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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Sayonara Jupiter (1984)

Sayonara Jupiter (aka Bye Bye Jupiter for the English release) is the 1984 Japanese film directed by Koji Hashimoto and produced by Toho. The script was adapted by pioneering science-fiction author Sakyo Komatsu from his novel Sayonara Jupiter (1982). I've yet to see this but it sound and looks like it could be good

While extracting water from the Martian polar ice caps, ancient carvings are uncovered describing an alien spacecraft crashing into Jupiter, postponing plans to turn Jupiter into a second Sun....

Shoulder piece inspired by Gerry Anderson's UFO?

Our first invisible spacesuits? Should be good for the ratings

Steve

Saturday, 10 May 2014

Pepsi: Space Travel - print advert (2008)

Reckless, sugar-junkie spaceman jeopardises mission and betrays the trust of his fellow astronauts and the respected space administration that trained him in order to fulfil the sick desires of space obsessed nerd intent on experiencing space travel without first going through the correct vetting and training programme

One of a series of ill-considered adverts by PepsiCo that managed to offend not just space enthusiasts but also truck drivers and most the female population of the northern hemisphere.

And here we all were thinking we could set our moral compasses by the bearings of a Fortune 500 multinational food and beverage corporation

Would it be too satirical to ask where the trust has gone?

Steve

IBM Codernaut Advertising Campaign (2001)

This ones been in the files for a long time, almost from the very beginning of this blog but for whatever reason its taken several years to generate its own post. Well here it is at last; the king of 2001: A Space Odyssey-looky-likey suits, as featured in TV and general press adverts as well as appearances at trade shows. Unlikely-ladies and gentlemen may I present to you; the IBM Codernaut spacesuits...

It's been suggested that there were 6 of these suits made; two for the adverts, as above, and a further two pair for the trade show appearances with the latter being somewhat lighter and more suited for a longer wear time. The backpack is also larger and more like the original film props

Of course there is a similar light blue suit seen in the original film although the IBM one is a closer match to the silver moon suits....

...than the one seen hanging up in the pod bay of the Discovery.

The suits were made by Global Effects Inc, who have made a great number of other spacesuits over the years and have a rather nice web site found here...

http://www.globaleffects.com/B_02_frameset.html

That's it, so, enjoy the rest of the gallery.

Steve

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Nightflyers (1987)

Nightflyers is film is about a group of scientists who begin a space voyage to find a mysterious alien creature and in the process are victimised by the ship's malevolent computer. The film is based on the 1980 novella by George R. R. Martin.