Favorite sci-fi grunts?

[ChrisIII]

In military science-fiction, there's generally mostly disposable soldiers, such as the Colonial Marines from aliens, the Clone/Stormtroopers from Star Wars, and the GM and Zaku suits from Gundam. Any favorites?

[hoffmandu]

I know this is way sad from a fan-boy perspective, but the spider aliens from Starship Troopers are a fav of mine.

[Jamal]

Vasquez and Drake from "Aliens"

[Lord of Denial]

Red Shirts from Star Trek

You know someone is getting killed and fast.

[Tobias March]

Michael Ironside.


He dies...but he dies well :D

Trying to remember if he died in V as well

[Thorlief]

Red Shirts from Star Trek

You know someone is getting killed and fast.

indeed, and I always LOL when it happens

[Shellhead]

Vasquez and Drake from "Aliens"

I liked them all, including Hicks, the sergeant, Bishop and even Hudson. Okay, I didn't like Gorman, but he wasn't all bad.

[sgt.candy]

does carmine from gears of war count?

[BoosterBronze]

"Haven't you heard? Dying is what the Mobile Infantry is good for."

(click the link in my sig if you love this movie)

[Jared]

Colonial Marines and Clone Troopers.

Redshirts deserve some kind of special bravery award, going all those suicide missions protected by nothing but pajamas.

[Thorlief]

Colonial Marines and Clone Troopers.

Redshirts deserve some kind of special bravery award, going all those suicide missions protected by nothing but pajamas.

thats something I always wondered abou...how come the Star Trek members have nothing to protect em besides their uniforms?
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[Tequilamokinbrd]

Clone Troopers, no question.


An army of Jango Fett's programmed to do your bidding no matter what you ask? With no fear of death?


Sold.






As much as I love Starship Troopers, The Clone Troopers take the Mobile Infantry and the Spider Aliens at the same time and claim Planet P in the name of the Republic.

[Brian "Vash" Ashby]

Hudson from aliens. Hudson is premo sci-fi grunt.

[Athena Bast]

thats something I always wondered abou...how come the Star Trek members have nothing to protect em besides their uniforms?
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I think it has something to do with being able to beam them right off the battlefield right to an infirmary.

[Athena Bast]

The Jem'Hadar until they had them speak and be semi self aware.

[Sandoz]

Gotta give love to the Colonel Marines, especially Hicks and Hudson. (So, so bitter about Alien 3. :evilangry ) Also, Jayne from Firefly/Serenity.

[Greg Hatcher]

I'm really dating myself here. But the guy that set the tone for all the rest of them was Kowalski from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

http://www.vttbots.com/Graphics/kowalski_interview1.jpg

'Ski, as everyone called him, was the guy on the Seaview that was always getting clobbered by escaping prisoner aliens, held hostage on islands full of monsters, chained in dungeons by mad scientists, infected with killer alien viruses, and God knows what-all else during the time the show was on the air.

He seemed to have all sorts of duties on the sub, but really, his true calling was Expressing Disbelief. Kowalski generally only had one or two lines an episode, and usually it was some variation of "You'll never believe this, Skipper!" or "I don't believe what I'm seein'!" or "You've gotta be kidding me! DINOSAURS?" No matter what that week's monster was, Kowalski didn't believe it even AFTER he saw it, most of the time. Of course, he probably assumed he was hallucinating... all the different times he was clubbed over the head with a wrench and dragged behind a rack of scuba gear had to've scrambled his brains a little.

Still, we always liked him and it's been great fun introducing my wife to him as we work our way through the DVD sets. 'Ski was the first real SF grunt, I think. He was always given the dirty job and he usually got raygunned for doing it.