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https://variety.com/2024/music/news/beatles-let-it-be-film-restored-apple-streaming-1235972289/

Was wondering if anyone else remembered this little Tex Avery short from their childhood.

The fact these things still look impressive even on a 2D screen means they must look truly incredible in real life. View: https://youtu.be/GqDBWIu3k7E View: https://youtu.be/kA5uf2_9ixY View: https://youtu.be/j6OFS3DCmmA

https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/1558240/hard-science-fiction-master-greg-bear-dies-at-age-71 Rest In Peace. :(

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 :( RIP.

Sadly, Vangelis passed away yesterday in France: https://apnews.com/article/vangelis-dead-chariots-of-fire-b7a98666ff96ca049dbe7964da98d44d My guess is that a bit of all of us went with him. View: https://youtu.be/uPe27x0_W2M Rip in the new eden world.

As the movie industry wheels out yet another Bond film I prefer to return to the world of the original, in the pages of Ian Fleming's novels. For those who do not know what Britain was like for most ordinary families in the 50s and 60s, the glamour of the world described by Fleming in his books...

Picture of Harrison Ford in full Indie costume on the set of this film. View: https://mobile.twitter.com/IndianaJones_ch/status/1401984794259566594

The artist Ron Cobb, known for his work for many science fiction movies and TV series, has passed away. :( Source : View: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1308071692296740864?

Playing with you tub and two of my favourite movies. First up is my home town of Oxford. Never heard of the books until I saw the Polar Bear ad for the film Golden Compass. Like the film for the Polar Bear but had to laugh at Hollywood's images of Oxford in the "real" as opposed to the world...

Discovered this today.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaIS-tY57Zg Chris Staples "Dark Side of the Moon".. First, its not the Pink Floyd song, so don't be surprised. Second, great set decoration making the ultimate late 60's apartment. Third, I'm curious about the clip at 3:15 showing the...

For any of you fellow Trekkies on here. A great loss indeed. :'( http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?ref=arts&_r=2

"The Plane Makers" is a British television series between 1963 and 1965. More info about the series at Wikipedia. The "Scott Furlong Predator" is a fictional prototype of a VTOL fighter, built for that TV series. It looks very like the real French VTOL fighters e.g Dassault Balzac V or Mirage...