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Post by element2727 on Dec 1, 2008 21:09:12 GMT -5
So, last Wednesday I got my copy of JtJ in the mail and I would like to first say how great I find this game to be. The gameplay is more exciting than ever and the ability to choose how long the game plays out is an excellent way to bring in casual players. I've only played the game a couple times so far, but I'm already wondering when the Laser Red Booster is coming out.
Although, what has been really bugging me since I've looked at all the cards are what Sci-Fi shows/movies some of the cards have been referencing. I'm sure some naturally know what most/all of the cards are referring to; my biggest problem has been the orange and the purple bunnies. I've figured out Blue Bunnies/Ships: Star Trek TNG; Yellow Bunnies/Ships: Star Wars and Green Bunnies/Ships: Lost in Space (the original TV show). Thanks for your help!
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Post by Tyberius on Dec 2, 2008 7:01:49 GMT -5
Purple - Space: 1999
Orange - Battlestar Galactica
White ships in Red Deck - 2001 Space Odyssey.
I think it would be cool to compile a list of all sci-fi references on cards, from Bender Carrot to Johnny 5 Weapons.
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Post by fsd on Dec 2, 2008 15:41:56 GMT -5
Also the white bunnies in the starter are from Buck Rogers, IIRC.
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Post by Tyberius on Dec 2, 2008 15:48:17 GMT -5
I'd like to see the Planet Express and Nimbus ships at some point.  |
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Post by element2727 on Dec 2, 2008 15:54:57 GMT -5
So I went through the Blue/Yellow Cards to try my best to figure out what some of the cards paid a homage to and here is what I've come up with so far:
Blue Bunnies/Ships- Star Trek: The Next Generation
Purple Bunnies/Ships- Space: 1999
Orange Bunnies/Ships- Battlestar Galactica
Yellow Bunnies/Ships- Star Wars
Green Bunnies/Ships- Lost in Space
White Bunnies- Buck Rogers, IIRC
Klendathu Bug, 028- Starship Troopers (Klendathu Bug)
Short Circuiting, 029- Short Circuit (Johnny 5)
Deadly DRD, 032- Farscape (DRD)
The Day the Bunny Stood Still, 040- The Day the Earth Stood Still (Gort and Klaatu)
Martian Misanthrope, 048- Looney Tunes (Marvin the Martian)
Bunninator, 061- The Terminator
Carroton Torpedo, 062, 063, 064- Star Trek (Photon Torpedo)
Flax Energy Net, 065- The Nightmare Before Christmas (Oogie Boogie)
HAL 900, 066- 2001: A Space Odyssey (HAL 9000)
Repo Bunny, 080- Repo Man
Aolus 14 Umbra, 084- Lost in Space (The Robot and Mr. Smith)
Transcendental Staff, 085- The Lord of the Rings (Gandalf the White)
Cosmic Calamity!, 086- The Fly
Spice Worms, 127- Dune (Sandworms)
Fembots, 129- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Dwarf Deathstar, 130- Star Wars (The Death Star)
Random Movement, 147- Looney Tunes (Road Runner)
Rain Dance, 151- Singin’ in the Rain (Don Lockwood)
Top Run Rotate, 152- The Jetsons
Gift Card: Zids, 149- I'm not sure if this card is referencing anything, but I thought the ID Number being the start of the Fibonacci Sequence was awesome.
Xi Series Cards:
Fry Fry Again, 001- Galaxy Quest (Beryllium Sphere)
The Trouble with Triples, 002- Star Trek: The Original Series (The Trouble with Tribbles)
The Carrots:
Carrot #1, Mimi- ??
Carrot #2, Matt- Futurama (Bender)
Carrot #3, Mimi- ??
Carrot #4, Bruce- Tron (Kevin Flynn/Clu)
Carrot #5, Virginia- ??
Carrot #6, Peter- Predator (“”)
Carrot #7, Jeri- Star Trek Voyager (7 of 9)
Carrot #8, Rod- Planet of the Apes
Some of the cards that I couldn't figure out were Long Range Transporter, Mean Green Bean, DNA Resequencing, Fumbled Fuel Rod, The Four Krî'tons, Hot Chicks, Staff Weapon, and Cigarette-Smoking Bunny.
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Post by byronh on Dec 2, 2008 21:17:44 GMT -5
Flax Energy Net (065) is from Farscape, although the Oogie Boogie reference is cool too. Notice the necklace it is wearing. That's the Leviathon from Quest, which was called Moya. The Farscape ship was a Leviathon-class ship, named Moya.
Cosmic Calamity! (087) Alien(s)
Hot Chicks (135) Dude, Where's My Car?
Quantum Hop (154) Quantum Leap
Four Kritons (042) I have three of the four figured out: the one in the middle is Jon Crichton from Farscape. The one on the right is Kryten from Red Dwarf. The robot in the back is Crichton from Buck Rogers. I don't know who the other guy is.
Place the Minilith (138). Is there a reference here? It's the monolith from Space Odyssey, but the background is the same as a Mystery Place in Quest.
Cigarette-Smoking Bunny (039) Cigarette-Smoking Man from XFiles
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Post by Tyberius on Dec 3, 2008 7:21:05 GMT -5
Regarding 'Place the Minilith': -Maybe they went cheap on the art. I assumed the frozen landscape was Europa. Europa was ice in 2001, and melted in 2010 when Jupiter turned into a star.
Hal was told to transmit the message, "All these worlds are yours except for Europa. Attempt no landings there." At the end of 2010, there's a monolith on (thawed) Europa.
Great Catch on Flax Energy Net. I was wondering what the heck the dragon necklace was.
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Post by fsd on Dec 3, 2008 11:27:27 GMT -5
To update:
The Carrots:
Carrot #1, Pam - Star Wars (Padme Amidala)
Carrot #3, Mimi- Babylon 5
Staff Weapon - I believe this is supposed to be from Stargate.
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Post by Mr. Fribble on Dec 3, 2008 16:52:17 GMT -5
Carrot 1 is Princess Ardala from Buck Rogers
Carrot 5 is Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan from Farscape.
Place the minilith is on Frozen Europa from 2010
Mean Green Bean x2 Kang & Kodos from Simpsons
Static Electricity Laural & Hardy
Staff Weapon Stargate
Fluxx Energy Net Oggy Boogy from Nightmare before x-mas
Long Range Transport Starman (Great Movie) or Tron (When they teleport to a game zone)
Fumbled Fuel Rod Blinky (3 eyed fish) from Simpsons
I will never tell about the 4th Kryten. I will see if you can figure it out....
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Post by TheDavii on Dec 31, 2008 13:32:26 GMT -5
Shows how young the J2J players are! The first Kryton (which is actually the first one I identified once I saw the card) is from the Star Trek (The Original Series) episode "Elaan Of Troyius" (which is a thinly disguised Helen of Troy story). See this link.  Thanks for filling me in on who the other Kritons were! |
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Post by OMFGitsVico on Dec 31, 2008 16:23:05 GMT -5
A friend of mine got J2J not too long ago. In short, it is awesome! I can't wait to get my own copy. Great references, although I'll admit that a lot of them were lost on me. I'm more into Horror than Sci-Fi. Maybe the next KB game will be something like Killer Bunnies: A Carrot on Elm Street...
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Post by Mr. Fribble on Jan 1, 2009 18:10:39 GMT -5
WOW nice find... I was wondering if anybody would get it. If you have not seen it go find the new Star Trek Trailer. Old Spock makes an camio...
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Post by OMFGitsVico on Jan 3, 2009 18:31:14 GMT -5
Looks-wise, Zachary Quinto (from Heroes) is a perfect match for young Spock. The trailer makes the movie look very promising. Here's to hoping it doesn't fail miserably!
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