Now that’s a trailer.
(Video source: GhostCove)
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Great Trailers for Great Movies: Alien (1979)
Published November 8, 2012 Alien Trilogy , Movie Trailers 2 Comments
I don’t get it. The bear wants to smoke the cigarette? Because the cigarette is long? (Click to enlarge.)
Grocery Shopping in the ’70s: What the Fuck is Tofu?
Published November 7, 2012 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , Grocery Stores/Supermarkets Leave a Comment
Red carpet is not something you see anymore, and that’s a shame. It really ties the room together.
It was so prominent in the ’70s because there were more vampires back then, and, as we know, red carpet hides blood.
Think about that for a minute.
(Pic via Jeremy Jae/Flickr)
The Googleplex, Circa 1975
Published November 7, 2012 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , What the Future Looked Like Leave a Comment
If This Van’s A-Rockin’… It’s Probably Crashing into a Comic Book Store!
Published November 6, 2012 Comic Book Stores , Comic Books Leave a Comment
March 19, 1977. (Ira Gay Sealy/The Denver Post)
The store was closed at the time, so no nerds were harmed in the accident. But I think it’s safe to say that these comics are no longer in near mint condition.
(Source: Lexibell Vintage Photos)
The Space Art of Robert McCall
Published November 6, 2012 Robert McCall , Sci-Fi/Space Art , Space Race , Space Travel/Exploration Leave a Comment
Robert McCall, who passed away at age 90 in 2010, was NASA’s “visual historian” for almost 40 years. He was also a prolific painter of exquisite, utopian visions like those seen above.
McCall did the artwork featured on the unforgettable theatrical poster for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He also did production and conceptual art for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole. Below (via subnutty/Flickr) is a rendition of the control tower of the Centaurus. The name of the great ship was changed to the U.S.S. Cygnus for the film.
Here are two more beauties. The first one is a six-story-tall mural that appears at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The second is a mural called The Prologue and the Promise that was featured at the end of an Epcot ride called Horizons.
Horizons, similar to Disneyland’s Carousel of Progress, was closed and dismantled in 1999 to make way for Mission: SPACE, “a motion simulator thrill ride that opened on October 9, 2003.” It is unclear what happened to McCall’s mural in the process.
Read more about the man and his work here. Do not miss the interactive gallery.
The Black Hole Space Alert Game
Published November 5, 2012 Black Hole, The , Board Games/Tabletop Games , Disney Movies , Sci-Fi Movies/TV 5 Comments
Yeah, I just bought it. Can you make out the shrink wrap surrounding the box, nerds? That’s right. It’s never been opened. I win.
Who the hell is going to play this with me, you ask? Not my wife, obviously. She won’t even let me buy a Winnebago.
There can be only one person, really. He knows who he is. Yes, I refer to friend J.
Friend J. is very probably not going to be happy about it, because friend J. isn’t big on kiddie board games based on a much maligned Disney movie that attempted to capitalize on Star Wars (irony abounds).
In other words, friend J. doesn’t share my obsession with The Black Hole. But that’s too bad. Because The Black Hole is awesome, and he’s going to play this awesome game with me.
There will be vodka.
A Portrait of Young Geeks Playing D&D
Published November 3, 2012 Board Games/Tabletop Games , D&D , D&D Portraits , What Our Rooms Looked Like 1 Comment
Via J.R. Jenks/Flickr, circa 1981. On the top left of the bookshelves I see two board games, Snoopy Come Home and Space Hop. I remember the first one, but not the second. Here’s a shot of the back of Space Hop.
I’m intrigued, but apparently the game was designed for very young kids, and the data is very much out of date.
These Germans don’t stand a chance.
Courtesy of Stargazer95050/Flickr. Thanks to Lefty Limbo for the link.
2 Warps to Neptune 