The Thargoid discussion thread now with extra Thargoids !!!

[Twisted]

Which loses translates to "Stretch your Triceps. Squats for Thighs'.
He was an avid gym-goer.

Blimey....I remember waiting for the postman to deliver the the first ever copy of 200AD to me.

It had a glow in the dark frissbee with it.....

Happy days

 

[salad]

I don't think the name "Thargoids" has made the test of times.

It sounds dated and something taken straight out of a 1950s sci-fi movie. (Not that this is bad - but it does not fit the ED universe in 2015 - imho)

I know there is a lot of Lore and nostalgia connected to the name....but I really think it should be called someting else. "Thargoids" could be the nickname....but not the actual latin name given.

What do you think?

Preposterous.

 

[Moloney]

Agreed, it does sound dated.

But I guess it will provide a laugh to new players and then they'll just get use to it....

 

[martinwright6]

I may be wrong here, but my memory tells me that the glow in the dark frisbee was Eagle comic...

 

[CMDR Sheehy]

200AD eh? All those Romans...

I think it was the Eagle too. Used to collect. SOMEONE who shall remain nameless, bless her, threw them out...

 

[martinwright6]

200AD eh? All those Romans...

I think it was the Eagle too. Used to collect. SOMEONE who shall remain nameless, bless her, threw them out...

Doomlord used to scare the **** out of me; at least until they switched from photos to drawings.

If Thargoids look like Doomlord I'll have to stop playing.
/shivers.

 

[Zeeman]

Nah... don't you know that the Thargoids have been working on genetics in the years they have not been seen. They look human now and are living amongst us, searching out our weaknesses, looking for Baltar...

Just don't tell Sharon...

I personally would like to say a warm welcome to our new Thargoid overlords.

Z...

 

[Whiterose]

Well if we dont call them Thargoids then we have to call them something else. Who do we know that everybody hates and are totally gung Ho, shoot first and never ask questions. Some unkind person would say lets call them "American" but I think this would be a tad harsh.

 

[bootsam]

We are humans (well some of us are anyway) and thus we are humanoid. Thargs are Thargs and are thus Thargoid. Of course they have their own name for themselves which we do not know and obviously a name for us which we do not know either as theyve never stopped by for a chat.

 

[Googol]

We have to keep the original name, otherwise calling my ship "Preparation T" would just be ridiculous.

 

[Skip Intro]

I may be wrong here, but my memory tells me that the glow in the dark frisbee was Eagle comic...

It didn't glow in the dark, but 2000AD did give me a space spinner with issue 1.

 

[martinwright6]

It didn't glow in the dark, but 2000AD did give me a space spinner with issue 1.

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Wait... Dan Dare appears in 2000AD... wha? Mind (slightly) blown.

Also, is that the Million Dollar Man in the bottom left?

 

[anikaiful]

but not the actual latin name given.

WTH you're talking about?

They're Thargoids, they've always been Thargoids, they'll be Thargoids.

/thread

 

[Skip Intro]

Wait... Dan Dare appears in 2000AD... wha? Mind (slightly) blown.

Also, is that the Million Dollar Man in the bottom left?

Yeah, Dan Dare was the big sell for 2000ad at launch, return of a iconic British hero, etc. M.A.C.H.1 was an 'homage' to the Six Million Dollar Man.

 

[Jez]

Had almost forgot about Cpt. Kremmen.

Brilliant

 

[Morgo_the_MonkeyGod]

Almost....MACH 1 was kinda British version. All done through acupuncture

 

[martinwright6]

Almost....MACH 1 was kinda British version. All done through acupuncture

The Six Million Holes Man?

 

[Morgo_the_MonkeyGod]

Yup...

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/mach1.htm

Bit OT...

But....

Looking forward to the design of Thargoid ships. Hopefully retro bokers with alsorts of crazy non-euclidian (forget to flip normals correctly) geomotry.

And as for Witch Space....full on brain melt please.

 

[Arthur_two_sheds_Jackson]

Capt Kremmen and Karla land on a Planet

Karla; "hey Capt, look, all the cars here are coloured Pink!"
Capt K; "your right, it must be a Pink Car Nation"

The only bit of an episode i can remember while listening to Kenny Everett's Saturday Radio show on Capital Radio.
Wouldve been around 1978/79

 

[Mysturji]

What about the Hemorrhoids?

I could follow this up with a tenuous reference to Uranus but I think a few here might pile in.

Then we'd all get bogged down, and the Mods would have to wipe the thread and flush the system.