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Post subject: Some History  Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 2:05 pm |
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| Quote (Ilushia @ 12 May 2006 (22:52)) | A lot of you probably have never heard of a game called Marathon or of the Pfhor. But I thought I should share some old history, and something which is just a bit too close to the Tau's physiological and symbology for me to assume it's random chance (though it might well be!). Back in 1994 a game company by the name of Bungie produced a game called Marathon. The symbol used for the UESC (United Earth Space Comission) is the one you'll find under my name. (For a larger version check here: http://marathon.bungie.org/story/terms/ ... logoff.gif).
The Pfhor themselves were taller then humans, slighter and had a physical build which over-all seems entirely too close to Tau. Especially their foot-designs and body-structure. Most notably the Pfhor had a third eye in their forehead, the Tau are also commonly portrayed with an eye-like item in their foreheads. (See here for a picture of a Pfhor from the game: http://marathon.bungie.org/story/terms/ ... .4.1.1.gif) |
Link to the pictures no longer seems to be working.
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James
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wargame_insomniac
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Post subject: Some History Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 2:10 pm |
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| Quote (colonel_sponsz @ 13 May 2006 (22:48)) | | Just been reading IA4: ?The first half is Aliens and the second half is Starship Troopers. ?(Edit: ?I'm talking about the films.) |
Yes but those are all fictionalised rip-offs of the Shadows from Babylon 5, another great non-fiction documentary brought to you from the 3rd age of mankind thanks to convenient rift in the space/time continum.
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James
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Post subject: Some History Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 3:50 pm |
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All those concepts listed are pretty much stock sci-fi. Any claim of infringement would likely be pointless.
You can claim, for instance, that Starship Troopers was the first instance of orbital "drop" deployment, but by the time GW came up with Space Marines 15+ years later it was just part of the sci fi parlance and had been adapted/twised by numerous authors so that it can hardly be though of as ripping off Starship Troopers.
Ditto for "alien bugs" and Giger-inspired art styles.
(I actually think that Tyranids only look vaguely giger-esque and judging from Giger's descriptions of his own work, I'd say that he would not consider them more than tangentially related, let alone infringing.)
OTOH, they occasionally do stupidly obvious ripoffs of historical stuff (no copyright issues there) and I am honesly surprised that Joseph Konrad's estate hasn't at least gotten a cease and desist order for the Night Lords background stealing the _Heart of Darkness_ plot.
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