Originally Posted by
RickNRoll
They've got a real 1950's retro look with that thing.
TBH they've been nailing the 50s retro look since they started landing rockets on their tails - see e.g.
and a sci-fi vs. reality comparison
For me personally it was the synchronised twin booster landings from the heavy that really gave me goosebumps, this was how future rocket ships were meant to be. Starship is just a bit shinier - which may just be that after reusing a few falcons without repainting they've just decided why bother painting in the first place (they don't look all nice and white after the first time).
SpaceX didn't do tail-landing first of course - DC-X beat em by a long way on that, unfortunately that sort of evolved into Blue Origin which isn't so much a 50s retro look as 70s Flesh Gordon, which is not a good look unless you are deliberately doing satire...