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EarthBound: 2 Possible Insperations for the Starmen
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I believe I have found 2 possible things that could have inspired the design of the Starmen from the Mother/Earthbound series.

1. The most obvious, the space men from the 1950's film "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
[Image: THE_DAY_THE_EARTH_STOOD_STILL_SCREENSHOT_2.jpg]

2. A bit more obscure, this mysterious photo has been around since the 50's too and features a spaceman similar to the Starman. 
[Image: solwaystarman_5765.jpg]
I personally think number 1 is more likley, any thoughts?
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#2
Any developer commentary over that?
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#3
I do get a sort of Gort vibe from the Starmen. The intro before the title is also reminiscent of that sort of movie, as well.
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#4
Interestingly enough, it turns out the "starman" in the second picture is actually the boy's mother in the background. I think I saw something about it on YouTube, maybe Danger Dolan's channel.
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(10-11-2014, 11:09 PM)Kakariko Kid Wrote: Interestingly enough, it turns out the "starman" in the second picture is actually the boy's mother in the background. I think I saw something about it on YouTube, maybe Danger Dolan's channel.

That's actually really interesting.

Another small trivia thing I heard somewhere on the web is that the UFOs seen in the opening above never actually appear anywhere in the game itself.

I don't know if this is true or not, anyone can confirm or deconfirm this?
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#6
Those specific UFOs, not really.
You can find similar stuff like tiny UFO enemies and using Andonuts Sky Runner.
The larger ones don't really show up aside from seeing oval-shaped lights hovering around where the Meteorite impacted at Onett, much later into the game.
http://starmen.net/mother2/maps/onettnight2.png
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