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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 10:50 UTC

John Carpenter's Dark Star (1974): The Dark Star, design by Ron Cobb, model by Greg Jein

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:09 UTC

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): Character concept illustration by Carlo Rambaldi

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 08:41 UTC

Star Wars Jedi Survivor (2023): Coruscant Underworld, art by George Rushing We didn't get a chance to explore level 1313, but Jedi Survivor gave us a nice glimpse of this heavenly (or not) place.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:30 UTC

Forbidden Planet (1956)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:08 UTC

David Lynch's Dune (1984): Matte painting by Syd Dutton

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:12 UTC

Endless Space was released 12 years ago today.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

The Force Awakens (2015): The Eravana, art by James Clyne The concept artist drew inspiration from the NES to design the Baleen-class heavy freighter. "Don’t overestimate childhood inspiration!”, he said.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:17 UTC

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Knowhere, art by Pete Thompson

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:59 UTC

Independence Day (1996): Alien Attacker, artist unknown + filming model ID4 was released 28 years ago today.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 11:19 UTC

The Force Awakens (2015): Jakku, art by Yanick Dusseault

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:19 UTC

Roland Emmerich's Independence Day was released 28 years ago today.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:22 UTC

Reminder: Season 2 of Star Trek Prodigy is now available on Netflix 🖖

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 12:09 UTC

Battlestar Galactica (1978): SFX crew, artwork by Martin Kline

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 08:57 UTC

The Fifth Element (1997): Laboratory, art by Jean-Claude Mézières

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 08:57 UTC

Failure Is Not an Option. Ron Howard's Apollo 13 was released 29 years ago today.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 10:35 UTC

I just remembered that season 5 of For All Mankind is in production, and should be ready for filming in the next few months.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 21:18 UTC

Flash Gordon (1980): Rocket cycle, art by Chris Foss

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Star Trek Picard (Season 2, 2022): USS Stargazer, Sagan class, designed by Dave Blass, John Eaves, and Doug Drexler. Art by John Eaves. This concept art also appears directly in the TV show.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 11:13 UTC

Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds was released 19 years ago today.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 18:57 UTC

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): Mothership study/concept maquette, by Greg Jein (↘️here with the final model and Dennis Muren)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 17:21 UTC

Alien (1979): Companionway, early art by Elliot Scott Like a glimpse into a parallel universe where this film would have had a big budget.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:24 UTC

Andrew Stanton's Wall-E was released 16 years ago today. I love this movie, for so many reasons. Undoubtedly one of my favorite Pixar films.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 15:31 UTC

Blade Runner (1982): Deckard's apartment, art by Mentor Huebner

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 21:48 UTC

John Carpenter's The Thing is 42! The Thing, art by Mike Ploog:

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 07:52 UTC

42 years ago today, on June 25 1982, John Carpenter's The Thing and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner were both released in cinemas. An important day for sci-fi. And yet, these future classics were no great successes, and received a polarized reception at best. Both poster art by Drew Struzan:

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 20:53 UTC

Independence Day: Resurgence was released 8 years ago today. My kids agree with me: the interesting story begins at the very end of this sequel.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:24 UTC

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (2017): Mercury-class, 3D asset by Josiah Ward

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 12:13 UTC

Wall-E (2008): Art by Ralph Eggleston

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 06:43 UTC

Mel Brooks' Spaceballs was released 37 years ago today. And a sequel is now in development at Amazon MGM Studios, starring Josh Gad.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 17:17 UTC

Space Travelers: The Animation was released 24 years ago today. "Mankind is attacked by an unknown alien civilization known as the Orbital Ring System. Soon, the entire Earth Civilization Sphere has been cut off from the space colonies, and is under the control of the ORS."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

[Upcoming movie] Slingshot (August 23) "An astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan." We're still waiting for a trailer for this movie.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

Lilo & Stitch was released 22 years ago yesterday. FYI: A live-action remake has been filmed, and will probably be released next year. It's not my thing, but it might be yours.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 17:58 UTC

Forbidden Planet (1956)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

Ron Howard's Cocoon was released 39 years ago today. "When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 07:19 UTC

Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (aka "Space Vampires") was released 39 years ago today. "A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 18:11 UTC

RIP Donald Sutherland😢 His immense filmography has obviously flirted with sci-fi: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Virus (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Astro Boy (2009), Ad Astra (2019), Moonfall (2022), The Hunger Games series... The Canadian actor was 88.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 07:34 UTC

Avengers Endgame (2019): Art by Paul Catling

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 10:02 UTC

[Upcoming movie] Spaceballs 2 "A Spaceballs sequel is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Josh Gad is set to star and will produce alongside Mel Brooks." Josh Greenbaum (Strays) will direct the film from a screenplay by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez (Detective Pikachu), and Gad.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 07:02 UTC

Pixar's Lightyear was released 2 years ago (yesterday). Or as my kids call it: "Toy Story but Interstellar". 😄

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 07:07 UTC

Byron Haskin's Robinson Crusoe on Mars was released 60 years ago today! It's a bit like The Martian without Matt Damon. 😉

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:02 UTC

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982): Promotional image

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

Don Bluth & Gary Goldman's Titan A.E. was released 24 years ago today. "A young man learns that he has to find a hidden Earth ship before an enemy alien species does in order to secure the survival of humanity."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 23:58 UTC

Judge Dredd (1995): Armored bus, art by Simon Murton

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 12:04 UTC

Alien (1979)

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 00:12 UTC

The Empire Strikes Back (1980): Boba Fett's ship interior, art by Nilo Rodis-Jamero

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 22:36 UTC

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury was released 20 years ago today. "After escaping from a desert planet, Richard B. Riddick, Jack and Imam are captured by a crew of bounty hunters of the vessel Kublah-Khan."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 20:07 UTC

John McTiernan's Predator was released 37 years ago today. What a movie. And this year I have a special thought for Carl Weathers, who left us in February.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 15:29 UTC

Duncan Jones' Moon was released 15 years ago today! What a great sci-fi movie. Okay, time for a rewatch 😊

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 08:04 UTC

Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released 42 years ago (yesterday). It was the very first film I saw at the cinema, when I was 3 or 4. It's also my oldest memory: crying as I left the theater. In fact, I'm still crying. 😅

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