Tag: Props

  • I HATE FAN FICTION

    Just hate it, like that pic up-top, there, of The Doctor from Doctor Who in a First Contact-era Starfleet uniform. That’s some obvious fan-fiction I think is just sort of unnecessary. On the other hand, the distinction seems pretty nebulous, what with things like Wes Anderson’s Life Aquatic being pretty obviously Buckaroo Banzai: Against the World Crime League underwater, and at least two professional comic book writers launching their careers because they wrote entertaining slash fiction, or whatever. Honestly, I don’t even know, because I hate fan fiction.

  • WE AIN’T OUTTA HERE IN TEN MINUTES, WE WON’T NEED NO ROCKET TO FLY THROUGH SPACE

    Unbelievably, the 8-foot filming model for the ALIEN ship was
    unceremoniously dumped in Bob Burns’ driveway almost thirty years
    ago. Now, Propstore of London is having the old girl restored, using
    period kit parts and rebuilt detail from reference photos provided by
    the original model makers.