Any space battle better than Endor?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-01-27 02:08pm

IG-88E wrote:The dogfighting and fleet battles in Char's Counterattack are fast, explosive, and devastating. Ditto for the asteroid drops.

That being said, it interrupted Inu Yasha, so I was most displeased...

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2003-01-27 02:19pm

S:AAB

The Angriest Angel: granted it is only a Dogfight. But the will power of McQueen going through the surgeory, the Advanced fighter that has taken out squadrons before, and the classical music in the back ground. It does not get much better than that.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-27 02:54pm

My vote goes for the battle of A Bao A Qu at the end of Mobile Suit Gundam. That last stand was simply amazing; detailed, drawn-out, and really friggin' brutal. I love it when war's hell.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-01-27 02:55pm

Most of the space battles in Vandread kicked ass, so did the battle in Char's Counter-Attack and hell even Getter Robo had some cool ones.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-27 03:00pm

The Battle of the Line was pretty damn impressive and so were the fighting scenes as Londo gives his monologue. The scene of the Olympic Corvette charging to it's death against hopeless odds is a great scene.

The Wrath of Khan and Undiscovered Country has both had absolutely kick ass spacebattles.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-27 03:07pm

Stormbringer wrote:The Battle of the Line was pretty damn impressive and so were the fighting scenes as Londo gives his monologue. The scene of the Olympic Corvette charging to it's death against hopeless odds is a great scene.

The Wrath of Khan and Undiscovered Country has both had absolutely kick ass spacebattles.

"To be... or not... to be..."

*BOOM!*

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-01-27 08:45pm

The battle the Brunnen-G fought aganst His Divine Shadow in the episode "Brigadoom."

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-01-27 08:46pm

I love that battle chant of theirs..

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-27 09:10pm

The Macross Plus final battle. Two prototype fighters first against each other, then against another prototype designed to be better than the two of them and the SDF-1 Macross. It's not necessarily the fighting itself, though that's good, but the plot going on during the battle.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-01-27 09:17pm

Macross plus was pretty cool, and the times there was actual dogfighting going on in Macross 7 were pretty decent too. But I really haven't seen anything that matches the duration and intensity of Endor, with the possible exception of a few of the B5 fights.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-27 09:31pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:The Battle of the Line was pretty damn impressive and so were the fighting scenes as Londo gives his monologue. The scene of the Olympic Corvette charging to it's death against hopeless odds is a great scene.

The Wrath of Khan and Undiscovered Country has both had absolutely kick ass spacebattles.
"To be... or not... to be..."

*BOOM!*

Exactly! Damn fine duel and a good use of techno speak. Not to mention it's the last battle of the real Enterprise. Damn fine battle, ships blasting away. Characters sweating it out. That's what a space duel should be.

Morat · Post by **Morat** » 2003-01-27 09:41pm

I didn't really care for the Endor battle. I liked all of the following more:

1. The Undisovered Country battle featuring the E-Nil vs. the cloaked BoP.

2. The Andromeda Ascendant defeating a fleet of Neitzschian ships in the episode Angel Dark, Demon Bright.

3. The Andromeda Ascendant battling the restorian destroyer in the episode D Minus Zero.

4. The nebula battle from The Wrath of Khan.

5. The final battle between the NSEA Protector and Sarris's command ship in Galaxy Quest.

6. The battle against the Borg Cube in ST:FC.

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2003-01-27 10:49pm

It would be great if the Battle of Sirius from Wing Commander Fleet Action were animated.

As it is, I liked the B5 one, with General Hague's ship and the Minbari at the end, which I can't remember.

I thought the beginning of Into the Fire, before the intro, was better than the rest of the episode.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-27 10:52pm

Bob McDob wrote:As it is, I liked the B5 one, with General Hague's ship and the Minbari at the end, which I can't remember.

The Battle for B5 in Severed Dreams

macman · Post by **macman** » 2003-01-27 11:26pm

Severed dreams was the best with the music and outright intensity of the battle......

On the out side there was wargames from Space 1999..not as high tech as endor but it blown me away at the time

Darth_Shinji · Post by **Darth_Shinji** » 2003-01-28 09:22am

TThe space battles in Gallforce are all pretty awesome. The sense of desperation really got to me. Expeccally the last battle, where a good dozen of DS-styled world/system destroyers are moving towards the battle and the girls are trying desperatly to save everyone.... Quite despressing. But good.

Captain Kruger · Post by **Captain Kruger** » 2003-01-28 10:41am

Sam Or I wrote:S:AAB

The Angriest Angel: granted it is only a Dogfight. But the will power of McQueen going through the surgeory, the Advanced fighter that has taken out squadrons before, and the classical music in the back ground. It does not get much better than that.

I think McQueen is one of the great sci-fi bad-asses of all time. It's absolutely criminal that that show was yanked after one season.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2003-01-28 11:32pm

Captain Kruger wrote:
Sam Or I wrote:S:AAB

The Angriest Angel: granted it is only a Dogfight. But the will power of McQueen going through the surgeory, the Advanced fighter that has taken out squadrons before, and the classical music in the back ground. It does not get much better than that.
I think McQueen is one of the great sci-fi bad-asses of all time. It's absolutely criminal that that show was yanked after one season.

Too true. "Angriest Angel" is one of the most kickass duels ever. I only wish more people watched it.

*sits back and listens to the "Angriest Angel" duel music*

Ahhhh

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-01-29 12:01am

The Final Battle at the end of Vandread Second Stage was pretty good, as well as most of the space battles in that series.

The Battle at the end of Voices of a Distant Star was unparalled in terms of sheer drama.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-29 12:19am

I'll add my vote to what Utsanomiko said (God, Final Shooting was glorious...), and also submit Char's Counterattack, particularly the final battle (well, basically the last third of the film).

For MSG, I'd also suggest the Battle of Solomon.

In Gundam 0083, the last two episodes are pretty good, especially scenes involving the RX-78GP03S Dendrobium Orchis.

And Zeta Gundam proves that mobile suits belong in space.

There are also several great fights in Martian Successor Nadesico. "Gekkigan FLARE!!!!"

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-01-29 12:22am

Battle between the RDF and the Zentraedi before the Zentraedi laid waste to the planet. Other than fucking minmei it was perfect.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-01-29 04:52am

I'm not sure if it counts a space battle but the final battle with Sabre in Teknoman kicked ass. The other one I liked was the battle from ST:TUC, mainly for the dialogue.

"I am as constant as the northern star"
"I'd give real money if he'd shut up"

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2003-01-29 08:31am

jaeger115 wrote:the battle of Coriana 6 in B5. Fucking awesome....

Yes. I'd have to say that is my favorite space battle. It made me sweat, which is very hard for me to do while watching tv or a movie. God that was awesome.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-01-29 01:51pm

Two main ST battles float my boat. DS9 was involved in both. One was the attempted invasion od DS9 by the Klingons and the second one was the successful attack on the same station by the Dominion fleet.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-29 02:22pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I forget the name (maybe Shep can help out) but the battle in which Capt. Jefferson Clay lost his life valiantly deserves a mention. A single corvette against a whole Indie fleet. Yeesh!

Oh hell yes....I-War was great...

CNS DREADNAUGHT CNV-301

I told the bitch in charge of system patrol, or whover took over
control over CNV-301 to go fuck herself.....that we still have
NAVY painted on our sides, and that we swore an oath to obey
the Commonwealth Navy, not some organization that was
created 5 minutes ago