Spelljammer Crazy over the top spelljammer

[GMforPowergamers]

so I watched some of the spelljammer game that WotC put out on youtube. I read most of the 2e campaign setting and I even had a 'what scifi to use as insperation' thread here... this is going the funny/gonzo stuff

what is the crazy thing that seems like it was made on an acid trip and/or a drunk night in vegas we can steal?

 

[Stormonu]

Ice Pirates, Battle Beyond the Stars = Spelljammer 101.

 

[Parmandur]

I mean, it's a Disney movie, but Treasure Planet fits pretty well.

Heavy Metal magazine stuff, though YMMV.

Brandon Sandersons bananas space opera material.

Magic the Gathering's most over the top stuff fits pretty well, actually.

 

[BookTenTiger]

 

[Parmandur]

Particularly, thinking about it, the Ravnica bestiary is pretty useful here: even if you don't want to use "Ravniva" per se, the Monsters there can be handy, and the Guilds could easily be used for individual Planet of the Week scenarios with the serial numbers filed off.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The Fifth Element
Fireball XL5
Space 1999. This could get really trippy.
Red Dwarf
Doctor Who, obviously. 5th Doc story Enlightenment is right on the nose.

 

[MarkB]

Flash Gordon. Both the old serials and the 1980 movie.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Buck Rogers in the 25th century.
Original Battlestar Galactica (not the po-faced reboot).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Probably anything with Brian Blessed in it. He's certainly been in almost everything listed so far!

 

[MarkB]

Probably anything with Brian Blessed in it. He's certainly been in almost everything listed so far!

That would also bring in Blake's Seven, which is reasonably appropriate - certainly some of the performances hit Gonzo levels.