Showing posts with label space stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space stuff. Show all posts

Sunday, September 4, 2011

REEBOK ALIEN STOMPERS


In the epic 1986 science fiction film "Aliens," Sigourney Weaver can be seen wearing futuristic-looking red, grey, and white Reeboks; as a product tie-in following the film, Reebok sold "Alien Stompers" for a brief time. And now, every few years, a new line of Alien Stompers will come out on the market - they often sell out through online pre-orders, and you will likely never, ever see these on the shelves of shopping mall sneaker stores. Although they have serious fanboy geek appeal, they have an even greater selling point: they are some of the most comfortable sneakers you will ever wear.

And earlier this year, two cool new styles have hit the (online) market:

INDIANA JONES ALIEN STOMPERS
As of the date of this post, a small number of online stores still have "Indiana Jones Alien Stompers" in stock - dark denim and dark polished leather, with Pre-Columbian gods on the tongues.

BLADE RUNNER ALIEN STOMPERS
You can still find the awesome "Blade Runner Alien Stompers" in several online stores (here, here, and here) - futuristic metal-grey color, Japanese on the back, and the nice origami unicorn detail on the side.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Monday, December 6, 2010

AURORA BOREALIS

Time lapse video of the aurora borealis over Tromsø, Norway:

(via Notcot, via Fubiz)

Round 2: The sound of the radio waves given-off by the aurora borealis.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

ANGUS McKIE: GIANT EXPLODING ROBOT ARTIST

Nobody paints exploding spaceships and giant gladiatorial robots better than Angus McKie - he shaped the science fiction of my youth (I'd love to have one of his robot battle scenes painted on my bedroom wall, even if my girlfriend thinks it's weird).

A nice gallery of his earlier work at World Famous Design Junkies and some more recent works at Angus's current website.


Friday, October 22, 2010

A TRIP TO THE MOON

Georges and Gaston Méliès' 1902 film "Le Voyage Dans la Lune" ("A Trip to the Moon") is the first science fiction movie, ever. This version has narration with a charming French accent:

Monday, October 11, 2010