Category: Science Fiction
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The original USS Enterprise model is back in the restoration shop at the National Air & Space Museum. Adam Savage got to go in and take a close look at it, and you can *feel* just how hard it was to not get handsy with the thing.
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I’ll take three of each: And this is nice, but really needs three round burst:
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Optimi? These are the sort of toys that kids my age would have gone absolutely nuts for back in the 80’s. Of course, the Defense Department would have gone nuts for them as well. And our parents would have laughed their assess off when we asked for toys costing up to $1000. “What the…
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The Paramount/Nickelodeon series “Star Trek: Prodigy” is very definitely a kids show. The main characters are kids, the plots are generally kid-friendly, the writing is pretty much kid-level. Given how the last three Star Trek live action series – STD, STP and SNW – have all to greater or lesser degrees crapped on the legacy…
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Guillermo del Toro has released some -re-viz video created by ILM for his cancelled 2011 “At The Mountains of Madness.” There is a fairly creepy critter here, but it does not seem to match the descriptions in the novella. It’s *certainly* not an Elder Thing; all it can be is either a Shoggoth (which should…
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I’ve seen a number of YouTubers react to “2001.” A common thread is a general dull-wittedness… confused by what they’re seeing, and unable or unwilling to try to think it through, certainly unable to come up with intelligent suppositions. These two guys, however, seem to get it. Well… as much as *anyone* can “get it”…
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Still a little clunky, but they’re getting close to a practical unit. The graphics it can place over reality remain monochromatic and low-rez, basically text (looks like circa 1980 home computer stuff), but the fact that they can get *anything* is impressive. I doubt something like this would be a good idea for fighter pilots;…
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The filming miniature of the USCM Dropship from “Aliens” is being auctioned off. It’s a bit incomplete and showing its age, but it’d be a hell of a thing to own. I’d love to have one in 1/35 scale to go with the APC model kit. Sigh.
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APR, Awesomeness, history, Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, Nukes, projects, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, Weapons, youtube
The YouTube channel “Found and Explained” just released a video on the 4,000 ton Orion Battleship, with the model used based on my reconstruction from issue V2N2 of “Aerospace Projects Review.” The video was sponsored by a “Star Trek” video game, so there are a *lot* of Star Trek references in the video. For more…
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YouTube is filled to overflowing with “fan edits” of this or that movie, or fan-made videos showing spaceships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Gallactica, etc. The quality of these vary greatly. Lots are *terrible.* But every now and then, you get THIS: It’s a reworking of the “launch” scene from Star Trek…
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