Black Beauty, 2011

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“The vehicle is an homage to the Black Beauty driven by Van Williams in the original series. Rogen said the car’s weapons – which include rockets, mini-guns and a “big flame-thrower” – were upgraded for the film to make them more powerful. The original Black Beauty from the 1960s TV show was equipped with explosive charges, gas nozzles and a scanner.” – AP

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Civilization on Mars, 1929

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Astronomer Suspects High Type of Civilization on Mars

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Feb 9, 1929

The inhabitants of the planet Mars are far more advanced in civilization than we are and “probably have  achieved a universal democracy,” in the opinion of Dr. George R. Lockwood spoke last night at the central branch Y.M.C.A. 55 Hanson pl. (Brooklyn, NY)

“There is no reason why there is not intelligent life on different planets of the universe” Dr Lockwood said. “If there was a force to create life on this planet why should it not have worked to create life on others?” Continue reading “Civilization on Mars, 1929” →

Metropolis Fashion

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For the film METROPOLIS, whose theme and design forge new paths, I was confronted with challenges of a totally new kind. It wasn’t enough to design the fashion of tomorrow already slumbering in today’s mind or, for that matter, slumbering in the day after tomorrow, certain to take shape in the minds of great fashion designers the next day. I had to create fashions of the year 2000 – a time that we think of as existing at a fantastic distance, and which, for that reason,can only take shape in one’s fantasy – Aenne Willkomm

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