Strange Adventures #1 (1950)

The first issue of DC Comics' Strange Adventures has a cover date of August 1950 and promises a preview of Destination Moon as well as those astonishing science fiction tales.  Whats not to like!  Well the covers is a bit dull really as it seems to be a straight copy of a film still.  Ah well! It is a cracking film I suppose and future covers get much more creative as we will see

Steve

Vertigo's Strange Adventures #1 (2011)

This isn't meant to be an advert but it just so happens that this comic book is out in the shops this week.  I am a bit of a Vertigo fan it has to be said but as a general rule they never quite get it right when they do the broad SF thing.  Still, lets hope this one works out for them as there are some good creators involved and  #1 is adorned with this vibrantly eye catching artwork by the wonderful Paul Pope and Lovern Kindzierski.

And we'll be back in future blogs to look at some other examples of much older Strange Adventures covers from back when it was just a plain old DC title.

Steve

Armageddon (1998)

Head's Up!  Its; Armageddon

This film came out only a couple of months after Deep Impact, another very similar film about a giant asteroid on a collision course with the Earth.  This one has a rather large list of acting talents and in excess of 160 impossible things lurking within its plot as identified by NASA employees who use the film as part of their Management Training Program.

Me?  well I just think its a load of old toffee that's far too busy trying to make a hero out of Mr American Everyman that it forgot to simply engage the audience.  Lets just not talk about it any more and look at the spacesuits instead.

They're sort of interesting although they remind me too much of the space suits used in Event Horizon the year before.  I've notion they were made by the same company but I'll check that out when I blog on that far superior film.

Steve

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Lets cover a couple of films I'm not too keen on just so that we can get them out the way with.  And when I say not too keen on what I actually mean, at least with the first of these two blogs, is a film I really hate.
Tim Burton's 2001 remake of  Planet of the Apes offends me on just about every level.  Its a terrible, stupid film that has only three redeeming facets; which are the talents of Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter and a chimpanzee in a space suit called Pericles.

Here are a couple of pictures of our simian astronaut for your visual pleasure

...and for the joys of our two talented English thesps may I suggest renting just about anything they have ever done with the obvious exception of the the above mentioned film.

Even thinking about this film makes me cross!

Steve

Moon Zero Two (1969) ....in black and white

It's time to revisit Moon Zero Two, which regular readers here at; Say; Hello Spaceman, will know is the source of my all time favorite spacesuit design.

Now the film its self was shot in lovely lurid colour and the varied pallet of the spacesuits is one of its many joys but, just for now, I'm going to present a gallery of black and white images so that we can marvel at the sleek, simple and sexy design of them all.  So Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Go Compare Insurance Advert (2011)

If you live over here then you'll have seen the Go Compare TV ads and you're either going to love or loath them but as catchy jingles go, its got one of the most virulent.  I try very hard to remain indifferent and thus immune to them but this one I quite like and for obvious reasons.

Steve

Planeta Bur (1962) Gallery

I was thinking about Planeta Bur again today and I reminded myself of just how wonderful the visuals were generally and the space suits in particular....and now I'm going to remind you to, with a little gallery of images not seen over here before.  Enjoy.

Steve