With two weeks to go before the release of Alien Romulus, I'm starting my Alien rewatch.
And for the first time, I'm starting in the chronological order of this universe.
Welcome to 2093, on LV-223.
Iceland, I love you.
Love this shot.
(Ha yes, I don't know if I'll make the live tweet last, but the idea is to highlight stuff I like. I'm not in the habit of wasting my time on stuff I don't like 😌)
Please note that Star Trek Prodigy did not invent the concept of "lost kids on a spaceship".
There was The Astronauts (2020). There was Space Cases (1996), with Firefly's Jewel Staite (ans appearances of George Takei & Mark Hamill). There was SpaceCamp (1986).
And these are the ones that come to me from memory, without looking at my notes. There must be other stories, including lots of novels.
Because it's a solid basis for a story in space. What's important is how it's told.
We're building on what's gone before, and....
...that's a good thing.
SpaceCamp, Space Cases, The Astronauts and Prodigy are distinct, and Skeleton Crew probably will be.
Plus, I don't understand why it seems like we learned about it yesterday when we've known about the synopsis for 2 years.
I don't know how anyone with an account like mine will manage in 20 or 50 years.
For decades, the Internet was an incredible research tool. Of course, information had to be checked and cross-checked, but it was like a global library.
With the rise of AI, everything changed.
In less than 2 years, I've seen a flood of fake concept art and illustrations by great artists. Fake or altered Moebius or Foss art. I've seen fake production images. I've seen articles in the form of bad syntheses of poorly digested information.
Now I'm mostly relying solely on my own archives and books published before 2023. Anything I find since last summer I put in a separate directory (unless I'm sure of the source).
People born 20 years from now will arrive in a world where the truth will be way harder to find.
[Thread] Farscape fans, to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary today, several interviews have been published.
Find them in this thread, along with the hope for a revival. 🤞
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Showrunner Rockne O'Bannon: "Looking back, there's been a lot of conjecture about bringing..."
"...the show back which I'd love to do. Brian [Henson] and I have been talking about that at length for quite a while. And even though we would love to have gotten it going sooner, there's actually something to be said about having had a 25 year gap. It's not something you..."
"...would ever plan to do. But I think it's potentially a real advantage in that there is such a span of time that the characters could have grown and other things could have happened."
"The Uncharted Territory, where the series takes place, is truly wildly expansive..."
[Thread] Star Trek Into Darkness (2013): The office of Admiral Alexander Marcus and a history of (space) flight
The production design of this unloved film is nice. For example, this office contains a number of ship models (including the villain's secret ship👌).
A history of space flight by Admiral Alexander Marcus:
Created by Quantum Mechanix's artisan prop and model shop, @QMxInsider FX Cinema Arts, these 14 models were made of mixed media including resin and plastic.
It took a team of six model makers about two months to create this history of spaceflight miniatures.