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Best Martians of All time

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Would it be?

The brains in glass of Mars attacks?

The Psionic, multitenticled monsers of War of the World? (Original book)

The Four armed Green skinned dreadlocked gaints + sexy Darth Maul looking "Red Martians" from John Carter of Mars

The John Carpenter "Ghosts of Mars" martians

The Sex and Grokking martians form Stranger in a strange land.

The psionic dead martians from Ray Bradbury's Martians chronicles.
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I like the original Martian, Marvin
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Marvin Rules All. :)
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War of the Worlds was written in 1892.

John Carter of Mars showed up in 1910.

both of those martians predate Marvin by quate a bit.
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They may predate him, but he's still cooler.
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Mars Attacks Martians.
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Edgar-verse.... Just too badass. :twisted:

But you have put an awesome vision of walkers and airships duking it out on mars.... That would be awesome.
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The Green Men of Mars are the best martians!
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The Martians from Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy are obviously superior to all others. I mean, just look at Zoya Boone!









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XaLEv wrote:The Martians from Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy are obviously superior to all others. I mean, just look at Zoya Boone!









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verilon wrote:Hey! I haven't gottent hat far yet!! :evil:
Where are you?

And I don't really think that could be considered a massive spoiler.
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Nobody can stand up to Marvins XJ1 Space Modulator
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XaLEv wrote:
verilon wrote:Hey! I haven't gottent hat far yet!! :evil:
Where are you?

And I don't really think that could be considered a massive spoiler.
No too far into Green Mars....and I don't have Red or Blue Mars....
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XaLEv wrote:
verilon wrote:Hey! I haven't gottent hat far yet!! :evil:
Where are you?

And I don't really think that could be considered a massive spoiler.
And I haven't read Red Mars yet. Green Mars makes sense without it, though, which is nice.
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verilon wrote:No too far into Green Mars....and I don't have Red or Blue Mars....
Have you read Red Mars?
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spongyblue wrote:Nobody can stand up to Marvins XJ1 Space Modulator
But how can he use it on the planet he lives on? He could move to one of the moons or so.... But if bug bunny can get it from him, he wouldn't stand a chance against John Carter.

Even the maritain grown in water have problems.
A, not much water on any version of mars we are talking about here.
B, There combat effectiveness..... is highly questionable (I'm being nice).
C, If all else fails, send the brothers after him. (The brothers are the last two remaining anceint maritain race on Barsoom, There phyic powers allow them too make huge armies of fake men (maybe limitless Its been awhile since I've read this one) and the only reason they haven't taken over Barsoom is becuase they are locked in a civil war against each other.)
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You forgot the Spaced Invaders martians though Marvin does rule
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The ones in Stranger in a Strange Land can simply Grokk something being bad and it doesn't exist anymore.

if they met the culture it would go like this.

Culture Contact unit and Martians initiate simultanious telepathic contact.

They Grokk each other.

They offer eachother water.

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Martin and the Instant Martians

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Cmdr X2 (Martin) was definitely the ultimate Martian. Along with his Instant Martians —just add water. They, you remember, were stored in pill form.
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Patrick Degan wrote:Cmdr X2 (Martin) was definitely the ultimate Martian. Along with his Instant Martians —just add water. They, you remember, were stored in pill form.
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I've always been partial to Martian Manhunter.
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Marvin wins hands down.
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But if bug bunny can get it from him, he wouldn't stand a chance against John Carter
First John Carter isn't as wasskly as Buggs.
Second what would John do to Marvin, Kill him? You can't kill Marvin, he's a Loony Toon, they don't die. He survived the destruction of planet X. He'd just desintagrate everyone with his Martain Desintagration pistol.
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Re: Best Martians of All time

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THe Yosemite Bear wrote:Would it be?

The Four armed Green skinned dreadlocked gaints + sexy Darth Maul looking "Red Martians" from John Carter of Mars
I'll have to go with the Edgar Rice Burrough's martians. IIRC there were also White and Black Martians but they both had extremely small numbers.

The whole John Carter series is cool. 8)
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