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WWII in the Pacific is the closest humanity got to a real life sci-fi movie
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:09 am
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:09 am
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The Pacific Theatre in WW2 is one of the closest things you get to sci-fi in real history.
You have the Pacific Ocean, which is like the vastness of space.
It's dotted with various exotic islands, full of strange flora and fauna, like little planets.
The tribes of people on these islands come from wildly alien cultures compared to the two military superpowers battling over them.
The military forces of each side consist of gigantic capital ships and various smaller ships supported by swarms of fighters.
Sometimes individual ships get sent on their own missions, like rescuing downed airmen or scouting or whatever.
An amphibious landing is like an orbital drop. Utter chaos, incredibly bloody.
And the war is ended by one of the two empires unleashing a devastating secret weapon that vaporises cities, like the Death Star.
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:11 am to RollTide1987
Or, one could argue, that WW2 had a large impact on modern scifi
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:11 am to RollTide1987
that's a really interesting perspective that i have never really thought of, but it makes sense when you look at it that way
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:15 am to RollTide1987
Uh yeah, Star Wars is heavily influenced by WWII. Ships move through "space" like it's an atmosphere because Lucas used WWII footage for inspiration.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:21 am to AUin02
Lucas also went exploring natural sounds for his characters. There is this mule near where I hunt. He makes the sounds just like the sand people. Turns out that is what was recorded and used for their “voice”.
The blaster noise was the tapping of powerline support cables using different things like crescent wrenches and small pipe.
The blaster noise was the tapping of powerline support cables using different things like crescent wrenches and small pipe.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:57 am to LSU Neil
quote:I remember that from the OG making of SW film.
The blaster noise was the tapping of powerline support cables using different things like crescent wrenches and small pipe.
The sound of the sonic bomb thing in Clones is a transformer blowing out.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:58 am to AUin02
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Uh yeah, Star Wars is heavily influenced by WWII.
WWII + Dune = Star Wars
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:59 am to blueboy
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The sound of the sonic bomb thing in Clones is a transformer blowing out.
say what you will about the prequels, but that specific sound effect was one of the coolest things i've ever seen / heard in a movie
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:02 am to RollTide1987
The distances involved for the US to project force into the pacific are insane to think about much less contemplate as a secondary effort in a two front war.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:10 am to RollTide1987
I remember saying in 1980 in the 4th grade "Lucas ripped off WWII!" 
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:47 am to AUin02
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Uh yeah, Star Wars is heavily influenced by WWII.
You say this as if it’s common knowledge. Is this common knowledge?
Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:15 pm to AUin02
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Star Wars is heavily influenced by WWII. Ships move through "space" like it's an atmosphere because Lucas used WWII footage for inspiration.
Not just inspiration. There's a story that Lucas showed a rough cut of the film to a group of people (Speilberg, maybe Coppola, forgotten who else), and because he is as still waiting on ILM to finish their part of the Death Star battle, he inserted gun camera footage from WW2 in the place of the in cockpit shots from the TIEs and X-wings.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:28 pm to AUin02
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Lucas used WWII footage for inspiration.
I can remember 11 year old me in 1977 being fascinated by dogfights between X-Wings and Tie Fighters.
"Baa Baa Black Sheep" (with Robert Conrad) was very prominent on NBC at the time, and the original "Midway" had just been in theaters the year before.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:00 pm to biglego
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You say this as if it’s common knowledge. Is this common knowledge?
I always thought it was. The Imperial uniforms alone are a dead giveaway. Imperial soldiers being called stormtroopers is even a reference going back to WW1 Germany. It wasn't just Nazi Germany, tho. The American Revolution and Vietnam were also influences in how rebellions and guerrilla warfare could defeat a larger, better armed, better trained force.
Plus, Lucas himself has talked about it numerous times.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:26 pm to Fun Bunch
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Or, one could argue, that WW2 had a large impact on modern scifi
Rod Serling seems to have been greatly impacted by his time in the Pacific during WWII. I don't know if The Twilight Zone is considered modern Sci Fi but the show (and Serling) moved the genre forward into television.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:27 pm to RollTide1987
It’s almost like Sci-Fi is based on real life…
Posted on 12/29/25 at 5:17 pm to Fun Bunch
Heinlien checks into the chat......LOL
I know he did stuff prior to WW2 was in the Navy until the mid 30s but the best of his stuff was after and I think was shaped by the war, which he was an active supporter of and booster of the Navy.
Star Ship Troopers the book, not the movie, is one of the best post-war novels I've read that gets to the heart of "why we fight." The movie is a good campy romp but not anything close to the book and IMO far inferior.
I know he did stuff prior to WW2 was in the Navy until the mid 30s but the best of his stuff was after and I think was shaped by the war, which he was an active supporter of and booster of the Navy.
Star Ship Troopers the book, not the movie, is one of the best post-war novels I've read that gets to the heart of "why we fight." The movie is a good campy romp but not anything close to the book and IMO far inferior.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 5:28 pm to RollTide1987
The “John From” cults that developed in some of these areas that were occupied by the Americans, are truly fascinating. Read up on them.
I think that Christianity most likely had a very similar origin , with less developed Judean tribes encountering the Roman empire. That plus the Roman occupation of Judea probably created various cults based on traditional Jewish beliefs that tried to tackle the fact that their all powerful god had not prevented their conquest at the hands of a superior pagan force.
I think that Christianity most likely had a very similar origin , with less developed Judean tribes encountering the Roman empire. That plus the Roman occupation of Judea probably created various cults based on traditional Jewish beliefs that tried to tackle the fact that their all powerful god had not prevented their conquest at the hands of a superior pagan force.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:04 pm to 844_Tiger
Is lord of the rings sci fi? If so, the answer is the western front of WWI.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:56 pm to hansenthered1
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The movie is a good campy romp but not anything close to the book and IMO far inferior.
The movie has a pretty heavy political message that many missed.
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