Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

    Some very cool suits from the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie.  The many colours are a bit of a homage to Kubricks 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Steve

Lucy in the Sky (2019)

Lucy in the Sky is a 2019 film .  It stars Natalie Portman as Lucy Cola, an astronaut, who returns to Earth from her first space mission and then begins to feel disconnected from normal life.

I saw this flash up while flipping between platforms tonight and immediately pulled a face at the title because it always strikes me as cynical to name a film after a well known song.  Then I read the write up and thought, well they cover this sort of stuff in For All Mankind but having watched the trailer for it, I'm thinking I might give it a go. Reviews seem very mixed but that can sometimes indicate a movie that's a little challenging, not necessarily one that's bad.  We will see but feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments.

Steve

Gog (1954)

So I've been wrestling with Blogger like it was Hal from 2001 but I think I now have control back with out having to pull out it's memory chips....although it came close, I can tell you!

So on with the show. And finally some words to go with the pictures...

A security agent investigating possible sabotage at a secret underground research facility discovers that a chain of murders has occurred, apparently engineered via the supercomputer NOVAC which coordinates base operations and its robot minions, GOG and MAGOG.

I've never had the pleasure of this 1954 movie but have given it a quick viewing this evening online and its looks pretty good.

Obviously those spacesuits are familiar to regular followers as Destination Moon spacesuits with helmets from Cat-Women on the Moon, or some yet to be pinned down earlier film,

 

 Steve

 

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Here's an old chestnut from my misspent youth; the remake of The Magnificent Seven in space, also known as Battle Beyond the Stars.  I'm half way through a rewatch this very evening and have rediscovered a very forgettable spacesuit scene.

I had spotted a hint of a space helmet when Richard Thomas first enters the spaceship Nell but had assumed it was there as set dressing but no, about 30 minutes in and it actually gets a bit of airtime.

These are not the best images in the world but then its not the best space helmet either.  Still, that's another one added to the list that we didn't have before


Steve

Seksmisja (aka Sexmission) (1984)

I've yet to read the article but this Polish film is featured in the latest copy of Infinity Magazine (#25) which is nice because it brought it to my attention.  Unfortunately I've not seen the actual movie so you lot are going to have to tell me if its any good or not.  Swanky spacesuits though!

Steve

Ad Astra (2019)

Get ready......

Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

 

Its been a while... where does the time go.
Steve

Prospect (2018)

Prospect is the 2018 feature length movie version of the 2014 short film.  Its rather good and we get a glimpse into a version of the future that I would love to see revisited.  An excellent slice of sci-fi, made on a budget but doing it so well you cant help but admire the talent behind it.

 

Steve

Robot Monster (1953)

So....Robot Monsters.  Not a spaceman then or even a spacesuit but interesting none the less as it features the space helmet from Flight to Mars which then went on to feature in Radar Men from the Moon before being partnered with a gorilla suit.....its probably best not to ask why!  As rubbish as it is, its become very icon an image worthy of a little look-see.  Plus, if you go all the way down the post you'll see the second space helmet to feature in the movie.

 

Thanks Tim, for suggesting this blog post


Steve

Enemy Mine (1985) - A Gallery

Steve