Saturday 28 March 2015

Something for the Weekend #17

Martha Hayer in a publicity still for First Men in the Moon (1964)


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Something for the Weekend #16

Regulars may know I'm a bit of a Moon Zero Two fan so consequently I'm very excited to present what's a relatively rare image.  Its a publicity still in which the moon's version of Pan's People (ask your mum and dad) gather around our hero and his sidekick because...well because quite frankly; sex sells.

Ding Dong!

Steve

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Yoko Tsuno by roger Leloup (1970's)

Yoko Tsuno is a comic series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis in Spirou magazine since its debut in 1970.
Through twenty-six volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic Video and Pol Pitron.
 
 
Thanks to Michel Van for the heads up
 
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Friday 20 March 2015

Tintin Explorers on the Moon (1954)






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Titan Find (1985) - Lobby Card



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Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) - Lobby Cards






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Saturn 3 (1980) - Lobby Cards





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Moon Zero Two (1969) - Lobby Cards

 
 
 
 
 
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Inseminoid (1981) - Lobby Cards



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2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) - Lobby Cards






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Marooned (1969) - Lobby Cards



 


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Thursday 5 March 2015

Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (2004)

And Talking of BBC documentaries how about this one; Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, from back in 2004.
Set in the near-future, this fact-based BBC 2 part drama follows a group of astronauts as they undertake an epic voyage across the solar system, trying to capture an icy block from one of Saturn's rings, getting lost in a Venusian sulphuric acid storm and attempting to drill into the disintegrating surface of a comet along the way.





Made by Tim Haines, creator of the hit series 'Walking With Dinosaurs', the CGI-rich drama is drawn from the latest scientific thinking, the opinions of medical experts and the real-life experience of astronauts.

I saw most of this back in 2004 but its maybe time for a revisit

Steve

Monday 2 March 2015

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (2014)



Just watched this wonderful BBC4 documentary this evening and very highly recommend it to you all.  Not sure if the link will work for all of you outside the UK people or how long it will last but these things tend to lurk around on the internet in some form or other so its worth seeking it out if you can't get to it from the above.

Steve