# A cool video of fictional starship size comparisons, set against NYC to start **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252 "2021-04-18T16:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/1 "2021-04-18T16:40:00Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPwbVqU6lc) Check out the Statue of Liberty at 4:42. I’d heard of quite a few of these ships, space stations etc., but by no means all. Towards the end they’re just ridiculously huge. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/2 "2021-04-18T17:08:42Z")
There is a whole series of those–aircraft, ground vehicles, buildings, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/3 "2021-04-18T23:47:30Z")
Nifty. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/4 "2021-04-19T08:12:28Z")
I feel like the Star Citizen ships are not even fictional. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/5 "2021-04-19T09:46:27Z")
I have to quibble with calling the Dyson Sphere and some of the others star_ships_ when they’re not ships at all. Also, they whimped out by not going all the way to _Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/6 "2021-04-19T21:13:38Z")
OK, they had one of the Alliance ships from Firefly, but not Serenity herself? And where was Moya? Three Star Citizen ships, but only one from Starcraft? And nothing at all from Schlock Mercenary-- Credomar, Oisri, the Can Full of Sky, the Forge of Worlds, the Pa’anuri attack ships, the All-Star, and a bu’uthandi could have nicely filled in some of the gaps at the high end. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/7 "2021-04-20T04:08:29Z")
I was looking for an X-wing and a whimsically-named ship from the Culture, too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/8 "2021-04-20T19:38:18Z")
I was looking for Voyager. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/9 "2021-04-20T19:39:52Z")
Why did they leave out _Luna_? 🤨 They should have shown Klaatu’s ship, too! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/10 "2021-04-20T19:44:17Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > They should have shown Klaatu’s ship, too! And Jupiter II. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/11 "2021-04-20T19:53:35Z")
_Dark Star!_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1RP_F0B05PQ/maxresdefault.jpg "BENSON ARIZONA Dark Star Opening Credits Song John Carpenter Dan O'Bannon 1974") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RP_F0B05PQ) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/12 "2021-04-20T19:56:01Z")
The copyright date says 2020, but I swear I saw this earlier. Does anyone know if this is a new version or something? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/13 "2021-04-20T20:00:33Z")
Ever wonder what would have happened if Patricia Neal had been so scared she couldn’t remember “Klaatu barada nikto?” 🤨😮😖 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/14 "2021-04-20T20:04:48Z")
An Earth-shattering kaboom? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/15 "2021-04-20T20:28:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The copyright date says 2020, but I swear I saw this earlier. Does anyone know if this is a new version or something? From the YouTube page: “[T]his new version updates the first comparison of the channel of 2015.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/16 "2021-04-20T20:29:25Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I feel like the Star Citizen ships are not even fictional. They should have a disclaimer: “Some ships are more fictional than others.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/17 "2021-04-20T20:33:48Z")
Am I right that most of the obvious omissions are because no dimensions were ever specified? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/18 "2021-04-20T20:33:55Z")
We were probably obstructing their view of Venus! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/19 "2021-04-20T20:46:01Z")
I watched this the other day, and was unfamiliar with some of the sources of the ships, particularly the ones from video games. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252/20 "2021-04-20T21:01:49Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Am I right that most of the obvious omissions are because no dimensions were ever specified? Or because there’s no visual reference for what the ships look like: That’s probably the cause for most of the literary omissions. But we could still have gotten all six General Products hulls (hint: They’re spherical), and the ships from the Honor Harrington series have official illustrations with dimensions. And there are a number of ships that might not have officially-published dimensions, but which are easy enough to estimate from comparisons with people or other objects of known size. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-video-of-fictional-starship-size-comparisons-set-against-nyc-to-start/940252.md?page=2)