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Heck with visible fuel tankage. The Eagle can run on pure cool, for all of me. I wanted one of the toy ones SO bad when i was a kid. Maybe in a few years I'll be able to 3D-print myself one.
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I assume they'll be changing the date in the title though. 8P
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Per the article, yes; they're contemplating Space:2099.
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Unless Marvel Comics is in on the project, they might run into a few imperial entanglements trying to fly it with that name...
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Marvel Comics may find this difficult to believe, but one cannot copyright a number...
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No, but they can Trademark it. Depends on whether or not a judge agrees.
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I suspect a trademark dispute between "Spider-Man 2099" and "Space:2099" would end up the same way as a trademark dispute between "Coca-Cola" and "Pepsi-Cola" (with even less grounds for action, since "Spider-Man 2099" and "Space:2099" aren't as easily confused with each other as Coke and Pepsi are)... but I'm not a lawyer.
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Don't care about any number dispute.
This is just too fucking cool a concept. I hope they do well with it!
And the Eagles have always been one of my favorite spaceships of all time. Despite what was actually DONE with them in the show (which often was ridiculous), the actual DESIGN of them made sense on so many levels that just LOOKING at them made you believe in them. Star Trek and Star Wars were both great shows. But their tech had to be explained (Star Trek) or outright ignored (Star Wars).
There was no explanation necessary with the Eagle. You could look at each individual element and know what it did. It's all right there.
