Movies
Over the last couple of weeks, green_trilobite's been playing his collection of 1950s and '60s SF movie classics - yesterday we watched Them!, which like George Pal's War of the Worlds has a script that takes into account that monsters are scarier when their victims don't fall through stupidity.
Anyway, I did a little sketch of one of the scientist characters (who dons a more practical outfit a few scenes later, but I sort of like the image of her in her 1950s suit and hat, and protective goggles). I've submitted a larger one as a possible cover for Sol Rising (the Friends of the Merril's newsletter.)
Right now we're watching The Time Machine, which has some good scenes, but I can't help but wonder: who cuts and styles the Eloi's hair? I can't see the Morlocks allowing them to have scissors, except maybe those little blunt kindergarten ones. OK, Weena's just asked how the women of the Wells' time wore their hair, so I guess she's interested. He has no idea, just a vague sense that women wore their hair "up." One person's frivolity is another one's technical skill.
Anyway, I did a little sketch of one of the scientist characters (who dons a more practical outfit a few scenes later, but I sort of like the image of her in her 1950s suit and hat, and protective goggles). I've submitted a larger one as a possible cover for Sol Rising (the Friends of the Merril's newsletter.)
Right now we're watching The Time Machine, which has some good scenes, but I can't help but wonder: who cuts and styles the Eloi's hair? I can't see the Morlocks allowing them to have scissors, except maybe those little blunt kindergarten ones. OK, Weena's just asked how the women of the Wells' time wore their hair, so I guess she's interested. He has no idea, just a vague sense that women wore their hair "up." One person's frivolity is another one's technical skill.
