All evidence points to the forthcoming “Snow White” live action movie from Disney being something of a train wreck. It is a remake of the 19430’s animated classic, but it’s getting rid of pretty much everything… Snow White was originally prettier than the Evil Queen, now she’s objectively “meh;” Snow White was originally a love…
These rumors sound good. Too good, in fact… Rumor: Christopher Nolan Directing Next James Bond? Not just that Nolan will direct the next two or three Bond movies, but that they will be based on the original Ian Flemming novels, set in the original time periods, and will be faithful to the source material.…
Do you want your very own genuine space suit from “2001: A Space Odyssey?” Sure, we all do. Got at least eighty grand to start bidding on it? Sure, we all don’t. But at least you can look at the pictures and dream. Astronaut Space Suit (6) Piece Ensemble from 2001: A Space Odyssey (MGM,…
Still needs to go to the USSC, but it’s another step in the right direction: US judge strikes down California ban on high-capacity gun magazines California’s ban on standard capacity magazines was struck down not on some technicality, but because it’s blazingly unconstitutional. Ruling here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6082773/149/duncan-v-becerra/ Woe to the victim who runs out of…
Well before the BBC fell into ruin and self-parody, it had a moment of undeniable awesomeness. Nicolas Winton was a British banker who rescued nearly 700 mostly Jewish children from the Nazis just before the outbreak of WWII, getting them to new lives in Britain. Afterwards, he did little to nothing to glorify himself or…
Both technically well done *and* freakin’ hilarious. When “300” came out nearly two decades ago, these parody edits would not have made a lick of sense. Now, they are far, far too familiar. BGV EDITS
It turns out that Peter Jackson filmed about 1,300 *hours* of footage for the Lord of the Rings. Seven million feet of negative is sitting in a Warner Brothers vault, not doin’ nuthin’. Granted the majority of this is alternate takes and bloopers, but almost certainty there is enough quality additional scenes there that the…
Normally people are impressed with aircraft going higher, faster. And that’s certainly worth getting impressed about. But prepare to be impressed with aircraft going *incredibly* slow… Someday it will be practical to 3D print structures of incredibly lightness using carbon fiber, with structures decimeters long and hair-thin, while still rigid. With skins of graphene and…
Tony Landis has just released – for free – his book on the F-16XL: https://wss.apan.org/public/AFMC-History-Office/Shared Documents/F-16XL Book_Final-web (1).pdf It’s a 285-page heavily illustrated PDF; highly recommended. It will soon also be available as a paperback through Amazon: Neat.
