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Opel Rocket Vehicles
Original pic here.
Opel-RAK were a series of rocket vehicles produced by Fritz von Opel, of the Opel car company, in association with others, including Max Valier and Friedrich Wilhelm Sander largely as publicity stunts.
The Lippisch Ente a rocket-powered glider was produced on June 11, 1928, piloted by Fritz Stamer, but is not usually considered part of the series.
Opel RAK.1 - a rocket car that achieved 75 km/h (47 mph) on March 15, 1928[2]
Opel RAK.2 - rocket car May 23, 1928 reached a speed of 230 km/h (143 mph) driven by 24 solid-fuel rockets[2]
Opel RAK.3 rocket train (quoted speed is variously 254 or 290 km/h. See: [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]) On the second run the train jumps the track and is destroyed.
Opel Rak IV rocket train, destroyed when a solid rocket explodes on the track, exploding all the other rockets. Railway authorities prohibit further runs.[3]
Opel RAK.1 rocket glider September 30, 1929
Some stock footage of some of the rocket vehicles was incorporated into this early SF film.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 25, 2016 -
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Category: Flight, Movies, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Technology, Science Fiction, 1920s, Europe, Cars
The Huntress
I would love to see this 1923 film starring Colleen Moore remade today. A white actress playing a Native American, who is so desperate for a husband she kidnaps a stranger? Uncontroversial box-office gold!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2016 -
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Category: Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1920s, Native Americans
Fighting Tigers
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 24, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Movies, Asia
Uncle Wiggly vs. DONNIE DARKO Rabbit
Equally creepy? The earlier guy the inspiration for the later one?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Games, Movies, 1920s, 2000s, Fictional Monsters
John Q Public, Movie Mogul
Wow, imagine if you had to go thru all this to create a cat video for YouTube!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 30, 2015 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Movies, 1950s
Soviets Eat Bambi
In 1985, a Soviet production of a live-action film about Bambi (Bambi's Childhood) had to be halted when three of the deer who were playing Bambi and his friends disappeared. Turned out they had been stolen, then butchered and served as the main course at a birthday celebration. The culprits were sent to a labor camp as punishment for their crime.The news was reported in a lot of papers, but the Weekly World News (below) had the best coverage of it.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Feb 7, 1985
Weekly World News - Mar 12, 1985
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 22, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Movies, 1980s
The Hideous Sun Demon
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 05, 2015 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 17, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Exploitation and Grindhouse, Avant Garde, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Martial Arts, 1980s, Dance
2-Star Review
Truth in advertising. A poster for the new movie Legend, starring Tom Hardy, prominently displays the fact that the reviewer for the Guardian gave it only a two-star review.
The reviewer reacts on Twitter:
Incredible way of making my two star review seem like I didn't hate the film pic.twitter.com/zvOyIxHQ3h
— Benjamin Lee (@benfraserlee) September 8, 2015
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 09, 2015 -
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Category: Movies, Advertising
Insect Art
If you've seen an insect in a movie, there's a good chance it was a prop made by insect artist Graham Owen. He specializes in the "design and fabrication of intricate life-size insect replicas" that are frequently used in movies and TV shows. His most famous insect might be the fly that tormented Walter White in an episode of Breaking Bad.A recent article about him offers more details about his art and career. And the article included this piece of info, which was new to me:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 04, 2015 -
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Category: Art, Insects and Spiders, Movies
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