Re: [OT] Bug history was: Starship Troopers
From: David Brewer <davidbrewer@b...>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:48:10 +0000
Subject: Re: [OT] Bug history was: Starship Troopers
KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
>
> DAWGFACE47@webtv.net schrieb:
> > BUGS, AS MOST FOLKS VIEW THEM NOW, CAN TRACE THEIR
> > ORIGIINS TO "ARMOR" AND TO THE MOVIE "STARSHIP TROOPERS".
>
> I think the "bugs" idea goes back further than the movie "Starship
> Troopers". The GW Tyranids are defintiely earlier. They, in turn, seem
> to owe much to "Alien" (late 1970's) .
More to "Aliens" than to "Alien" I would think.
It is said that the original playtest set of Space Hulk had a
token marked "CLG", standing for "Cute Little Girl".
--
David Brewer
"It is foolishness and endless trouble to cast a stone at every