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Is this the ship you are referring to???
Nice art, thanks!
And dunno whether y'all have included the work of the late illustrator John Berkey, whose semi-abstract style influenced alot of other sci-fi artists and movies.
Thanx for the great graphics and comments :-)....Though not the best starships this movie definitely had it's moments...and was quite entertaining for its time!
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Thanx for the great graphics and comments :-)....Though not the best starships this movie definitely had it's moments...and was quite entertaining for its time!
You bet, that was pretty cool stuff, especially in 1956, with all the great special effects by Ray Harryhausen, who also did the SFX for 20 Million Miles to Earth, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and the original Clash of the Titans. Of course later on, in "Mars Attacks!", Tim Burton "borrowed" the scene of the saucer crashing into the Washington Monument (in homage).
Another famous artist, this one mainly for his sci-fi paperback covers, was Richard Powers. He did some pretty surreal and abstract cover art for most of the great writers of the 50's-60's-70's... from Brian Aldiss and Isaac Asimov, to Kurt Vonnegut and Roger Zelazny. Powers was also perhaps the first to depict "organic" designs for spacecraft, including these two cover illustrations (and BTW, I have the original uncropped painting for the 2nd one!).
You bet, that was pretty cool stuff, especially in 1956, with all the great special effects by Ray Harryhausen, who also did the SFX for 20 Million Miles to Earth, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and the original Clash of the Titans. Of course later on, in "Mars Attacks!", Tim Burton "borrowed" the scene of the saucer crashing into the Washington Monument (in homage).
Another famous artist, this one mainly for his sci-fi paperback covers, was Richard Powers. He did some pretty surreal and abstract cover art for most of the great writers of the 50's-60's-70's... from Brian Aldiss and Isaac Asimov, to Kurt Vonnegut and Roger Zelazny. Powers was also perhaps the first to depict "organic" designs for spacecraft, including these two cover illustrations (and BTW, I have the original uncropped painting for the 2nd one!).
Thanks for the additional information...most I knew; but I never heard of Richard Powers...thanks for the links And that was a pretty good/intellectual movie for the time period.
I don't remember...I remember a poster mentioning a Cylon Base star...and I spelled Galactica wrong I see...I hated the new show...the old one, though it got ridiculously silly...had it's moments.
If you remember...than by all means please quote your post so we all can share it. ;-)
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