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Barry
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Linux systems/security guy in Bangkok, Thailand. Scuba diver. Occasional slinger of words, pictures and music. He/him.
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Does video work any better over here? Here's the painted spiny lobster I saw last week to help find out...
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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There are worse configurations...
Sign on a supermarket display reads: £1.00 Terrys Chocolate Orange Ball/ Bag
November 26, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Ooh, I was in DC a while back and saw this model (or one of the models?) from the movie at the Udvar-Hazy Center, some more interesting details in the text...
A placard in a display case. Text reads: Mother Ship Model Close Encounters of the Third Kind This model of an alien spacecraft was used in the filming of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, released by Columbia Pictures in 1977. Director and screenwriter Steven Spielberg envisioned the ship, and a team led by Gregory Jein made it from model train parts and other kits. When filmed with special photographic and lighting effects, the model appeared to be a gigantic craft rising up from behind Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Rotating, colored lights added to the effect. If you look closely, you can spot some details not seen in the film, including a Volkswagen bus, a submarine, the R2-D2 android from Star Wars, a U.S. mailbox, an aircraft, and a small cemetery plot - enhancements added by the model makers as inside jokes. Gift of Columbia Pictures A19790906000
November 17, 2024 at 3:47 AM