http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Argo Posts tagged with 'Argo' at MetaFilter. Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:54:55 -0800 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:54:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/45569/Yamato%2DFrom%2DBattleship%2Dto%2DSpacecraft <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/supership/">Sinking the Supership</a> is the latest episode (airs 4 Oct) of the PBS show <a href="http://www.yamatomechanics.org/illust/pages/yk4.htm">Nova</a> about the <a href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/yamato.htm">IJN Yamato</a>. I didn't know that the <a href="http://www.iris.dti.ne.jp/~v-max/yamato.htm">Yamato</a> had been explored like other <a href="http://www.oceans.com.au/oereviews.html#ballard-guadalcanal">wrecks</a>. I only became aware of it when I saw underwater scenes of the Yamato wreck in the <a href="http://www.starblazers.com/home.php">Star Blazers</a> 25th anniversary documentary <a href="http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=97">DVD</a>. Flash forward 250 years.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=10">In the year 2199</a>, Earth is under attack by the mysterious planet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamilon">Gamilon</a>. Gamilon <a href="http://www.desslok.com/INFO/storyint.htm">planet bombs</a> will render the <a href="http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_set.php?satelliteID=3">Earth</a> unlivable in one year's time. The <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yamato.htm">IJN Yamato</a> is rebuilt as <a href="http://www.spacecruiseryamato.com/home/">Space Cruiser Yamato</a>, and she undertakes a journey to planet <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22054244/">Iscandar</a> to save Earth. Can <a href="http://www.shipschematics.net/yamato/">Space Cruiser Yamato</a> and her <a href="http://www.desslok.com/INFO/char_ear.htm">Star Force</a> crew save mankind? There are only 364 days left... tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.45569 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:54:55 -0800 Argo battleship cruiser magna starblazers TV Yamato Fat Guy