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SSTF@lemmy.world to Science Fiction@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Cool scifi armors? For ages, I thought this Lost In Space helmet was the coolest thing.

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Cool scifi armors? For ages, I thought this Lost In Space helmet was the coolest thing.

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SSTF@lemmy.world to Science Fiction@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Here’s a short video of it popping onto his head.

Yeah, it’s basically Iron-Man nanoarmor, but this Lost in Space movie came out in 1998, and the full gunmetal rugged aesthetic is still pretty top tier.

What are other unique, cool scifi armors?

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    I like the Anubis helmets in the original StarGate movie. Helmets that fold away are always cool.

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      Even though it just encourages the “ancient aliens” crowd, I can thank Stargate for my love of anything that fuses Egyptian/Mayan/Aztec aesthetics and mythology with sci-fi.

      Edit: oooh, and other Native American tribes, too, like The Endless Nation in Hickman’s East of West

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        The Endless Nation was so cool. I love me some East of West. Someone give me that animated adaption, please.

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          Hell, what about the Amazon Original series we were supposed to get?

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    Feel like this movie was super underrated. Everything from the major’s battlesuit to the kid’s hologram robot pilot station was awesome!

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      I had a huge crush on Lacey Chaberts Penny in this movie when I was a kid. She was just a few years older than me and I was enamored. I haven’t thought about it in like 20 years now.

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        Dude same.

        • BadRS@lemmy.world
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          I guess it explains my dangerous infatuation with rebellious girls in dark eye makeup.

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    Dead space helmet

  • magic_window@lemmy.world
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    that batman returns batmobile armour was pretty sweet too

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    “How You Doin’?” - Dr. Drake Ramoray

    • Oderus@lemmy.world
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      You mean Ken Adams?

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    Hellgate London had some cool armors.

    • ShoePaste@lemmy.ml
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      Aw geez, you know i just it’s kinda cool rick

    • ivanafterall@kbin.social
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      That seems like highly impractical armor.

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        Aside from the fact that it’s open around the waist to show booty, it’s actually sensible. It’s basically cyber full plate armor.

        • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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          The high heels don’t exactly add to the practicality.

          • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            That’s pretty self-evident I’d imagine.

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              Yeah, but you didn’t mention it, so I figured it was worth adding.

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          @Caligvla @ivanafterall open around the waist is sensible? How many men have armor open around the waist???

          • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            A S I D E from the fact that it’s open around the waist to show booty

            Basic reading comprehension is your friend.

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    You guys know you can post images, right?

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    I absolutely loved this helmet as a kid! And the cool gun helped the style as well. Overall super fun to watch on screen.

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      The late 90s and very early 2000s were the peak of chromed out guns with lasers on them.

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        The Noisy Cricket

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    I feel like a lot of stuff in Destiny and Destiny 2 should count. There are some truly wacky armors in those games, and some really badass stuff too.

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    can we give George Lucas some credit at least in the helmet department?

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      He didn’t design any of those.

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    As terrible as that movie was there was a lot of cool stuff. I always loved robot before he gets blown to smitherines. I think my favorite aci fi armor from the 90s was the power armor in the beginning of the final fantasy movie. I think it was the forst time id ever seen armor like that and thought their glowing blue eyes were so cool.

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    It’s a game, but the Terran Marine, Firebat, and Ghost are classics.

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    I’m a sucker for the goofy box of light that was the shield belts in the 1984 version of Dune. It’s armor of a kind, right?

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    The armor and helmet from the Mass Effect trilogy (particularly 3). Relatively simple and basic but still badass and iconic.

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    War Machine

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