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Yet again, another great actor passed away a few days ago, somehow I missed it at the time: https://apnews.com/article/john-ashton-taggart-beverly-hills-cop-obit-7cf9cabad9d315a303fa01a0eecb2a94...

The "Thingy", a flying sub-tank from "The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)". Just funny.- (https://clip.cafe/the-three-stooges-in-orbit-1962/oh-no-not-disneyland/)

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The voice of Parker has passed on. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj463gx8gyo

The American actor James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93.:( Sources: View: https://x.com/MarkHamill/status/1833246565168803985?t=LueMXnGSz9YOgdYQm5MREw&s=19 View: https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1833252640303812795?t=JDH7l0xIMSO8egcIt5_x_g&s=19

While visiting the Fireball XL5 thread on Facebook I have the BBC Radio news trying to explain what is happening to get two astronauts down from the International Space Station. Flipping to an old episode of Stargate SG1 I listen to the USAF heroes explaining to a bemusec Extra Terrestrial ally...

A detail look on piece of film history View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NojWAMpHHPs

There is a new project underway to publish the book, I just received two cover designs by Harry Edwood

Martin Bayer, he did say of a painting of an alien that looked like a baby elephant: Clinically, it's called intellectual laziness. Yes, and the bumps-on-their-foreheads kind who talk about honour/logic/profit/petunias are even worse. So then, what are the genuinely interesting and deeply...

Since we have some fans of Gerry Anderson and Derek Meddings and his Team Here some Tribute to them View: https://youtu.be/zOdjmWw2a5g

Oh Amazon, why do you bother? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hunter-schafer-blade-runner-2099-amazon-1235916768/

It has been a long established staple of Sci Fi films and TV series that aliens and monsters are resistant to the best weapons humankind can throw at them. View: https://youtu.be/aNJGpUTdmi4?si=O_8QWxIb9oZ6nJS8 The Bomb whether A (1950s War of the Worlds) or H (1990s Independence Day) is...

The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has passed away. May he rest in peace. :( Here a few of my favourite movies with him as an actor: The Dirty Dozen (1967) M*A*S*H (1970) The Eagle has Landed (1976) Eye of the Needle (1981) JFK (1991) Space Cowboys (2000) Sources...

https://www.facebook.com/spacemodelsltdstory/ From https://rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk/organisations/space-models Space Models Ltd was located in Feltham Greater London. The company was founded in 1964 and was recognized as one of the UK's two leading companies in the production of...

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This is a thread for interesting or unusual science fiction cover art. As a first post here is the cover to 'Beyond The Stars' a 1983 collection by Octopus books that aside from the usual round of short stories included chapters excerpted from the following novels: 'Star Wars' (Alan Dean...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/11/star-wars-x-wing-model-rare-found-auction-heritage-auctions "A long-lost model of an X-Wing Fighter that was used in the climactic battle in the original Star Wars film has been put up for auction, with bids starting at US$400,000 (£320,000...

Let face it Top Gun: Maverick is one of biggest success in Box office and Tom Cruise ? Instead give pseudo intellectual interviews like every Wookie in hollywood he thanks the audience his way View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ujdJf7nnCM Promote his new movie View...