Star Wars, Star Trek and other Sci-Fi

[Aubi]

Pournelle? Guess another classic you excluded?

 

[TheRejectionist]

Pournelle? Guess another classic you excluded?

Yes.

 

[Flyaway]

Details on the voice cast and promo images.

Lightyear Trailer: Buzz Takes Flight as Voice Cast is Revealed in Images and Poster

Disney and Pixar have released the Lightyear trailer for its upcoming Toy Story spin-off, which is set to release on June 17, 2022.

www.comingsoon.net

 

[Richard N]

The Vorkosigan Saga is very good and excellently performed.

Vorkosigan Saga (chronological)

Listen to Vorkosigan Saga (chronological) audiobooks on Audible. Immerse yourself in the series as it was meant to be heard. Free trial available!

www.audible.com

 

[TsrJoe]

I can thoroughly recommend Titan by Stephen Baxter ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(Baxter_novel)

also Voyage & Moonseed by same author ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Trilogy

 

[Graham1973]

Ed Emshwiller illustrating an early J. G Ballard 'Vermillion Sands' story, 'The Screen Game'

 

[Grey Havoc]

Douglas Trumbull, VFX Whiz For 'Blade Runner', '2001' and Others, Dies At 79 - Slashdot

Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull announced the news on Facebook, writing that her father's death followed a "two-year battle" with...

entertainment.slashdot.org

Rest In Peace

 

[publiusr]

Today, magic died.

 

[jeffb]

Douglas Trumbull, VFX Whiz For 'Blade Runner', '2001' and Others, Dies At 79 - Slashdot

Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull announced the news on Facebook, writing that her father's death followed a "two-year battle" with...

entertainment.slashdot.org

Rest In Peace

Trumbull was a giant of his field. RIP.

 

[Graham1973]

The Frank Kelly Freas cover to the first appearance of one of H. Beam Pipers greatest stories...

 

[Justo Miranda]

Classis Flying Saucers

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-2

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-3

 

[Justo Miranda]

SF Covers

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-2

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-3

 

[Silencer1]

More on flyings saucers and other... dishes:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfDiI7_dpA

 

[Michel Van]

my humble homage (and fast made)
to Douglas Trumbull

 

[Arjen]

Silent Running - I had forgotten he was involved with that he made that.

 

[Michel Van]

Silent Running - I had forgotten he was involved with that.

involved ?
He wrote the script, produce it, Finance it, made Special effects and Directed it !

 

[Arjen]

Quite so. Amended my previous reply.

 

[Rhinocrates]

 

[Orionblamblam]

People always forget Trumbull's "Brainstorm." Even with all the drama involved in making it, it remains a stunning visual achievement and has damn damned interesting ideas. I'd give real money to see a restored version on a big screen as it was meant to be... it actually utilized two different aspect ratios during the movie.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHh2lBp8pjw

 

[edwest4]

Obi-Wan Kenobi series coming to Disney+ on May 25th.

https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/22926078/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-release-date-disney-plus-poster

 

[publiusr]

People always forget Trumbull's "Brainstorm." Even with all the drama involved in making it, it remains a stunning visual achievement and has damned interesting ideas. I'd give real money to see a restored version on a big screen

He had a bunch of cameras mounted in a truck for UFOTOG...but I hope a stormchaser gets it. It will be awhile before personality downloads. I'd settle for the brain lock pistol from LOOKER.

 

[Orionblamblam]

"Futurama" has been picked up for 20 episodes by Hulu. Woo!

“Futurama” back from the Dead. Again! – The Unwanted Blog

 

[Flyaway]

Good news, everyone! Hulu orders 'Futurama' revival with original creators and returning voice cast

Who likes good news... everyone?! Disney-owned streaming service Hulu just placed a 20-episode order for a revival of Futurama. The fan favorite sci-fi cartoon will return to the airwaves via its original creators: Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. Production begins this month with the new...

www.syfy.com

 

[Michel Van]

Guess who's back ?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7LwZqTflc

 

[Deleted member 2278]

Just when you thought it was dead...

 

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://youtu.be/fb5ELWi-ekk

Jurassic World: Dominion's New Trailer Unites Old Friends to Fight New Dinosaurs

Ian Malcolm's right: "Bigger? Why do they always have to go bigger?"

gizmodo.com

 

[Archibald]

Guess who's back ?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7LwZqTflc

Matt Groening (in the 1990's) and AH.com (in the 2000's) taught me all I needed to know about Richard Milhouse Nixon and his quirks.

(seriously, I grew up with the Simpsons and often wondered, why the freck Bart Simpson friend had such bizarre name, plus french pronounciation really didn't helped - milooze, that's how I heard it)
When later I learned that the "M" in Richard M. Nixon stood for... Milhouse, I nearly died of laughter.
Even with the "floating timeline", the Simpsons starting in 1988 with Milhouse aged 11 would meant he was born in 1977, only three years after Watergate. And yet his parents picked that name. WTH.)

"What a McGovern I've been". ROTFL.

Of the original Futuruma run, I loved the episode with Gloria Estefan "Conga".
Also the one with Omicron (sigh) Persei very ugly and brutish aliens wanting to cut Fry "small tail" as some kind of Aphrodisiac.

And the one where they throw a trash ball into space to repeal another ball of trash sent away in 2000.
When Pr. Farnsworth explains Uranus has been renamed to end those stupid jokes once and for all.
Now it is called "U-rectum." Wise move for sure.

 

[Archibald]

View: https://youtu.be/fb5ELWi-ekk

Jurassic World: Dominion's New Trailer Unites Old Friends to Fight New Dinosaurs

Ian Malcolm's right: "Bigger? Why do they always have to go bigger?"

gizmodo.com

"Yeah, oooh, aaah, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running, and screaming."

ROTFL. You bet "Dominion" will follow Ian Malcolm punchline once again. Except at the scale of the entire planet.

(P.S I do hope the dinosaurs roaming free ate Tea Leoni Jurassic Park III irritating character for good.)

 

[Graham1973]

A selection of Analog Magazine Covers, one of which shows the link between classic SF, H. Beam Piper and the Traveller Role Playing Game...

 

[Graham1973]

Possibly the cover for Andre Norton's 'The Breed to Come'....

 

[starviking]

A selection of Analog Magazine Covers, one of which shows the link between classic SF, H. Beam Piper and the Traveller Role Playing Game.

And the last being the genesis of Traveller:The New Era. Star Vikings (hmm… sounds familiar) bringing civilization to the blasted worlds.

 

[Graham1973]

A selection of Analog Magazine Covers, one of which shows the link between classic SF, H. Beam Piper and the Traveller Role Playing Game.

And the last being the genesis of Traveller:The New Era. Star Vikings (hmm… sounds familiar) bringing civilization to the blasted worlds.

Well that's the later of the things, he also gave Traveller the 'Sword Worlds' as well and I'm pretty certain the shape of the Third Imperium came out of 'Ministry of Disturbance' which I don't think made the cover of Analog.

 

[Graham1973]

De-identified cover to one of the anthologies of the novelizations by James Blish of episodes of the original series of Star Trek...

 

[Graham1973]

Ian Miller illustrates Innsmouth...

 

[Orionblamblam]

Nope:

Star Trek needs less logic and more crying​

NOPE.

This emotional validation BS is everything that's wrong not only with STD but with a *lot* of modern sci-fi.

 

[Graham1973]

For me, Ian Miller's artwork will always be associated with Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, even when the artwork does not specifically represent the castle itself...