The Vintage Sci-Fi Tread: the Future from the Past

[wautd]

Because it has its charm, post here any cool Jules Vernesque, retro sci-fi and space pulp image from the 60's or older. I'll start with a few.


Classic Martian scum


Super battleship


Supertank


Future war tank


Soviets in space


Cameraman on Saturn moon don't need no space suit

[HMS Sophia]

Cameraman on Saturn moon don't need no space suit

That's because he is obviously filming the faked saturn moon landing. Everyone knows that picture, god

[Crossroads Inc.]

The website Tales of Future Past is a GREAT place for endless art like this, a few of my favotires on it is the

MEGA LAND BATTLESHIP


The Trouble Bubble!

The comments are also awesome on the site:

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and that's as much true in the future as it is today.
You need to get away from it all. You need to unwind.
You need to take a trip in a giant glass ball that it is careening out of control down a track miles long to crash into God knows what!
Yes, nothing relaxes like unbridled terror.

And one of my personal favorites,
THE SKY TOBOGGAN!

[wautd]

MEGA LAND BATTLESHIP

Awesome, I was looking for that pic/site.

I see your Submarine Land Battleship and raise with a Land Fortress Aircraft Carrier Battleship

[tim31]

Why is the sky yellow

[Samuel]

Why is the sky yellow

Because that is the color of the backround and they didn't feel like coloring in the sky.

[Spoonist]

Why is the sky yellow

Because that is the color of the backround and they didn't feel like coloring in the sky.Because the future is bright, like the sun, so you gotta wear shades.

[HeadCreeps]

Why is the sky yellow

Because that is the color of the backround and they didn't feel like coloring in the sky.

Blue ink costs more. It requires more colors of ink, more printing plates, etc. With the old fashioned print shop I worked at, you could decrease the cost of your purchase of a large printing run if you only used 1 or 2 out of the 3-4 color bases (RGB or CMYK).

Edit: Gah! I'm probably wrong. It looks as though it may have just been the art style of the time.

[Zixinus]

My guess it has to do with the sun. Maybe the scenes are at sunset?

Also, what is seriously going on with the transistor glasses? What are those supposed to be?

[tim31]

They've got an AM radio in them.