Coolest Ships

[JohnL]

The Vorlon ships in Babylon 5.

[Conrad]

Ha!   Despite Brother Ragnarok's eminently welcome praise for the TARDIS, I have to go for two from 2001: the Discovery, because it gives an impression of awesome size (and was based on a dinosaur skeleton, IIRC) and glacial progress, and the PanAm Shuttle, because it's just so damn balletic in the approach to the Space Station.

Also, that Naboo Royal Family Gadabout in Star Wars 4.  Obviously based on the SR71 Blackbird, but damn! does it look fast!

[)ules]

I will second Jamtoy's vote for the Millennium Falcon, that's a great lil' ship and probably my all-time favorite just cuz it keeps breaking down. I also really liked the massive invading ships from ID4., along with the fighters themselves. The ship that crash-lands at the beginning of Pitch Black isn't particularly noteworthy (although I do think they did a good job on it) but the crash sequence itself is one of the best I've seen. How about the pyramid-shaped vessel from Stargate? You gotta hand that one some originality points, at least.
And call me a purist, but I love the original Enterprise. I even have a cut-away poster of it on my wall. No, not the VERY original Enterprise, but the Enterprise D. I'm not THAT much of a purist, jeez.

[FearlessFreep]

The Event Horizon was pretty cool looking

[Velvet Brotha]

Damn Ash... that's an excellent selection. That would have been my choice. ; )
I also really dig the Cylon Raiders from Battle Star Galactica.

[Velvet Brotha]

Oh yeah.. I still have a model of the Reliant that I haven't built yet. I guess I'll wait for when I have the time to do it. : ( So little time...

[Eirik]

I third the Falcon -  It actually became a character in its own right, with a history, idiosyncracies and a heroism of its own...  and the actors conveyed a real affection for it too.  Plus it had that cool chessboard, secret compartments, and the whole thing was kept about as neat as the average 13-year old's room.  I guarantee the set designer for that movie had kids.

Lots of great ships mentioned in this thread - here's one nobody thought of (coming at the question from a different direction): The African Queen.  Like the Falcon, she had a personality.

[FearlessFreep]

Plus it had that cool chessboard, secret compartments,

Dice hanging from the front windshield...


I also liked Costner's catermaran from "Water World"  I loved all the autmated liitle stuff he had by pulling ropes and kicking levers and stuff