What is a VT-16?

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-05-16 10:28am

Lazy Raptor wrote:He says VT-16 in the movie, though.

Hope you're not using the movie as proof of that, B and V sound very similar and it wasn't exactly loud.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2004-05-16 03:27pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:He says VT-16 in the movie, though.

I don't know, I always heard it as 'B'. If he meant 'V', he must have a latino accent, because it came out as 'B'.

Icehawk · Post by **Icehawk** » 2004-05-16 04:22pm

Since the screenplay says it is in fact BT-16, it is more than likely they were talking about the BT-16 perimeter defence droid. In ROTJ BT-16s were acquired and used as hosts for the brains of B'omarr monks which are the original ocupants of Jabbas Palace.

Considering this is what they look like:

Im not surprised the stormtroopers would consider it "quite a thing to see" Just imagine seeing these things come skittering down the hall at you weapons blazing.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-05-16 05:50pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Lazy Raptor wrote:He says VT-16 in the movie, though.
Hope you're not using the movie as proof of that, B and V sound very similar and it wasn't exactly loud.

Plus, his voice was filtered by the stormtrooper helmet, making it even harder to tell.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2004-05-16 06:00pm

So, at the end of the day, the Empire have BT-16 droids in their arsenal, and my nick is wrong.

Nice.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-05-16 06:43pm

PM an admin to change it.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2004-05-16 07:00pm

Aww, yeah...

And a nice day to you, too!

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-16 08:47pm

And a nice day to you, too!

He ends EVERY post that way

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-05-16 08:54pm

Thirdfain wrote:
And a nice day to you, too!
He ends EVERY post that way

Except one notable time when Kuja killed him, that was SO great.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-05-16 09:08pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:
And a nice day to you, too!
He ends EVERY post that way
Except one notable time when Kuja killed him, that was SO great.

And when Ver posted that pornstar pic in the BotM.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-05-16 09:09pm

fgalkin wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
Thirdfain wrote: He ends EVERY post that way
Except one notable time when Kuja killed him, that was SO great.
And when Ver posted that pornstar pic in the BotM.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Yeah but not everyone can see that one. Just everyone important.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-05-16 09:13pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Lazy Raptor wrote:He says VT-16 in the movie, though.
Hope you're not using the movie as proof of that, B and V sound very similar and it wasn't exactly loud.

Turn on the closed captions.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-05-16 09:17pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
Lazy Raptor wrote:He says VT-16 in the movie, though.
Hope you're not using the movie as proof of that, B and V sound very similar and it wasn't exactly loud.
Turn on the closed captions.

Oooo, tricksy. So considering this little insight, is it now a VT-16?

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2004-05-17 04:46am

This might sound strange, but almost those exact lines appear in Half-Life: Opposing Force, in the second mission, when you come up to a security guard talking to a scientist before a Shock Trooper kills them both.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-05-17 04:53am

I just checked, and I think it sounds clearly like "BT-16".

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-05-17 11:16am

Sounds like PT-16 to me, and that's using my AVI copy of the SE Laserdisc version.

Oh, and in OpFor, the security guard asks if the scientist has "seen the new IG-88." I'm surprised Boba Fett didn't have a cameo.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2004-05-17 05:19pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
Lazy Raptor wrote:He says VT-16 in the movie, though.
Hope you're not using the movie as proof of that, B and V sound very similar and it wasn't exactly loud.
Turn on the closed captions.

The closed captions vary from edition to edition, and aren't always reliable. For example, in my THX reissue of the trilogy (~mid nineties release), the subtitles during the Battle of Yavin are clearly approximations rather than verbatim transcripts.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2004-05-18 03:33am

I've always thought the stormie said VT-16. In the Swedish subtitles (where it has been translated) both for television and video the interpreter has written VT-16. I have never given it much thought, and it's quite difficult to hear what the trooper says. It will be interesting to see how ANH is subtitled on DVD, although I virtually never use the subtitles.
However, according to the Annotated Screenplays (pg.76) the Storm Trooper says BT-sixteen. It's interesting to note that Bouzerau has missed pieces of the scripts in places and that some passages contains small errors.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-05-18 03:45am

Since it has been clearly proven to be BT-16, I personally think that the damn issue is settled.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2004-05-18 10:31am

I personally think that the damn issue is settled

In summary, the Empire uses BT-16 Perimeter Defence Droids and I need a new nick. The End.

Happy?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-05-18 07:45pm

VT-16 wrote:Happy?

Are we ever?

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-05-18 07:47pm

YT300000 wrote:
VT-16 wrote:Happy?
Are we ever?

When I ruled hell I was happy... But then I lost it. Then there was the times fighter died... but then he came back. I have a lot of sadness.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2004-05-20 05:48pm

It's obviously a new model of sex droid.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-05-27 01:39pm

I know that there are a lot of lines and sound effects in the movies that have been changed from version to version of the films. The Insider mentioned this several times before. Are the screenplays the absolute canon source? Or is it that each new version of a movie overrides the older one?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-05-27 01:42pm

The more recent version of the films override the older versions, while the screenplay is directly below the film in the film in the Canon Hierarchy.