I'm referring to any ship that flies in a movie whether it be in space or in the air.
My vote for the ALL TIME UGLIEST SHIP AWARD goes to the Nebuchadnezzar & all of its sister ships in "The Matrix" films.
Damn are they hideous!
What ships do you think are ugly beyond belief?
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Peter Strauss's lopsided ship in SpaceHunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.
The alien ship in Buckaroo Banzai.
The Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I like the Discovery. It is long and thin, almost gracile, and his slow movements and peculiar shape make it look completely different to the ships designed to navigate under any atmosphere. Now, the soviet ship in 2010 (well, I suppose I should call it "Russian" instead), that was ugly.
I never really liked the Star Trek ships of the Next Generation years. Too streamlined and round and weirdly proportioned. It mirrored trends in cars of the early 90s that I also really hated. The best Trek ships were in the movies, except the Excelsior, which was an ugly tub of a thing.
Funny how many of the ships of Star Wars were designed to be dirty and old and ungainly and utilitarian, yet they all looked extremely cool.
No discussion of ugly ships would be complete without a mention of Battle Beyond the Stars. It has some of the ugliest ships around, from Sador's giant tin can to Cayman's large-mouthed bass to George Peppard's space rig to that flying uterus John Boy had.
In terms of ugly as in I-wouldn't-wanna-be-on-it, I think the Nostromo in Alien was pretty damn ookie. Of course, it was a mining ship. One reviewer did point out that all that antenna and drilling stuff bristling out from the ship would probably been sheared off in the first asteroid shower.
BARBARELLA'S ship with wall to wall, floor to ceiling shag carpeting.
How about the Red Dwarf? Or any of the ships the Cybermen are seen buzzing about in in various Dr. Who episodes? Those are all pretty ungainly beasts.
Brother R
The garbage scow from Quark.