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Cool scifi armors? For ages, I thought this Lost In Space helmet was the coolest thing. (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the Anubis helmets in the original StarGate movie. Helmets that fold away are always cool.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

East of the West

Wow thanks for mentioning this! I just got the first chapter and it looks to be amazing! I don't know if it's just Image comics style in general or not but the art style reminds me strongly of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples's Saga as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's an interesting connection, because I'm not sure I see much similarity in the art, but there's definitely thematic and color similarity.

To me, Saga and Fiona Staples take the absurd and gives it a cartoony realism, but Dragotta exaggerates features to the point that it's almost surreal (almost like crossing Dalí and Mignola)

But both series have that Star Wars/Firefly "lived-in" universe feel that makes it obvious that there's a lot of history behind the scenes, and they both have the "space western" vibe, too. Maybe that's the Image style: fleshed-out world building that leaves a lot to the imagination (in a good way)