Just kidding. It’s fine if you suck. Joel Edgerton is in this as Uncle Owen, and will periodically remind me that I really liked Green Knight. And maybe the Tatooine landscapes will make me think of some cool Dune stuff.
High In The Sky . . .
. . . is what you would have to be to come up with this.
Inversion is building earth-orbiting capsules to deliver goods anywhere in the world from outer space. To make that a reality, Inversion’s capsule will come through the earth’s atmosphere at about 25 times as fast as the speed of sound . . .
Inversion aims to develop a four-foot-diameter capsule carrying a payload equivalent to the size of a few carry-on suitcases by 2025.
And one day, a shortcut through space could allow for unimaginably fast deliveries — like delivering a New York pizza to San Francisco in 45 minutes.
As you might imagine, there has been no shortage of venture capital to bolster this vision. Story here.
I Can’t Argue
These two productions deserve all the praise coming their way.
Exactly!
These guys get it. So. Much. Wasted. Potential.
More Space Junk
I’m convinced that someday the mother ship is coming for me, so I like to scan spaceward. The International Space Station is the third brightest object in the sky, and Spot the Station provides an excellent resource for following it. I plugged in the hometown and got this:
In addition to the ISS, it’s important to watch the planets. The Hubble Telescope takes photos every year (monitoring Jupiter’s monolith, presumably) and recently uncovered excitement on Saturn:
“In the northern hemisphere of Saturn, it was early autumn when Hubble took this year’s look at the ringed planet. A mysterious six-sided hurricane has reappeared around the planet’s north pole. The storm, big enough to swallow four Earths, was first spotted by the Voyager spacecraft in the early 1980s. Last year it was hard to see but this year it has reappeared.
Farther out, it’s springtime on Uranus . . .”
And This One’s For Monkeystador
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Damn It Janet
The video won’t embed (SO ANNOYING), but this is a pretty cool little time capsule moment.
To my knowledge this is the only full interview that Tim Curry gave about his part in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Recorded during the week that the film was released in 1975, he talks about his roll in the film and whether or not he would play the part again! The Interviewer is Mark Caldwell and the Interview Director is Colin Grimshaw. Clips were provided by Fox-Rank. Fox has (June 2012) reviewed and released any copyright claim on the film footage appearing in this video. The interview was shot in black and white (the film is in colour)!
I always forget how much ass this soundtrack kicks. Mark and I were in a college cover band that played “Sweet Transvestite.”
This Is Next Level Good
I had no idea a Robin Williams biopic was in the works. I also just realized that this dude played Han Solo. I must admit that my brain was glitching watching this guy portray Williams. It’s like, I know it’s not him, but it is him. Anyways, this looks like it will be worth checking out, whenever it’s released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-kOy4s_Z0M
Give the Wookiee a Medal
Space Cancel Culture is coming for George Lucas.
Ha Ha Ha… Nope.
I still need to finish Queen’s Gambit, but after this trailer I’m thinking of cancelling Netflix.