Friday Ephemera

Somewhat surreal. // Doomed sci-fi pilots. (h/t, MeFi) // Let’s play dress-up. // Tron meets Playboy, if you like that kind of thing. // Prosthetic tentacle. // The tailoring of Bond. // How to wrap a cat. // Dancing with cats. // Deluxe cigar cutter. // A Christmas tale. (h/t, TDK) // An illustrated face. // Waffle irons of note. // Inside the Kowloon Walled City, 1989. // Crystalline architecture. // The Antikythera Mechanism, remade with Lego. (h/t, James Buster) // Truck bling, Gundam-style. // Taxi fares from around the world. // Images of cells. // The sounds of making shoes. // Voyager, 33 years on. “We come in peace. And are inedible.”

Comments

[Dutch Canuck]

“We come in peace. And are inedible.”

Except we enclosed a cook book:
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/013866.html

To Serve Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WudBfRa0ETw

[JuliaM]

That overhead shot of the Kowloon Walled City looks like something from 'Lord of the Rings'...

[mlrosty]

"Somewhat surreal"

The words 'Vatican' and 'topless' don't usually go together. And what's with the music?

[Sam]

Alligator versus electric eel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ45zr581IY&

I thnk it's a draw.

[sk60]

More tailoring of Bond...

http://clothesonfilm.com/sean-connery-in-dr-no-the-template-for-007/17788/

[David]

Somehow I overlooked this little nugget.

http://mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2010/12/elephant-hedge.html

[David Gillies]

Heat Vision and Jack could have been awesome, but would almost inevitably been risibly awful in its execution. I mean, you are walking a very thin tightrope between high-concept re-imagination of the super-hero/sidekick mythos and Knight Rider except KITT is a freakin' motorcycle. Which side would the producers have landed? I think we all know, in our hearts, where.

[David Gillies]

Ooh, did I mention that this continues to be one of the most edifying blogs in existence? Much, much kudos, Mr. Thompson. The Friday Ephemera alone are worth the price of admission.