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Kilroy posted 05-10-99 12:32 AM ET
When playing a strategy game that compresses centuries into hours, it's easy to loose track of the little people. Whilist playing my last game I wondered just what the daily routine was for the average colonist for a given faction. As a point of reference I thought of various films and books, most of which seemed fairly obvious. So as a springboard for future projects what books, movies TV shows et al would you consider representitive of a given faction? Here's a couple to start (as I said obvious)
Hive: 1984 Extructiatingly obvious, but 1984 is an example of the police state as it's absolute worst. As I can figure though, Shang draws more from Eastern philosophy rather than marxism and nationalism.
University: Brave New World. Again, obvious choice for a scientific society. Might be more Thought Control than anything else.
Morgans: Any cyberpunk-type megacorp, though OCP from Robocop immediatly springs to mind. Cutthroat capitalism at it's finest.
Believers: Handmaid's Tale without the feminist overtones?
Peacekeepers: (kick me for even suggesting this) the Federation from star trek?
Spartans: Hell I don't know. How about the post apacalyptic Fascist American state, cliche as it is. Talk alot about freedom in a genral sense but more concerned with stability.
and Gians: I really don't know about these guys. Woodstock: the movie?(kidding)
Alphaman posted 05-10-99 09:32 AM ET
HIVE: Triumph of the Will
Nazi propaganda movie.
Tries to 'mind control' and German people
SPARTANS: the NRA
StargazerBC posted 05-14-99 10:25 AM ET
Hive. . .maybe the book We. I think the idea of Punishment Spheres came from that book. . when The Benefactor electrifies each revoluntary in aself-contained chamber to rehabiliate them.
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Author	Topic: A day in the life...
Kilroy	posted 05-10-99 12:32 AM ET When playing a strategy game that compresses centuries into hours, it's easy to loose track of the little people. Whilist playing my last game I wondered just what the daily routine was for the average colonist for a given faction. As a point of reference I thought of various films and books, most of which seemed fairly obvious. So as a springboard for future projects what books, movies TV shows et al would you consider representitive of a given faction? Here's a couple to start (as I said obvious) Hive: 1984 Extructiatingly obvious, but 1984 is an example of the police state as it's absolute worst. As I can figure though, Shang draws more from Eastern philosophy rather than marxism and nationalism. University: Brave New World. Again, obvious choice for a scientific society. Might be more Thought Control than anything else. Morgans: Any cyberpunk-type megacorp, though OCP from Robocop immediatly springs to mind. Cutthroat capitalism at it's finest. Believers: Handmaid's Tale without the feminist overtones? Peacekeepers: (kick me for even suggesting this) the Federation from star trek? Spartans: Hell I don't know. How about the post apacalyptic Fascist American state, cliche as it is. Talk alot about freedom in a genral sense but more concerned with stability. and Gians: I really don't know about these guys. Woodstock: the movie?(kidding)
Alphaman	posted 05-10-99 09:32 AM ET HIVE: Triumph of the Will Nazi propaganda movie. Tries to 'mind control' and German people SPARTANS: the NRA
StargazerBC	posted 05-14-99 10:25 AM ET Hive. . .maybe the book We. I think the idea of Punishment Spheres came from that book. . when The Benefactor electrifies each revoluntary in aself-contained chamber to rehabiliate them.