favorite Space Pirate

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-03-13 03:37pm

ok, it's a staple of Sci-Fi, anachroistic as it is.

ok who is your favorite/best space pirates?

Harlok?, Orions?, Eldar?, that guy who was fragging you on EVE/You on EVE?, etc.

Azazal · Post by **Azazal** » 2007-03-13 03:46pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:ok, it's a staple of Sci-Fi, anachroistic as it is.

ok who is your favorite/best space pirates?

Harlok?, Orions?, Eldar?, that guy who was fragging you on EVE/You on EVE?, etc.

Cheesy as hell, but I'm going with Ice Pirates. The camp and cheepness is just so over the top I can't help but love that movie. That, and I though it was so cool when saw it in the theater, hey I was 8 at the time.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-03-13 03:53pm

The Space Pirates themselves, obviously. I butchered enough of them to form a special sort of bond.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-03-13 04:12pm

which makes me wonder what would happen if Samus Arron were to accept a bounty on Harlok or against the Dark Eldar?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-03-13 04:23pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:which makes me wonder what would happen if Samus Arron were to accept a bounty on Harlok or against the Dark Eldar?

Dead Harlock
Dead Dark Eldar

It's Samus, fer cripes' sake

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-03-13 04:26pm

1. 40k and deadly for dog's sake.

2. harlock's got a longer reputation as a bad ass.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2007-03-13 04:39pm

I second Captain Harlock and recommend Queen Esmereldas from Galaxy Express 999. She may be from others or her own series, but that movie made her and obscure favorite of mine.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2007-03-13 04:46pm

The guy from Futurama.

"Too late I realise my children are my only real treasure. Arr."

Atlan · Post by **Atlan** » 2007-03-13 05:22pm

Harlock. The first Space Pirate I ever saw, and he STILL kicks ass after 28 years. Heck, just last month I bought a diecast Arcadia model off Hobbylink Japan, I love Harlock and his series that much.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-03-13 05:45pm

It's not even a contest: Harlock FTW

frogcurry · Post by **frogcurry** » 2007-03-13 06:30pm

The ones from the crisp packets.

Although it may be that they only sell that brand of crisp in the UK. And I haven't seen it on the shelves in shops for a long time now.

lance · Post by **lance** » 2007-03-13 07:17pm

TheMuffinKing wrote:I second Captain Harlock and recommend Queen Esmereldas from Galaxy Express 999. She may be from others or her own series, but that movie made her and obscure favorite of mine.

I believe they are both from the same universe.

The Cooler King · Post by **The Cooler King** » 2007-03-13 07:32pm

Azazal wrote:Cheesy as hell, but I'm going with Ice Pirates. The camp and cheepness is just so over the top I can't help but love that movie. That, and I though it was so cool when saw it in the theater, hey I was 8 at the time.

God, I loved that movie when I was a kid.

"Why did you paint him black?"

"Because I wanted him to be perfect."

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2007-03-13 07:52pm

I've always been fond of the crew of the Nirvana, from Vandread. Still, they could have done with slightly less T&A; sometimes, too much is too much.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-03-13 08:10pm

um yeah anyone who has followed my posting for the past few months knows I have become a severe Harlock fanboy so of course he has my vote for best ever

which makes me wonder what would happen if Samus Arron were to accept a bounty on Harlok or against the Dark Eldar?

Have we seen much of Samus in the way of an actual bounty hunter? It seems to me that all of her games have her acting in more of a "one man army/commando" fashion than in any actual capacity as bounty hunter. I could see an actual bounty hunter accomplishing it eventually (although they're going to burn a lot of fuel trailing Arcadia and waiting for it to set down somewhere, then approach by foot and hope to catch him) but I don't know that we've seen enough of Samus' abilities to show her as being able to do any more than blast shit up but good.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-03-13 08:41pm

lance wrote:
TheMuffinKing wrote:I second Captain Harlock and recommend Queen Esmereldas from Galaxy Express 999. She may be from others or her own series, but that movie made her and obscure favorite of mine.
I believe they are both from the same universe.

yeah Harlock, Emeraldas, Galaxy Express, Cosmowarrior Zero, hell even gun frontier and Queen Millenia are supposed to be set in the same universe...

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-03-13 08:44pm

!!? Did they show Harlock in the US or something? I thought it was horribly niche, not widespread awesome. Being colonial = fail at Harlock.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2007-03-13 08:49pm

Ah, Harlock. Now I know who the Captain is a parody of in Project A-Ko.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-03-13 08:53pm

Stark wrote:!!? Did they show Harlock in the US or something? I thought it was horribly niche, not widespread awesome. Being colonial = fail at Harlock.

Well here, Harlock (or Albator as he is called in french) is pretty mainstream

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-03-13 08:54pm

Oh. I'd never even HEARD of it (in any incarnation) until U235 mentioned it some time ago. And then to see a thread full of Harlock hobbyists!

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-03-13 08:58pm

Stark wrote:!!? Did they show Harlock in the US or something? I thought it was horribly niche, not widespread awesome. Being colonial = fail at Harlock.

The 1978 Space Pirate Captain Harlock series, from what I can tell, seemed to get shown just about everywhere but the English-speaking world... although, given the quality of the dubbing it might have received (as can be seen on Youtube), that might have been for the best.

The movie Arcadia of My Youth has been available on video here for quite some time, which is how one of my friends got into Harlock and led me into it.

I currently am slowly working my way through the 1978 series with the help of completely legitimate and professionally subtitled videos, which I managed to acquire with the help of a magic genie who granted me any wish I desired.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-03-13 08:59pm

heck, Harlock arrived in France (and Belgium) before i was even born (1978 i think). But on the other haw we didn't had broadcast of Space Battleship Yamato

Lord Relvenous · Post by **Lord Relvenous** » 2007-03-13 09:00pm

Talon Karrde. He jus has that air about him in the books where he is written well. The air of a immensly powerful and wealthy pirate who no ones wants to mess with because he knows all. I haven't seen the show Harlock is from so I can not comment.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-03-13 10:12pm

Lord Relvenous wrote:Talon Karrde. He jus has that air about him in the books where he is written well. The air of a immensly powerful and wealthy pirate who no ones wants to mess with because he knows all.

Man, now that I think about it, Timothy Zahn had a real hard-on going for his "knowledge is power" theme in those books, didn't he?

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-03-13 11:19pm

Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo... What?!

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