... of plastic discs or aluminium plates strung in a way that was reminiscent of chainmail. Rabanne extended his research to popular science fiction when he designed the costumes for the classic cult film Barbarella in 1968, which is set in the 41st...
..., without having to undergo prior modifications, nor significant alterations deemed too dangerous or disabling. But scientists and science fiction writers have been quick to consider interfering with the boundaries of the body itself; the first step...
... earlier movies and rarely appeared as leading characters, but there are many interesting exceptions to the rule in science fiction. Think: Ripley in The Alien franchise, the ‘tooled up’ Sarah Conner in Terminator 2 and Trinity in the Matrix. As with...
...that you can put outside of the Space Station. Now, in science fiction it looks easy, going from inside to outside of the space .... One of the things you don’t get to see in science fiction movies (because they’re usually too busy saving the universe) ...
... rocket equation, it’s not about physics - we solve those issues every single day. Everyday, something that was science fiction, fantasy or voodoo a few years before, turns into reality. It’s an amazing time, and it’s accelerating. And it’s getting...
... the zeitgeist, recorded Space Oddity one month before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon: Bowie’s early embrace of science fiction was noted by Billboard as a sign of the times. We must not underestimate the contribution made to the arts and...