Most iconic spaceships?

[Zardnaar]

Always makes me wonder which Normandy people think of when they think of it, 1 or 2?

Probably close enough either 1. Casuals probably aren't gonna tell the difference in Enterprise models either at least by name.

 

[Richards]

Ah, now Flash Gordon is iconic! His ship… that I don’t even remember!

If you want a more modern version of the Flash Gordon styled basic spaceship design, how about the Planet Express delivery ship from Futurama?

Johnathan

 

[aco175]

Nobody mentioned the Jupiter 2- Danger Will Robinson.

Or this one if you are not old.

 

[Dioltach]

I'd identify a ship like that Eagle (?) Shuttle from Moon Base Alpha, but probably only because I owned a model that was accomponied by a magazine that retold the story with pictures from the show. But I never saw the show.

I probably had exactly the same one! Late 1970s, early 1980s? I wonder what happened to that model.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Limiting myself to 3 is pretty futile, and several I’d list have already been mentioned. One I love but haven’t seen mentioned both is and is NOT a spaceship.

I’m talking about the Martian tripod walkers from the 1953 movie, War of the Worlds, in which they’re explicitly not used for space travel. They’re constructed at landing sites on earth as multi-terrain war machines, just like in the book (but with some more futuristic designs than were initially imagined). But the exact same models were used for actual spacecraft in 1964’s Robinson Crusoe of Mars.

Their design has been stuck in my head since I first saw them on late-night movie shows on TV.

 

[Zardnaar]

Limiting myself to 3 is pretty futile, and several I’d list have already been mentioned. One I love but haven’t seen mentioned both is and is NOT a spaceship.

I’m talking about the Martian tripod walkers from the 1953 movie, War of the Worlds, in which they’re explicitly not used for space travel. They’re constructed at landing sites on earth as multi-terrain war machines, just like in the book (but with some more futuristic designs than were initially imagined). But the exact same models were used for actual spacecraft in 1964’s Robinson Crusoe of Mars.

Their design has been stuck in my head since I first saw them on late-night movie shows on TV.

Probably a bit obscure now.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Probably a bit obscure now.

Probably. It’s old enough that- even though it’s a sci-fi classic- it may not have the same kind of global exposure of later American sci fi releases.

OTOH, on American TV, I’ve probably watched it at least annually for the last 40 years.

 

[MarkB]

Probably. It’s old enough that- even though it’s a sci-fi classic- it may not have the same kind of global exposure of later American sci fi releases.

OTOH, on American TV, I’ve probably watched it at least annually for the last 40 years.

I remember them well.

 

[Corinnguard]

Probably. It’s old enough that- even though it’s a sci-fi classic- it may not have the same kind of global exposure of later American sci fi releases.

OTOH, on American TV, I’ve probably watched it at least annually for the last 40 years.

I also have some memories of watching this movie when I was very young. Does any one still remember the 1988 spin-off TV series that was based off of this movie? War of the Worlds (1988 TV series) - Wikipedia

 

[Ryujin]

I also have some memories of watching this movie when I was very young. Does any one still remember the 1988 spin-off TV series that was based off of this movie? War of the Worlds (1988 TV series) - Wikipedia

Yup. You can see the Canadian "production values" blazing brightly