This Homeworld fan thinks Battlestar Galactica is pretty cool.

[sofa king]

Hey, look. I don't watch a lot of TV, so yeah I know this thing is going into its third year, but cut me some slack, eh? I found "The Story So Far" on demand and decided to check it out so that I'm down with my geek-speak. But then I also watched the three episodes available on demand and suddenly, I think it's really quite cool.

I will tell you what I particularly like about it. This series takes cues from my favorite video game ever, Homeworld. It has semi-Newtonian physics (the little fighter planes act exactly like the scouts in Homeworld), no stupid laser guns, and minimal to no sound in space. There are also references to resource collection and mining operations. I thought I could even hear snippets of the Vangelis-inspired Homeworld soundtrack in the musical score during the space battle scenes.

That's pretty cool. Homeworld itself was prety much a knock-off of the original Battlestar Galactica, so it's neat to see the new series take the best of both. I think I might try to watch it more often.

One thing: the steadicam was invented years ago. Why doesn't anyone use it anymore?

[Frank Cannon]

1. Homeworld is one of the greatest games ever

I STILL play that game 7 years after I bought it. It's still gorgeous in every way, and it just never gets old.

BTW, I did read many years ago that the designers of Homeworld WERE inspired by the original Battlestar Galactica.

[BigMcLargehuge]

2. I've never played the original, but I love Homeworld 2

and have played it through five or six times now.

[evirus]

3. have you tried the macross mod?

adds ships based on the show Macross(or Robotech if you only know the basterdized version) macross takes a few ques from some modern stuff, like the main fighter is based off of the tomcat

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=35522
the homeworld 2 version^

homeworld 2 version: http://www.dyrl.vze.com/

i dont know where the homeworld 1 version is, but you should find the link somewhere in www.macrossworld.com forums

[sofa king]

4. Ooh, I'll have to try that.

After all the glory that his Homeworld 1, I had a little trouble warming up to Homeworld 2, so maybe a mod is just what I need to rekindle the flame.

I really liked Homeworld:Cataclysm, too.