Lego moon bus from 2001

Lego moon bus from 2001 made as a commission by Legohaulic. (You can buy a moon bus model at Amazon.)

Posters by Matt Ferguson

Star Wars, Star Trek, Avengers and 2001 posters by Matt Ferguson, who has more on display at his site (and prints "available on request"). Via.

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Space Oddity

Pages from Space Oddity by Andrew Kolb:

DAVID BOWIE-INSPIRED CHILDREN'S BOOK



Have you ever listened to a song and your mind's eye is immediately filled with visuals?



David Bowie's classic space epic is one such song for me. Every lyric paints such a vivid picture that I figured "Oh hey, I guess I'll make that into a children's book!" Yes, I talk like this.

He also recently completed travel posters based on the world of Metroid. Via.



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Space Classics

Advertisements by Showpony for the Adelaide Symphony. Via.



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HAL 9000 wins the chess game in 2001 by cheating (and more)

I've been watching a fascinating series of film analyses by Rober Ager. In this first video, he shows that HAL 9000 was based on IBM, and that HAL wins the chess game against the astronaut by cheating in two ways:









This next video is about The Shining and how the Overlook Hotel and hedge maze shift architecturally throughout the movie:




(I've previously linked to as series of posts explaining that the protagonist of The Shining is the hotel.)

There's many more videos in the series, including a look at Aliens (Cameron's take on Vietnam?). Via these sites.

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Image roundup

2001.



Striped tights.



Polar bears.




Spider-Woman and Dead Space helmet from this cosplayer gallery.



No Face mask.

Vintage ads for HAL 9000 and Pan Am space flights

Vintage ads for HAL 9000 and Pan Am space flights by Justin Van Genderen, who has various prints on sale here and here.

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2001 posters

And speaking of 2001, here's a 2001 poster by Eren Blanquet Unten for the Silver Screen Society.

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Planet of the Apes and 2001 paper toys

It's Planet of the Apes meets 2001 with these paper toys.

Link roundup

1. Massive Voodoo is giving away an impressively-painted (and based) miniature.

2. HAL (2001) phone wallpaper.

3. Batman paper toy.

Sign me up for an Immersive Cocoon

Keir Dullea stars in this 2001-inspired advertisement for the Immersive Cocoon digital environment:







The video was directed by Oliver Zeller of adNAU, and you can see some making of photos here. And speaking of adNAU, here's a very cool spec advertisement for Nike:



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More Stanley Kubrick-inspired art

A few more gems from that enormous collection of art inspired by the movies of Stanley Kubrick I mentioned yesterday:


The Shining by Dan Ibarra.



2001 by Gabriele Brombin.



Gorillaz meets A Clockwork Orange by Irina Koshina.



2001 by Valerio Vega.



2001 by Dušan Vojnov.

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Art inspired by the movies of Stanley Kubrick

A few highlights from an enormous collection of art inspired by the movies of Stanley Kubrick:


The Shining by Max Brown.



Eyes Wide Shut by Melissa Mills.



Spartacus by Viktor Hertz.



Photographs by Justin Kent from a Shining-themed party at Timberline Lodge.




The Shining by Erica Gibson.



2001 by Brecht Vandenbroucke.



The Shining by Ben Whitesell.



2001 by Carlos Ramos.




China / Art&Maña Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya.



The Shining by Grégoire Guillemin.



The Shining by Edward Brown.



Eyes Wide Shut by Aurélie Scour.



2001 by James White.



2001 by Carlos Ramos.

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