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io9 - Sep 26, 2008
If you miss the old-school feeling of kaiju movies like the classic 1950s and 60s Gojira flicks, then your heart will be warmed by 2005 CGI short Negadon: The Monster from Mars. Made with contemporary effects to …
Also tagged: movies, monsters, kaiju, giant monsters
io9 - Sep 25, 2008
Have you ever wished that Princess Leia had graced the cover of an early-1980s Duran Duran album? Now that strange desire can be satisfied with this limited-edition poster by Lucas Online's senior designer Craig Drake …
Also tagged: movies, star wars, princess leia, craig drake
io9 - Sep 11, 2008
Here’s a clip from a cartoon I’ve never seen before: Dodo-The Kid From Outer Space. Produced in 1964 and originally broadcast in the L.A. area, Dodo was an alien child with a half-bird, half-computer friend named Compy …
Also tagged: cartoons, outer space, dodo the kid from outer space
io9 - Sep 10, 2008
Built of steel and aluminum, without running boards or fenders, and using buttons instead of door handles, the 1938 Phantom Corsair was the last word in long, low, streamlined art deco modernity on wheels. But when …
Also tagged: car of tomorrow, phantom corsair, the young in heart
io9 - Sep 9, 2008
Oh, don’t get your panties in a bunch—I think we all agree that Hanna-Barbera takes a distant third in the great Chuck Jones/Tex Avery smackdown. But seriously, an interracial all-girl rock band flies through outer …
Also tagged: outer space, josie and the pussycats, girl groups, shit stirring space cats
io9 - Sep 8, 2008
The Eichler X-100 model home was opened to the public in October 1956. Built in San Mateo, California, and bearing the name of dairy-wholesaler-turned-developer Joseph Eichler, the house was a tribute to modern design …
Also tagged: home of the future, joseph eichler, eichler x 100
io9 - Sep 4, 2008
In the early twentieth century, Edgar Rice Burroughs compiled a glossary of the terms used in his Martian novels. In 1957, Walt Disney created an animated version of it for his "Mars and Beyond" TV show (we've already …
Also tagged: edgar rice burroughs, vip, mars and beyond, virgil franklin partch
io9 - Sep 3, 2008
Shortly before the end of the Second World War, Army-Navy Screen Magazine (a newsreel version of what would later be called a television news magazine) began a new series on the world of tomorrow to be faced by …
Also tagged: futurama, city of tomorrow
io9 - Sep 2, 2008
In November 1953, teen girl magazine Seventeen offered readers an outer-space-themed issue that featured an article (“It Could Happen Tomorrow”) by actor Richard Carlson, who appeared in that year’s It Came From Outer …
Also tagged: seventeen, beauty tips, jezebel, girl astronauts
io9 - Aug 22, 2008
Here, in a rare filmed performance from 1967, the brilliant political satirist, songwriter, and math professor Tom Lehrer performs his “tribute” to rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and his questionable past …
Also tagged: cold war, wernher von braun, tom lehrer