Please change the appearance of Detective Miller in Brickstown to match that of Detective Miller from The Expanse

[admiralnorman]

From this:

 

 

to this:

 

 

That is all. Thank you for your consideration.

[Hew]

Just now, admiralnorman said:

From this:

 

 

to this:

 

 

That is all. Thank you for your consideration.

I vote for this.

 

[Frostbiter]

Detective Miller is modeled on the real Matt Miller AKA Positron. But I'm onboard with this.

Edited September 15, 2020 by Frostbiter

[Yomo Kimyata]

Detectives Miller and Fish may actually predate Matt Miller:

 

 

[MTeague]

17 minutes ago, Yomo Kimyata said:

Detectives Miller and Fish may actually predate Matt Miller:

 

 

Exactly. It always bothered me a little it didn't look more like Barney Miller.

[Frostbiter]

Modeled, not named. What I meant was Detective Miller bears the RL appearance of Matt Miller.

Edited September 15, 2020 by Frostbiter

[AboveTheChemist]

I like this idea, and if it happens make sure he warns you about doors and corners.

[Luminara]

This is why Shepard Book didn't want to discuss his past with Mal.

[Frostbiter]

Most of the costume pieces are there. I worked this up in about 2 minutes so I'm sure better could be done:

 

[cranebump]

A vote for Barney here.

[Hew]

If you guys read the fourth book, its pretty interesting. I don't know if I liked Prime's telling of book 4... I felt the book was actually better, but the show had value.

 

[Vanden]

1 hour ago, Frostbiter said:

Modeled, not named. What I meant was Detective Miller bears the RL appearance of Matt Miller.

I asked Matt Miller himself at a con if Detective Miller was in any way based on him and he swore up and down that he's 100% Barney Miller.

[El D]

11 minutes ago, Vanden said:

I asked Matt Miller himself at a con if Detective Miller was in any way based on him and he swore up and down that he's 100% Barney Miller.

Which is odd, because the in-game Detective Miller looks absolutely nothing like Hal Linden and looks pretty dang similar to how Posi did when the game was running. He might be named after the TV character, but he certainly isn't modeled after him.

 

As for changing the character model to reference the Expanse... eh. It fits the theme of Detective Contact names, but if the Homecoming devs absolutely wanted to make an Expanse reference I'd prefer they just put in a new PPD contact. Maybe in Kallisti Wharf.

[Derek Icelord]

Being based on Barney Miller fits with the Detective contacts all (or almost all) being references to detective shows.

 

I agree that an Expanse reference would fit best with a new NPC, rather than changing an existing one.

[Frostbiter]

21 hours ago, Luminara said:

This is why Shepard Book didn't want to discuss his past with Mal.

I can't believe only two of us got this joke. Shame!

[Twisted Toon]

5 minutes ago, Frostbiter said:

I can't believe only two of us got this joke. Shame!

I got it. I just didn't say anything.

Mainly because I had to get ready for work when I read it.

[LiquidBandage]

1 hour ago, Derek Icelord said:

an Expanse reference would fit best with a new NPC, rather than changing an existing one.

I feel this would work better. There's a whole zone (Khalisti Wharf) waiting to be populated. 

[AboveTheChemist]

37 minutes ago, Frostbiter said:

I can't believe only two of us got this joke. Shame!

I took almost a day but I finally got it just now. I pondered it yesterday to no avail.

Edited September 16, 2020 by AboveTheChemist

[Riverdusk]

Yep, I'd vote for Barney Miller (the original reference) over any new one.

[Oskmey]

Another vote for Barney and against the lesser, Expanse character.

[Luminara]

1 hour ago, Frostbiter said:

I can't believe only two of us got this joke. Shame!

 

Eh.  I made a perfect Top Gear reference in the "oldest player" thread, only one person picked up on it.  I do it for my own amusement, so it's fine.  🙂

[Frostbiter]

I missed that one. I went back to look but got distracted by Yomo's cat.

[JnEricsonx]

2 hours ago, AboveTheChemist said:

I took almost a day but I finally got it just now. I pondered it yesterday to no avail.

I'm just reminded that I met Ron Glass back in the mid 2000s.

[Sakura Tenshi]

I mean, all the radio detectives are police show references though plenty of liberties are taken in terms of looks (presumably to avoid copyright issue), for example there's a Detective Murphy in Brickstown or Founders, though rather than being a cyborg, he's just a PPD in a hardsuit shell.

[Yomo Kimyata]

3 hours ago, Frostbiter said:

I missed that one. I went back to look but got distracted by Yomo's cat.

He's one hell of a cat.