Etsy seller handdrawncreative has a super nice and retro hand drawn Silent Running print. It is a limited edition of only 20 prints and he tells me he only has one left.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 film featuring Bruce Dern. I know I would love to display this in my man cave. Each print is signed and numbered. For those of you who have never seen the movie. Shame on you. Go do that now.
Artist Randi Sparkman created these clever Doctor Who inspired bank notes, which I’m assuming are only printed on Gallifrey. Which is a shame really, because along with the destruction of the home planet of the Time Lords, the currency tanked. Then it was all revived again when all 13 Doctor’s saved the planet, so it’s all good.
This currency features Daleks, the TARDIS, the 9th Doctor and the 10th. As currency goes, this is some of the coolest I have ever seen. I’d love to have a pocket full. It beats plain old galactic credits anyday.
Check out these amazing behind the scenes photographs from the classic sci-fi movie Metropolis from 1927. This was a gargantuan production for its time. Looking at all of these images, that is what really strikes you. The entire thing was massive.
Today massive productions are nothing and millions are spent just procuring actors alone. These photos really give you a sense of the sheer enormity of putting this movie together in that era and it really paved the way for many movies that came after it. The story represented in these stills are like a movie behind the movie. Love these.
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Images are from the Hulton Archive via Getty Images.
If you recognize Roger Dean’s amazing Sci-Fi landscapes, it is probably because you first saw them as album covers, for bands like Asia and Yes. I knew that would jog your memory. These exotic and vibrant illustrations are stories just waiting to be told. You see these landscapes and your imagination immediately takes over, populating them with aliens and making them live.
You might also think that Dean’s work looks a lot like the alien world from James Cameron’s Avatar. Well, Dean thought so too and in June of 2013 he filed a lawsuit in New York against James Cameron. He is seeking damages in excess of fifty million dollars. Whatever really happened there, Dean created his worlds first and he didn’t need 3D and millions of dollars to do it.
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Here is some cosplay you don’t see everyday. Behance user merrypranxter saw some people cosplaying Zardoz at DragonCon and she got to be friends with them. So they asked her to join next year. Now they are all now one big happy family & the Army Of Zardoz, representing Zardoz every year at the con. Because you can never have enough Zardoz.
This is a fun photoshoot she did. And that is your daily dose of Zardoz my friends. Sean Connery would be proud.
If you are looking for some Star Wars art with serious attitude and lots of humor, get thee to the PickledCircus Etsy store right this second. Matthew Roby’s Star Warped series is all kinds of awesome.
Whether it is Leia as the lollipop sucking Alderaan Avenger, or Boba Fett with a “Strawberry Solo” frozen popsicle, or any of his other humorous pieces, these art prints will make you smile and laugh. How about Jabba the Hutt as the “Blobfather” or Admiral Ackbar falling for the somewhat obvious trap of a mini Death Star with dynamite attached? I love these and I hope he keeps making more.
Prepare for your wallet to be assimilated. Resistance to this awesome Star Trek Pop-Up Book is futile. You must have it. I know that I have to have it anyway. Star Trek Pop-Ups features seven pop-up Star Trek scenes, which span the entire Trek timeline.
It features pop-ups of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, the tribble scene from The Trouble with Tribbles, a Klingon Bird of Prey, a Borg Cube, Deep Space 9, Captain Proton’s Bride of Chaotica, and the Enterprise NX-01. They were designed by Courtney Watson McCarthy. This is a fun book for Trek fans. I don’t think we have had even one Star Trek pop-up book until now.
These light-up Sci-Fi danger awareness artworks are clever and inventive and will make your home feel a little bit more futuristic. As if you are on board an actual spaceship, viewing safety warnings on the bulkhead. Etsy seller TheDailyRobot offers several. There’s a bionic arm warning, safety precautions regarding the Star Trek transporter and even one for an Orbital Elevator. The seller very appropriately has this to say about the transporter piece:
You can’t drive a car without getting a license. You can’t fly a plane without getting a license. But any jerk can walk into a tube and get de-atomized, which is why we need signs like these to keep the teleporting masses safe.
You can get these awesome pieces of art from his shop for about $75.
Check out this photo from the set of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. It is part of a deleted scene from the film. As you can see, those rebels are having a tough time dealing with a Wampa attack. This scene would have been great on screen.
Originally the Wampas were to play a slightly larger part in the movie as you can see in the scene included below, which is another deleted scene, where C-3PO tears off a warning sign on a door with Wampas inside, to try to trick the pursuing troops. This one may have been a bit too comical for the final cut, but I would love to see the scene where the rebels face some Wampas.
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Graphic designer Brandon Hubschman created this series of NFL helmets done up in amazing Star Wars style. If the Star Wars franchise also owned NFL teams, this is what we would get. It makes me wish we could see these on the field.
Each of these awesome helmets capture the characters perfectly. The TIE Fighter and Darth Maul helmets would especially look intimidating on the Football field. I wouldn’t want to be tackled by anyone on team Jabba though. Come on Disney, give us a Star Wars NFL team. The Washington Wookies, maybe the Detroit Droids.
