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Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

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CULT

09 Mar 2008 at 21:51 - 1

As i was idly watching TV while having lunch something caught my eye.

here is a screenshot of the silver eagle armour.

and here is a screencap of a scene in Xena (Se 5 :Chakram)

The costumes were probably the best things about that show...case in point
the prop director at the time was Roger Murray who...well his CV speaks for itself.

someone in the Anet art dep is a fan...own up!

=p

Solas

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09 Mar 2008 at 21:54 - 2

all those little pop-culture things really add to the game imo, i like them

garethporlest18

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09 Mar 2008 at 21:56 - 3

I don't see the Xena screencap so I dont' know what's going on.

Longasc

Forge Runner

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09 Mar 2008 at 21:58 - 4

Having Jaguar/Eagle or other helmets and stuff seems to be more likely to hint after aztec influences. The inital plan for the scrapped chapter IV had many more aztec influences

The Hercules/Xena gear is pretty generic fantasy stuff from all kinds of sources, and if you look long and hard enough, you can even find Jora's armor in "Conan the Destroyer" or in Xena or in Highlander.

I am not entirely convinced that this armor was the template, sorry.

FXCW

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09 Mar 2008 at 21:58 - 5

Same here, no screencap.

Stormlord Alex

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Soul of Melandru [sOm]

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:02 - 6

I think the OP is blind. The Silver Eagle set is completely different.

Yoshikuni Mahsu

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:03 - 7

They dont look at all alike.

Gift3d

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:06 - 8

Same ... i see no likeness between the two. I mean they both have a silver scaly texture on the helmets, but it's not even in the same place or design, and the rest of the armor's just entirely different.

garethporlest18

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:09 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex

I think the OP is blind. The Silver Eagle set is completely different.

Yeah the breastplate isn't even the same...

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:11 - 10

Sorry, but I don't see how those two "armors" are even related (except the colors, but that doesn't count).

Shakti

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:17 - 11

Sorry OP not seeing any resemblance at all other than color sorta....and they're both metal? No design similarities really. I do love the references but don't think this is one...

BlackSephir

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09 Mar 2008 at 22:18 - 12

Maybe I'm stupid but, uh, they're not even similiar

[Morkai]

Jungle Guide

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09 Mar 2008 at 23:17 - 13

<3 Xena Warrior Princess :P

AGEs since i saw that.

Btw @ OP, the similarity is minimal. :/

Zinger314

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09 Mar 2008 at 23:19 - 14

Even if it were similar, that isn't a "pop culture reference." That's copyright infringement.

Operative 14

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09 Mar 2008 at 23:21 - 15

There's a little bit of resemblance if you don't look to closely (like if your squinting from 30 feet away), but I don't really see any similarity other than that the helmets are sort of in the shape of an animal head.

fenix

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09 Mar 2008 at 23:40 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

Even if it were similar, that isn't a "pop culture reference." That's copyright infringement.

Hahaha victory again.

Yeah, armor doesn't look much like the pic...

freaky naughty

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Mo/N

10 Mar 2008 at 00:35 - 17

The only resemblance I can see is the texture of the helm, and other than that they're completely different

Xx_Sorin_xX

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10 Mar 2008 at 00:40 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex

I think the OP is blind. The Silver Eagle set is completely different.

QFT

i see no resemblance at all, besides maybe that they're gray and they are both armor. thats about it though.

romeus petrus

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Urgoz Warren

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10 Mar 2008 at 00:44 - 19

I fail to see how they look similar.

lyra_song

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R/Mo

10 Mar 2008 at 00:57 - 20

nupe i dont see it

Stolen Souls

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10 Mar 2008 at 01:01 - 21

lol, yeah....er....*copy/paste what everyone else said here*

Sleeper Service

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10 Mar 2008 at 01:22 - 22

Not once did i say that they were the same. =/

I implied that they are similar, and that there is clear inspiration and resemblance.

Now you can "see" it or not, thats your decision, however i will point out that most people state that the Silver eagle armour is inspired from Aztec warriors but...

http://www.lowriderarte.com/featured...era/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_warrior

they are not the same are they.

And yes Zinger is totally correct, if it was a direct port it WOULD be copyright infringement.

Rexion

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10 Mar 2008 at 02:29 - 23

yay for another retarded "i is makinz dis thred soz i can gits sum mor +1s" OP.

Zahr Dalsk

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10 Mar 2008 at 02:41 - 24

Doesn't look the same.

Either way, I despise pop culture references in fantasy RPGs.

Snow Bunny

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:20 - 25

Get your eyes checked. Or find something better to do than stretch to make connections between GW and the rest of the world. Or both.

No connection whatsoever

NoXiFy

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:30 - 26

am i blazed... or do they have almost no similarities at all. at least none that i can see. -_-

Jumping Is Uselss

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:34 - 27

What similarities was the op talking about?

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:35 - 28

The similarities are minuscule at best. Some people just look into things far too much in order to bridge a connection.

StormDragonZ

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:37 - 29

I see a possible 10% relation... but no, I don't see it... perhaps an idea used and totally changed a lot... that's the case that I see.

Age

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Mo/

10 Mar 2008 at 03:37 - 30

The devs were probably in school (college) when Xena and Hercules was on.

Sujoy

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:45 - 31

hey hey, go easy on the guy, he might just have a uber imagination and we don't

no need to be rude

ShadowsRequiem

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10 Mar 2008 at 03:50 - 32

they look nothing alike sorry.

Vilaptca

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10 Mar 2008 at 04:35 - 33

Even if they did look similar (which I don't believe they do), it wouldn't be considered a pop culture reference.

That armor isn't really something special from Xena. It looks like a generic guard to me. Nothing that anyone would care about or recognize. And while there happens to be a guard wearing it in that show, I'm sure you could find at least three other shows with very similar armor designs, and all four of them probably found something similar in some history book.

lyra_song

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R/Mo

10 Mar 2008 at 05:07 - 34

Mesmer chakrams are closer to a Xena pop-culture reference.

Skyy High

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10 Mar 2008 at 05:28 - 35

Failure of a thread...

They're no where remotely close to each other. They may have well been inspired by any other suit of armor ever made.

DarkFlame

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10 Mar 2008 at 07:21 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sleeper Service

I implied that they are similar, and that there is clear inspiration and resemblance.

The breastplate and gauntlets are scaly and looks nothing like the Silver Eagle armor. The jaw on the guard's helm is also lower and resembles jaws more then a beak.

I think you're really grasping at straws here.

FXCW

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10 Mar 2008 at 07:45 - 37

Only similarity I see is that they are both sets of armour, apart from that they look totally different.

jrk247

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10 Mar 2008 at 08:29 - 38

They both look like they're made of metal that's the only similar feature I can really see and even then one is made up of pixels and one is made of fake metal so the people acting (do they act in that show?) can actually move.

Holly Herro

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10 Mar 2008 at 08:36 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex

I think the OP is blind. The Silver Eagle set is completely different.

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IKNOW

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10 Mar 2008 at 09:44 - 40

Should have gone to specsavers.