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

Posted: 2011-03-01 07:44am
by 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.

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Classic Martian scum

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Super battleship

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Supertank

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Future war tank

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Soviets in space

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Cameraman on Saturn moon don't need no space suit

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

Posted: 2011-03-02 07:09pm
by HMS Sophia
wautd wrote: Image
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 :P

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

Posted: 2011-03-03 09:44am
by 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
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The Trouble Bubble!
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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!
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Re: The Vintage Sci-Fi Tread: the Future from the Past

Posted: 2011-03-03 10:23am
by wautd
Crossroads Inc. wrote: 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

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

Posted: 2011-03-03 06:58pm
by tim31
Why is the sky yellow

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

Posted: 2011-03-04 12:15pm
by Samuel
tim31 wrote:Why is the sky yellow
Because that is the color of the backround and they didn't feel like coloring in the sky.

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

Posted: 2011-03-04 04:59pm
by Spoonist
Samuel wrote:
tim31 wrote: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.
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Re: The Vintage Sci-Fi Tread: the Future from the Past

Posted: 2011-03-05 01:25am
by HeadCreeps
Samuel wrote:
tim31 wrote: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.

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

Posted: 2011-03-05 05:10pm
by 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?

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

Posted: 2011-03-05 07:04pm
by tim31
They've got an AM radio in them.