Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Cloned from a Mutual Zygote #5: The Draconia/Ferengi Marauder
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award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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So, that's why the shape of the Ferengi ship seemed so familiar! The Draconian flagship from Buck Rogers was one of the most impressive models to ever appear on a tv show. The level of detail is incredible. It even has little domes like that on Russian Orthodox churches. It's far grander than the similar Ferengi ship.
ReplyDeleteThe insectoid design with 'ant' mandibles so impressed me as a kid, that I drew many similar spaceships with mandibles. Of course, it's not the only great spaceship design inspired by insects. The Eagle from Space:1999 is the most famous (and best).
Hi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI remember the first time I saw the Ferengi ship, and I was shocked at how similar it looks to the Draconia. It's like a streamlined, simplified version, with the pincers, and the sloped back, and the long middle-neck portion.
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best,
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