<![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog - Kotaku Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog - Kotaku Comments]]> http://kotaku.com Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:32 MDT Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:32 MDT http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5601849 @murfi:

yes ...yes, you do.

icarusprime

]]> 9:387411:c5601849 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:32 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5564602 @skrame ☆: Haha, thank you - I reread his comment and it was so much funnier the second time ;-D

dnzperson

]]> 9:387411:c5564602 Wed, 07 May 2008 01:04:55 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5559439 WTF....is it made of papermache?

Looks like crap

SPitFyRe666

]]> 9:387411:c5559439 Tue, 06 May 2008 18:52:38 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5558134 @red: Nitpicking here, but you do know everything prior to the HMMWV was open topped, right? (Willys through the M151)

FellTheDabus

]]> 9:387411:c5558134 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:41:33 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5556152 the military will never drive an open top. i love halo, but the warthog is probably its most stylised, least practical icon.

red

]]> 9:387411:c5556152 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:53:33 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5554866 Nice... for people who absolutely don't know about Halo, looks just like some military vehicle.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> 9:387411:c5554866 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:27 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5544536 Amazing, the attention to detail is just what you can expect from an award winning studio like WETA.

dazyluz

]]> 9:387411:c5544536 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:31:54 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5544494 Looks more like a puma to me...

full.tang.halo

]]> 9:387411:c5544494 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:30:03 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5544485 @mariospants: I imagine your entire comment being spoken in the voice of Comic Book Guy, and your comment becomes funny to me, instead of the pathetic nerded-up bitch-fest that it really is.

(unless it was thinly veiled sarcasm)

skrame ☆

]]> 9:387411:c5544485 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:29:32 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5543838 @murfi: If it is an alternate form of propulsion from an internal combustion engine it could very well have no transmission. Also, being the future and all even if it was an ICE it would use a continuously variable transmission, a little thing first cooked up by a guy you've probably hear of, Leonardo Da Vinci. They are employed in a number of things, but have not yet been developed enough to be effective in most automotive applications. Possibly even a Direct-Shift gearbox, as employed on the Bugatti Veyron, seeing as it can shift faster than is humanly possible. The capabilities of that twin-shaft, dual-clutch design are quite impressive.

EmerilLIVE

]]> 9:387411:c5543838 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:06:06 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5543764 I like the detail of having only large buttons since you wouldn't be able to touch smaller ones wearing the armor from the game. Excellent job art department.

Leftoverz

]]> 9:387411:c5543764 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:03:02 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5542646 damn, of course i meant automatic shifting, not manual shifting :D

i fail.

murfi

]]> 9:387411:c5542646 Tue, 06 May 2008 08:16:45 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5542623 its gay, because it seems to have manual shifting.

but that apart, it looks nice.

murfi

]]> 9:387411:c5542623 Tue, 06 May 2008 08:16:03 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5541807 Cool funky look, but the Warthog is symptomatic of something anachronistic that's in every sci fi movie/game/whathaveyou probably due to a combination of lack of creative effort and budget.

Besides the fact that the warthog has impossible-to-use tiny buttons and dial that your Master-Chief-gloved hand could never actually use, the design just isn't the least bit futuristic. Where are the airless kevlar-titanium nanotires? What's with the primitive drivetrain? My Warthog would have reduction gears in each wheel for added clearance, better torque distribution and articulation. LED headlamps? That's so 2006. etc. This model would hardly look out of place on the battlefield today, where's our future tech???

mariospants

]]> 9:387411:c5541807 Tue, 06 May 2008 07:30:26 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5541713 looks plastic and fake

clintonskneecap

]]> 9:387411:c5541713 Tue, 06 May 2008 07:23:41 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5540818 Depressing to hear that there may be no halo movie. After seeing the shorts I want the movie sooooo bad.

At least I will not need an xbox to watch the movie if it ever comes out :)

Astos Green lasers rulz

Astos

]]> 9:387411:c5540818 Tue, 06 May 2008 04:42:20 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5540438 @Elrando:They are. Halo Wars.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> 9:387411:c5540438 Tue, 06 May 2008 03:59:14 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5540309 Hmmm,
Andy Serkis to play Master Chief in Halo movie.
Confirmed.



IDunoDavey

]]> 9:387411:c5540309 Tue, 06 May 2008 02:51:08 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5540039 Microsoft may still be milking the Halo IP for all it's worth. But with the main trilogy done with they really needed to release something this year at the latest to capitalise on it.

No Halo movie for you, shame, it would have looked pretty cool.

Elrando

]]> 9:387411:c5540039 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:54:04 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5540031 Saw it in person about two weeks back. You're right about the amount of detail Luke. It was very impressive, and I say this as someone who doesn't even like Halo.

MattB

]]> 9:387411:c5540031 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:47:58 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5540021 back to the future, nope.

xkotaku

]]> 9:387411:c5540021 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:41:55 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5539968 So badass.

mind in rewind

]]> 9:387411:c5539968 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:14:15 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5539959 Thats why Lucasarts pays top dollars.

Fyren

]]> 9:387411:c5539959 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:09:56 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5539958 what i would do with my fellow spartans in that warthog...

looks cool. was used in that one halo short from xbox (i think)

YesILikeGuys

]]> 9:387411:c5539958 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:09:41 MDT <![CDATA[Get A Closer Look At WETA's Warthog]]> http://kotaku.com/387411/get-a-closer-look-at-wetas-warthog#c5539957 That's somewhat purdy.

Ryumeka

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