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    Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries

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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    You know Charlie Jane, i've only just gotten my R2-D2 t-shirt and then you go an post this. *sigh* I'm gonna have to freeze my credit card or start sending you the bills.
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    Image of lorq lorq
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I still own and cherish my copy of "20th Century Foss," the artbook put out by Dragon's Dream Publishers, which also put out beautiful and glossy books by Roger Dean, Syd Mead, and many others, back in the mid-70s and thereafter. (Time for a Dragon's Dream retrospective article / gallery, mayhap...?)
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    Image of lorq lorq
    11/20/09

    @lorq: Ahem, of course I meant "21st Century Foss."
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Yay, Jodo! Factoid: the new Metabarons GN has a lengthy sequence by AWOL WildC.A.T.S penciller Travis Charest, which is beyond awesome. The two of them on one book hugely rule.
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    Image of Tim Barribeau Tim Barribeau
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Many of Jodorowsky's ideas for Dune were folded into his comics, like L'Incal and Metabarons. L'Incal is an utter braintrip, in the best sense of the word. Totally worth a read.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    My gods, those are some very colorful ships.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I don't remember "Pirates of Dune."

    I like the pictures, though.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    11/20/09

    @cletar: I like that title!

    You've got yourself another Kevin J. Anderson Dune series right there!
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I used to have two artwork books from this guy. Very distinctive imagination.

    My mom threw them out when I left for college :-(
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    Image of Zenuflecked Zenuflecked
    11/20/09

    @FrankenPC: Oh, that is so unfortunate. I managed to hold on to my copies of 3 of his books. I never got the star liners book unfortunately, but I had the spacecraft, spacewars, and spacewrecks. Someone is doing a revival of the storyline that ran behind these for an RPG.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/20/09

    @Zenuflecked: Mine were Starliners and Spacecraft. I've never seen Spacewars. I'll have to amble on over to Amazon and take a look see.

    #calendar
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @Zenuflecked: the ones you mean by Stewart Cowley?
    I have them - Spacecraft 2000-2100, Spacewrecks, Great Spacebattles and the Spaceliners one.

    Foss wasn't actually involved with this series.. the work by other artists is very similar tho.

    Edit
    Forgot to note there is a Spacewars book, that is Spacecraft 2000-2100 and Spacebattles in one Edition.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/20/09

    @Zenuflecked: Holy mother of gawd :-O Starliners goes from ~100$-~300$ on Amazon!
    (Shakes fist~!) Damn you mom!!!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @FrankenPC: get away from my copy!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @KhaiJB: heres the full set

    [www.amazon.com]
    [www.amazon.com]
    [www.amazon.com]
    [www.amazon.com]

    now get your mits off my copies. MINE!
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    Image of Zenuflecked Zenuflecked
    11/21/09

    @FrankenPC: yeah, I was avoiding mentioning that aspect. If I wasn't so attached to mine I'd collect some cash for them.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    aah Foss... shaped my view of spacecraft ever since I can remember...
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/20/09

    @KhaiJB: I know what you mean, my father used to read me the Lensmen series as bedtime stories so i went to sleep looking at those covers.
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    Image of quesadillaap quesadillaap
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    I remember the lensman anime actually.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @quesadillaap: I've done my best to forget it for years. It has almost nothing in common with the books.
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    Image of Matthias Matthias
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Has this Lensman thing been in development for a while? First I've heard of it. Never been a huge fan of JMS but I love the books. The first olde-tyme space opera I ever read...even before the Carter of Mars and Carson of Venus books by Burroughs. I would love to see this on the big screen...but the JMS factor makes me nervous. They are going to cut them down to almost nothing.
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    06/26/09

    @Matthias: IIRC, you could reduce the entire first novel to backstory. I'm just wondering what they're going to do with the author's fascist eugenics plotline.
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    Image of Stevil2001 Stevil2001
    06/26/09

    @Jes St.Lawrence: Really, they should (and I assume they are?) starting with Galactic Patrol. Nothing else makes sense.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Stevil2001: Exactly. Start right in with the action and Lensing.


    I'm glad it's being written by someone old enough to appreciate the books.

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    06/26/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Hey! I resemble that remark!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @AmishJohn: It's okay, so do I. :)
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    Image of Thanatos Thanatos
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Dammit with the news of Akira dieing i had hoped that that Bebop had been scrapped :(
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Thanatos: Me too. Let's all concentrate on getting Bebop off the production list.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Keanu, stop ruining my favorite shit, ok?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    it's encouraging to see a writter that's a huge fan of the original attached to do a remake. so often the 'i'm a huge fan of the original' is just something the lead says to play up the marketing hype a la the day the earth stood still.


    if the live action version can pull off a sequence that's half as mournful and expressive as the slow-motion and flashback sequences of the series i'll consider it a smashing success.

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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    Don't forget Ein. Please.
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    06/26/09

    @GayRobotsRUS: Sadly, I am 95%+ certain that either (a) the character will be eliminated totally, (b) will be portrayed but not by a dog, or (c) if it is portrayed by a dog it will not be portrayed by a Welsh corgi.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Srynerson: I'm afraid you're probably right. Magicant's link is perfect!


    If they have Ein, he'll probably just be a regular dog, not a datadog and backup food source.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/26/09

    @GayRobotsRUS: William H Macy would be a GREAT Ein.
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    Image of Arjay Arjay
    06/26/09

    In reply to Updates On Lensmen, Cowboy Bebop, Doctor Who, Fringe And Scott Pilgrim
    As long as the live-action Cowboy Bebop has that awesome theme music, I'm in, Keanu or not. :D
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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    06/26/09

    @Arjay: Bebop did have a spectacular soundtrack.
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    06/26/09

    @GayRobotsRUS: one of the few "country albums" i listen to. it was perfect as background music for my firefly RPG
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    06/26/09

    @evildead1971: Wait, did you just say that Cowboy Bebop had a country soundtrack?


    ZOMG ESCAPEE FROM EARTH-2

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Turn on the death ray, ASAP.


    Bebop. Be Bop.


    JAZZ!


    Nothing at all like country!!!

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