tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post5710411060931982064..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Rocket Ship (1956)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-2363917840117432642008-02-28T09:58:00.000-05:002008-02-28T09:58:00.000-05:00Uncountable tiny, tiny dots everywhere-- that's th...Uncountable tiny, tiny dots everywhere-- that's the signature of the great Virgil Finlay.<BR/><BR/>(The other signature of the great Virgil Finlay appears in the bottom right corner, of course.)<BR/><BR/>See http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/finlay.htm.Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421296937655308083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-23855180263955136022008-02-21T07:35:00.000-05:002008-02-21T07:35:00.000-05:00Sweet! I feel like putting on my chaps!Sweet! I feel like putting on my chaps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-39172662321216094322008-02-20T09:50:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:50:00.000-05:00You'd think they would've made that lower level a ...You'd think they would've made that lower level a little taller. No one can do anything BUT lay down in there. Very sadistic living quarters I must say.Dr. Schlusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602485060935132007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-65785487445776836292008-02-20T09:10:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:10:00.000-05:00The homoerotic potential here is, er, enormous, in...The homoerotic potential here is, er, enormous, indeed. How many of you also noticed the unclothed leg sticking out of the captain's chair in the fold?<BR/><BR/>Still, interesting prediction vis a vis flatscreen monitors. (Betcha didn't notice those, did ya?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-216226925884812462008-02-20T04:44:00.000-05:002008-02-20T04:44:00.000-05:00What are those three guys on the lower deck up to?...What are those three guys on the lower deck up to?<BR/>They've clearly been alone in space too long.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469462608067586388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-49393583400099104612008-02-19T22:07:00.000-05:002008-02-19T22:07:00.000-05:00The positions of the "astronauts" are striking -- ...The positions of the "astronauts" are striking -- something about their poses reminds me of nudes in paintings! (see, e.g., Velazquez)<BR/><BR/>http://blogaraujo.blogspot.es/img/Velazquez-Venus.jpgLiza Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105726464955172469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-2305997837462238642008-02-19T20:49:00.000-05:002008-02-19T20:49:00.000-05:00It's interesting that the up-and-down orientation ...It's interesting that the up-and-down orientation of the ship is 90 degrees to the direction of thrust. It's more like a Navy destroyer than a spaceship, and those bunks aren't going to do them much good during acceleration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-81837373259671075092008-02-19T20:48:00.000-05:002008-02-19T20:48:00.000-05:00Clean-cut athletic dudes in freefall, lounging abo...Clean-cut athletic dudes in freefall, lounging about in shorts. Rawr!!!<BR/><BR/>This picture taps into deeply hidden, disturbingly Heinlein-associated parts of my libido. Disconcerting!Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423314905629150881noreply@blogger.com