Best Martian threat....

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-01-16 06:45pm

The original attack: killed by disease, but heat rays and tentecles....

The 1950's invasion: atomic disintegration beams, flyight, and that manta ray look

Marvin

Edgar Rice Burroughs and the sky ships.

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Mars attacks....

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-16 06:45pm

First Vote mine! And the winner is.... MARVIN!!!!!!

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-01-16 06:49pm

Bah! Marvin is the alien God, as such he wins. You've gotta be EVIL to want to destroy a planet for no better reason than it obstructs your view... And considering he had a small artillary sized piece of equipment that could wipe out a planet... oh yes... Marvin wins...

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-01-16 06:56pm

Tremble pathetic earth creatures tremble...

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » 2004-01-16 07:02pm

In 1898, Herbert George Wells wrote what is arguably the most important novel in the history of science fiction. The War Of The Worlds established a benchmark for a whole subset of the genre, that of an alien invasion of the Earth.

Less than 50 years later,1938 to be exact Orson Welles set a radio drama of the book in the real life American town of Grover's Mill and set in motion a genuine mass panic in America...who thought the invasion was real...this surely has to win the prize!!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-01-16 07:13pm

truely the sacrifice of the valiant "Thunderchilde" doth rock.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-16 07:14pm

Illudium "Pew-36" Explosive space modulator>stupid spider droid thingys.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-16 07:38pm

Uuuulahh...

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-01-16 07:43pm

Marvin.

Plans to obliterate the Earth because it obstructs his view of Venus. Not only that has insta Bird minions.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2004-01-16 08:08pm

Marvin.

Ghost Rider wrote:Not only that has insta Bird minions.

The sign on the gum-dispenser-looking thing says "10,000 Martians just add water". And let's not forget Rupert (was it?), his right arm, er, dog.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-01-16 08:12pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:truely the sacrifice of the valiant "Thunderchilde" doth rock.

In addition, she took one of the mecha scum down beforehand.
Huzzah for Thunderchild!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-01-16 08:16pm

Thus earning her a place in the HAB museme....

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-01-16 09:01pm

Chardok wrote:Illudium "Pew-36" Explosive space modulator>stupid spider droid thingys.

Besides, as an HAB member you have to vote for Marvin, the others have mech wannabe stuff. And you wouldn't be a true HAB if you voted for something with spindly legs.

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2004-01-16 09:44pm

Marvin of course!

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-01-16 09:49pm

Marvin, cause only one thing in the universe can contend with Duck Dodgers.

Post by **weemadando** » 2004-01-16 09:54pm

1899 version, but only in musical form.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-01-16 10:02pm

Marvin, of course. But you forgot to list Mars Attacks. ;P

~ver

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2004-01-16 10:26pm

Drats, voted without reading carefully. I should have chosen Marvin instead of original.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-01-17 09:13am

Just how was the Illudium-pu-35 (whatever) going to blow up Earth anyway? Didn't Marvin just stick it in the end of his telescope?

Still i voted Marvin because he appeared in the Simpsons X-Files alien line up!

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-01-17 10:03am

My vote has been cast.

Marvin all the way!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-17 10:11am

As great as Marvin is, I have just one word.

ULLAH!

Frank Hipper wrote:
The Yosemite Bear wrote:truely the sacrifice of the valiant "Thunderchilde" doth rock.
In addition, she took one of the mecha scum down beforehand.
Huzzah for Thunderchild!

I believe she took two down. One with her guns and the other after going to ramming speed. I may be wrong.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-01-17 11:01am

I like all of those listed plus some that aren't like the Orson Welles' radio play.

I think I have to go with the 1950's "tripods" (they didn't actually fly but moved on electromagnetic "legs". I just love the sound of the heat ray warming up and then letting rip. The disintegrator ray was cool too. Plus, the movie had the flying wing drop a nuke on some of the Martian ships and they survived it.

The Third Man · Post by **The Third Man** » 2004-01-17 11:48am

Admiral Valdemar wrote: I believe she took two down. One with her guns and the other after going to ramming speed. I may be wrong.

Right! "crumpled him up like a thing of cardboard" IIRC

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-01-17 11:55am

verilon wrote:Marvin, of course. But you forgot to list Mars Attacks. ;P

~ver

They had superior firepower,but they were wasted by a song.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-01-17 11:57am

This is better then getting wasted by the common cold, or wedgies from a crazy rabbit?