Science fiction is full of mechas (or mechs as Wikipedia would have it) and powered exoskeletons – though the budget requirements tend to limit their use in TV. They occur repeatedly in written fiction, where budget is no limit, and are a staple of big-budget Hollywood sci-fi movies. But on TV they tend to be restricted to animations (they’re a particularly common theme in Japanese anime) and the occasional CGI insert.
Our mecha takes inspiration from a number of sources. Obviously there’s a huge influence from the cargo-loader from Aliens, with a little of Avatar’s AMP Suits thrown in for good measure.
But the idea for the joke came to me originally while watching Mobile Suit Gundam, and I’m sure that my childhood memories of Starfleet’s Dai-X also played a part.
Yes, science fiction is full of mechas. Great, isn’t it 😀
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G1: What do you think of my new mecha suit?
G1: It's got rockets
G1: It's got a flame thrower
G1: It's got high-power lasers
G1: And it's got a big cannon
G2: You saw a spider in the bathroom again, didn't you?
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Something ever so wrong about that droopy cannon in the last frame!
Not sure if it’s just me, but the SVG seems to be borked for this one?
I don’t even want to contemplate what Vince might have modelled the cannon on!
Sorry about the SVG file – it was a typo in the link, but should all be fixed now if you want to try again.
Great! When are these suits going into production as my boyfriend is terrified of spiders!
Me to I hate the little creeps, too many legs and too many eyes!!!