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I was watching a generally cheesy movie with my girlfriend called "how I live now" earlier today. It's a love story set in modern Britain following a nuclear attack. I noticed someone involved in the production must be a bit of a nuclear film buff, with some allusions to some famous tropes...

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Did George Orwell invent the concept of the helicopter gunship in his novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' which he wrote in 1947? "April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience much amused...

There are always tons of spacecraft in the world of science fiction but I am always especially looking out for ones that look plausible and could be built today or in the near future. First are some sketches and designs for various vehicles shown in the Japanese animated series "Gundam" (Set in...

"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...

Production design from the MGM motion picture 2010: The Year We Make Contact by Syd Mead. The film, written and directed by Peter Hyams, is based on the novel 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke.

I found this picture here http://helgas-galaktische-funkbude.blogspot.com/2009/05/der-russisch-kommunistische-kugelraumer.html See picture all i know is from 1960's but is this Sci-Fi Illustration or "real" Project ?

This was a design from the movie "The 6th Day," designed by Rob Cobb. Normally, wouldn't quite fit in here, being sci-fi and all... but according to an interview with Cobb, the US Army expressed interest in the design. So, you never know... This is the master model, nearing completion. Molds...