Comments on: Ghah!

Ghah!

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 05:20:43 -0800

Things to scale. Mostly terrifying. IE users can drag around.

By: krisis

krisis — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 05:34:07 -0800

FYI: Sortof a double post of this recent thread; the previously linked page isn't quite the same, but it's appears to be from the same creator and has similar address aspects. Still, super fun.

By: MintSauce

MintSauce — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 05:39:01 -0800

CooOool ..... In my monday morning haze however, the Star Wars Space Slug scared the living shit out of me.

By: Trik

Trik — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:06:44 -0800

Wish they'd included the ships from ID4.

By: joedan

joedan — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:16:25 -0800

i'm glad i wasn't the only one scared shitless by the space slug...

By: eyebeam

eyebeam — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:20:15 -0800

I didn't know the Saturn V rocket was taller than the Statue of Liberty! Far out! I've seen the one that's laid down on the ground at NASA's Houston Space Center, so I knew it was one big honkin' rocket, but still, wow.

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:34:41 -0800

Third on the space slug. "La la la la, ooh, look! A blue whale! Wow, check out that big ship! This is really -- aaaaaaaaaaah! What the hell is that?" This is so intensely nerdy. I am in awe.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:37:48 -0800

Compelling. Fascinating. Kudos to the creator for including classics like the Space 1999 Eagle and the 2001 Discovery. I can't help but wish there were more real objects, though. A sperm whale? Uluru? The Himalayas? Very cool, though. Ooop! There is a blue whale...

By: jazon

jazon — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:47:53 -0800

Now we know without a doubt that Godzilla can kick King Kong's tiny ass, and have room for the Marshmallow Man.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:53:18 -0800

So next time you're in Toronto and see the CN Tower, distract yourself from thoughts of the epidemic by imagining a slug the same width as the tower's height...

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:53:50 -0800

Heh! I put the Marshmallow Man on top of the Empire State Bldg, and the vintage Enterprise inside the Space Slug's mouth! Hours of collage fun...

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:57:25 -0800

I just love the fact there's a Federation Starship called "Curry".

By: dougb

dougb — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:04:38 -0800

Am I missing something, or are the buidling images lifted from http://www.skyscraperpage.com/ without attribution?

By: reality

reality — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:24:20 -0800

Q-L!

By: oninochuck

oninochuck — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:27:28 -0800

add me on the *AHHH! Space Slug* list... I wonder why in Godzilla vs King Kong, They were the same size... I want to see a scaled correctly rematch!

By: O9scar

O9scar — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:33:07 -0800

Not only are the buildings stolen from skyscraperpage.com, but the Star Trek ships are stolen from here.

By: ubi

ubi — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:37:20 -0800

I like the buildings, whales, ships etc. but, I'm sorry, it's kind of hard to get excited about the size of imaginary spaceships and monsters. I mean, they're just as big as the guy who invented them says they are. If you like these, I can send you a scale image of the 3 mile high stick figure from my latest epic poem... /monday morning snarkasm

By: neilkod

neilkod — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:40:01 -0800

Obvious omission: The ship from the opening scene in Spaceballs.

By: fredosan

fredosan — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:06:14 -0800

Obvious omission: The ship from the opening scene in Spaceballs. Yeah, that and Dr. Evil's suggestively phallic rocketship from the Spy Who Shagged Me... oh, and the Big Boy one, too.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:50:53 -0800

More obvious omission: Starship Enterprise (or do I keep overlooking it?)

By: krunk

krunk — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:59:10 -0800

how come the Red Dwarf isn't in there? isn't it over 5 miles long? the space slug wouldn't make a dent in it!

By: chrisege

chrisege — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:12:54 -0800

The original site is much more exhaustive - the link in the post is part of one of 5 pages full of size comparisons. Also, in the original site, all appropriated images are attributed to their original sources and are used with permission, including the skyscraperpage.com ones.

By: rhyax

rhyax — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:21:41 -0800

me3dia, enterprise from the next generation is galaxy class. err, i think. not that i know for sure or anything, i'm not a trekkie!! *runs*

By: jaden

jaden — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:37:10 -0800

People who no longer have to poo because they saw the Space Slug 1. MintSauce 2. joedan 3. Katemonkey 4. oninochuck

By: milov

milov — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:37:31 -0800

Mozilla users wishing they could also drag the objects around can try Simon Willison's handy Image Drag bookmarklet.

By: jaden

jaden — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:43:20 -0800

D'oh. I think I discovered a bug in Opera 7.1 on Linux. I didn't realize as I was copying and pasting the links, but the "Copy link address" removes the # and everything that follows it. Pretend that the links go to the user's comment rather than all having the same link. Or use these: 1. MintSauce 2. joedan 3. Katemonkey 4. oninochuck

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:51:35 -0800

The space slug made me laugh out loud, but I almost fell outta my chair so it might be the same thing as getting scared by it. I was surprised, we'll put it that way. The original Enterprise was a Constitution class starship, which I didn't personally see in the FPP's link either, but it's available at the original site mentioned by ChrisEge if you scroll down. The Star Trek Next Generation version of the Enterprise was known as a Galaxy class starship. Also available at the original link. The Galaxy class starship is supposed to be five times bigger than the original ship in volume and mass, according to the Writer/Director Bible written by Gene Roddenberry in the first year of STNG's inception, before they came up with Lt. Worf, or cast the other leading roles. Also notable among the list is the Excelsior class starship, which eventually became the short-lived home for the original crew in the movies, after Kirk destroyed the original ship in Star Trek 3. What I miss among this collection is The Reliant, which Khan used to seek out revenge on Kirk in Star Trek 2, easily the best Star Trek movie ever made. Oh. The non Star Trek ships are uhm... okay too I guess. *smirk* Overall these are great links! Thanks gang for making this Monday just a little less intolerable. It warms this old geek's heart to see these things and be able to move'm around.

By: biscotti

biscotti — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:59:48 -0800

King Kong is so tiny!

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:12:15 -0800

Space Sluuuuuuug!!! Ruuuuun!

By: jaden

jaden — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:18:51 -0800

I've added Outlawyr to the list.

By: themadjuggler

themadjuggler — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:51:46 -0800

I slowly perused the other to-scale pages on the site, grotesquely hoping for another death-scare equivalent to the slug. I think it's the horizontal scrolling.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:25:45 -0800

Yeah, add me to the list of "Eeek! Space Slug!". That being said, Star Trek fans...what would we do with out them?

By: quirked

quirked — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:36:38 -0800

I'd like to see Farscape ships in there. Isn't King Kong too small and Godzilla too big?

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:37:21 -0800

What I miss among this collection is The Reliant [dork] As you know, Bob, Reliant is a Miranda-class starship. It's in there. [/dork] Me, I still wish there were some things from books in here -- a Thug or Psychopath-class Rapid Offensive Unit, or a GCU, or a nice big Orbital. And a Xeelee nightwing, and maybe some things from the Vorkosiganverse, and a Mazianni carrier.

By: arto

arto — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:14:14 -0800

...and a Saturn V, and the Space Shuttle, and a Canyonero, and the Liberator... Warrior Bug, Klendathu Hive (Starship Troopers) versus Warrior Bug, Volkswagen Hive (1970). (scroll down)

By: MsVader

MsVader — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:26:59 -0800

quirked - I'm with you. I'd like to see how Moya stacks up. Too bad Farscape always gets screwed...

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:43:21 -0800

Wither the Lexx?

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:02:49 -0800

a space slug (which made me jump, by the way), but no Millenium Falcon? a grievous oversight!

By: LexRockhard

LexRockhard — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:02:52 -0800

mcsweetie, the Millenium Falcon is listed with the smaller Star Wars vessels, along with the AT-AT which King Kong could've easily ridden like a camel. And oh yea, seeing the Space Slug was great.

By: cbrody

cbrody — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:32:36 -0800

And where's the death star?

By: cbrody

cbrody — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:41:54 -0800

Another link

By: Stauf

Stauf — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:55:42 -0800

I second that cortex. The Lexx beats Dr. Evil's phallic-shaped ship any day.

By: y0bhgu0d

y0bhgu0d — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:32:34 -0800

cbrody: the death star(s) are on the -200x link. they would take up the whole page if they weren't.

By: Down10

Down10 — Fri, 02 May 2003 01:32:24 -0800

I'm impressed! While the site was inherently geeky in nature, the proximity of the ships does help one gain a sense of the scale of the ships as they were intended to provoke. Some of my favorite additions were the bugs from Starship Troopers, the Borg cube, The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Chewbacca and that physically jarring Space Slug (still looks like a sock puppet to me, though). Notable omissions: The RMS Titanic? I figured that was a pretty famous vesel from naval history, and would probably be worth including in that context. cbrody: That link contains far more "information" about the SW Death Stars than I ever cared to know.