I watched Starship Troopers on TV afew nights ago and it got me thinking, what if halo copied afew of the things from this movie, the things which sprung to mind first where:

Plasma Mortars - Bug Plasma

Bug Plasma - http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5673/3614sj4.jpg

UNSC Marines - SST Marines

Marines from cover of the movie - http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3877/145pxstarshiptroopersmodb9.jpg

 Maybe they got some of their ideas from SST, i dunno, but i think there are quite afew good similarities.

 

 

Well, anything sci-fi has similarities.

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But you have to admit, those similarities are uncanny.

Not really. Bungie most likely went with plasma weapons because lasers are almost cliche now. As for Marines, that's not reallu uncanny. I mean, the new battle suit their working on for the military kinda looks like that.

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When i first played halo, I couldn't believe how much like star ship troopers it was.  Especially the main "machine gun" and the way it fires.  The flying bugs in halo 2 are pretty similar too.  I'm sure there are tons of thikngs taken from Star Ship troopers.  Game stands on its own now.  The whole universe of halo stands on it's own.

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well they would obviosly have plasma mortars if about half there arsenal of weapons is plasma and almost all war games have mortars

 as for the marines there marines of course there going to look alike

Bungie got alot of inperation for Halo from Starship Troopers and Aliens

I can definitly see the comparison between the bug plasma and the Wraith's plasma.  As for the human weaponry, the UNSC Marine weapons and gear is mostly influenced by the weapons and such of the Colonial Marines from "Aliens", as previously mentioned.  Matter of fact, if you zoom in on the bulletin board outside of the bridge aboard the Pillar of Autumn after Captain Keyes gives you the M6B Pistol, you'll see a "Missing" poster for Ripley's cat, Jonsie.

 And just for the record, the guys from "Starship Troopers" like being called Mobile Infantry, not Marines. ;)

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I said this when I played the first Halo game, I've even read somewhere where Bungie mentions it had a part in influencing the Halo series (Or atleast the first game). Some big similarities. They also reference 2 other movies and some books.

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Yeah that is true...as for me....I am happy with the wraith...no bug mortars for me thank you!

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starship troopers and alien are major influences on almost any modern sci fi tv series or games

take a look at starcraft, bugs and zergs look pretty much alike

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RonTom:

starship troopers and alien are major influences on almost any modern sci fi tv series or games

take a look at starcraft, bugs and zergs look pretty much alike

That is true..

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Rotaretilbo:

Not really. Bungie most likely went with plasma weapons because lasers are almost cliche now. As for Marines, that's not reallu uncanny. I mean, the new battle suit their working on for the military kinda looks like that.

Kinda looks like it, it almost looks exactly like the new uniforms they're designing, i can't find the exact article but it's on military.com and if you've played ghost recon you've seen them.

Swissdude21:

Rotaretilbo:

Not really. Bungie most likely went with plasma weapons because lasers are almost cliche now. As for Marines, that's not reallu uncanny. I mean, the new battle suit their working on for the military kinda looks like that.

Kinda looks like it, it almost looks exactly like the new uniforms they're designing, i can't find the exact article but it's on military.com and if you've played ghost recon you've seen them.

You gotta get you inspiration from something...

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Hey look Halo had manny things that are alike with movies. Let's take the drop ship from Aliens and the pelican, Hummm.