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Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in general)

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:32 am
by mossfoot
I saw Traveller mentioned elsewhere, and realized there's probably a number of fans of that game on this site. Even if not maybe you'd like to see an SF show about traders in the space lanes in general, there is a Kickstarter you might be interested in. I figured I'd re-mention it in its own thread here :)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/d2 ... r-tv-pilot

Marc Miller himself is involved!

If any of the live action clips fail to impress, remember they are proof-of-concept only, not actual footage. They'll be making real sets to work with if it goes through. But given the passion here for fan based projects stretching the boundaries, I'm going to bet this will get people excited regardless. If you still have doubts, I have some arguments in its favor here:

http://www.noahjdchinnbooks.com/2014/06 ... upporting/

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:59 pm
by mossfoot
Looks like the show got funded. Will be neat to see a Traveller-based pilot made :D Of course the more funding they get, the more they can put into that budget of theirs :D

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/d2 ... r-tv-pilot

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:40 am
by mossfoot
Two days to go on this (but it's funded! Yay!) But I found this interesting thing that possibly ties Traveller in with Firefly

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/question ... -traveller

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:22 am
by Diziet Sma
mossfoot wrote:
But I found this interesting thing that possibly ties Traveller in with Firefly

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/question ... -traveller
Wow.. that's an awful lot of "coincidences".. and when it comes to coincidences, so far as I'm concerned, there ain't no such animal..

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:00 pm
by spud42
seems a long bow....... still these things get into our subconscious and come out as influences we are not aware of.

in the end i dont really care what influenced Firefly, I still loved the show....damn shame it got axed....

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:07 pm
by Diziet Sma
spud42 wrote:
still these things get into our subconscious and come out as influences we are not aware of.
Yep.. especially the things from our youth, as in this case..
spud42 wrote:
in the end i dont really care what influenced Firefly, I still loved the show....damn shame it got axed....
Nonetheless, it's pretty cool that both Elite and Firefly were inspired, in part, by the same RPG.. and I agree.. in general, the better the sci-fi show, the sooner it gets axed. We live in a very warped world.

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 3:19 pm
by mossfoot
Only 11 hours to go on this one. It's funded, but I added my 2 cents (times 1500) to support it (and get the eventual blu-ray). I really hope it makes it's next stretch goal, though. I'd rather see a 44 minutes pilot made than 22.

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:02 pm
by Cmdr Wyvern
Diziet Sma wrote:
in general, the better the sci-fi show, the sooner it gets axed. We live in a very warped world.
...To be replaced by a dull, boring, brain numbingly stupid, low budget "reality" show, which goes on and on forever.

At least Dr. Who managed to defeat those odds.

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:27 am
by mossfoot
Well I'm glad it's funded at least. Sure we'd all like to have a second season of Firefly with a decent budget, but I'd like to give these guys a chance to impress us. :D

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:30 am
by Paradox
mossfoot wrote:
... Sure we'd all like to have a second season of Firefly with a decent budget,...
<dreamy sigh> Shouldn't tease like that. };]

Re: Spinward Traveller (for fans of the game or SF in genera

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:13 pm
by spud42
yes ... not fair.... and i'm so sick of endless masterchef's and xfactors and dancing with the stars and the voice and my kitchen rules......arggh no wonder i dont watch TV.