotta love the Mad Max gloves on those pressure suits. |
Haha...i totally missed that. Well spotted.
I must admit, i've never seen Saturn 3 but agree, that transporter looks very Thunderbirds.
Also, that Douglas helmet reminds me a tiny bit of the Airborne trooper's helmet in the Star Wars PT. |
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Mr Webber Community Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Andy wrote:
Quote: | It is also memorable in the fact that pretty much everybody else gets naked except for Harvey Keitel | .
Thank heaven for small mercies
Always liked this movie, good to see it get a run on these boards. It was on the list i gave you Neil, have you seen it yet? _________________ Formerly offworld66 |
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steevy Community Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Well I checked and the effects people and production design don't seem to have had anything to do with Gerry Anderson.Ed Bishop was in the movie though(Commander Straker of UFO)and I think ITC was behind it(which did UFO and other Gerry Anderson shows). |
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Gaff87 Community Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:36 am Post subject: |
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offworld66 wrote: | It was on the list i gave you Neil, have you seen it yet? |
Totally forgot about the list, lol.
Nope, not seen it yet. |
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clutch Community Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Wish it would come out on blu-ray in the correct format. I've only seen the pan n scan version.
Wish they could have invested a little more in Harvey's ship. The chain ladder kinda kills it for me. |
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Monroville Community Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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clutch wrote: | Wish it would come out on blu-ray in the correct format. I've only seen the pan n scan version.
Wish they could have invested a little more in Harvey's ship. The chain ladder kinda kills it for me. |
Not to mention the near lack of an engine.... while I really like the design, the thing is just way too small; not to mention it is interesting how they put the Hector pods into the crew cabin and they mysteriously disappear.
And I agree about it being more HEAVY METALish - then again, ALIEN is essentially a HEAVY METAL movie. _________________ .
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andy Community Guide
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:20 am Post subject: |
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The effects company if I remember correctly was the same one that worked on the James bond movies.
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joberg Community Member
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:49 am Post subject: |
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You're indeed correct Andy, so it's possible that it's a Derreck Meddings company; he did the effect on Moonracker and some of the other James Bond movies also...one of the model-maker/visual effect guy worked also on Aliens. |
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Mark Sheppard Community Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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as a kid I dreamed of having a full size hector robot from the movie. I wish there was more reference pics out there of the movie. Actually aside from the "Adam-Eve" scenario of the base, it had some pretty cool models and ships. Harvey Kietel was great. I am not much of a Farah Fawcett fan though.. I had a Wendy O. Williams poster in my room LOL! I remember a sci-fi magazine maybe Fantastic films that had a white cover with Hector and some great production pics. hmmm.. I guess being nostalgic makes one want to try to find old sci-fi mags |
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