oh my god

[occultatio]

someone actually did it in REAL LIFE.

Wait.

MORE THAN ONE theoretically reality-based group has, actually, used the name "Project Icarus."

MIT, you're supposed to be smarter than that!

Beyond those, I'm actually surprised to see how few examples TV Tropes has come up with: an orbital mirror system from a James Bond film (falls), not one but two ships from a sci-fi B-movie called Sunshine (destroyed by literally getting too close to the sun), the ship which carried Sheridan's wife to Z'ha'dum on Babylon 5 (captured, all aboard dead or suborned), and a project name from Stargate Universe (literally blows up). Of course, I know they're missing the X-Files reference, so the list is obviously incomplete.

If I ever make a sci-fi film, I'm totally naming a ship "Balder." It will be captained by Agamemnon Q. Icarus. And then it will go through the entire movie utterly unmolested.

Comments

[dr_whom]

The ship in The Matrix is called Nebuchadnezzar, and the haven city is called Zion, but for some reason—in a particularly spectacular symbolism fail—Nebuchadnezzar did not cause the fall and destruction of Zion.

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

Didn't it?

[dr_whom]

I thought Zion ends up not being destroyed.

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

But in the final analysis: was Zion really not destroyed?

[khyros.livejournal.com]

Will there also be a character with the initials J.C. who makes no sacrifices whatsoever despite having multiple opportunities to do so?

[occultatio.livejournal.com]

Yes. There will also be a hacker whose ultimate codebreaking algorithm is named "Ganesh," but never works even once.

[edjoesu.livejournal.com]

There are also now-defunct Ecuadorian and Greek airlines named after Icarus, which I find to be even more impressive.

[aurelia-star.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a true epic fail. *facepalm* I guess they only flew at night, then?

~Emily

[weirdquark]

But what if there's another ship called "Hod" which has missile weapons called Mistletoe (It makes as much sense as having a weapon called Wombat) and faulty sensors that keep blanking out and a weapons malfunction that makes it fire on "Balder" accidentally?

[occultatio.livejournal.com]

Whyever would that happen?

[weirdquark]

Loki Virus?

[occultatio.livejournal.com]

"Captain Icarus, sir! Someone's uploaded this file called 'loki.exe' into our central computer, Dolchstoss!"

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

I'm ready to fanfic this motherfucker if you are.

[occultatio.livejournal.com]

so long as we refer to the project as "Challenger," I'm good.

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

As in the Space Shuttle? That might be a little morbid.

How about "Ulysses".

OOH or "Cerberus Saga" or even better "Ulysses: the Cerberus Syndrome".