The old TV series Buffalo Bill was a comedy, but also dark in that way. It's just out on DVD.

I was going to say Buffalo Bill, but then realized I'd never seen Profit; I've just seen everyone else talk about it. I didn't realize BB was on DVD, now.

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Yo, dudes, I went to the Seattle Science Fiction museum, and it is awesome. Tragically, it has no Firefly stuff whatsoever. It has Trek out every available orifice, included some specially created for the occasion.

You know, television and movie props are strangely disappointing up close, for the most part; a face-to-face viewer isn't the intended audience, nor is two feet the intended viewing distance. It has to read, not be. One exception was the hand props for Men In Black, which were exquisite. Now I want me an alien gun.

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You know, television and movie props are strangely disappointing up close, for the most part; a face-to-face viewer isn't the intended audience, nor is two feet the intended viewing distance.

I read that some of the sets (display consoles, etc) on ST:TNG had quirky things written in small text (too small to ever be seen clearly on TV).

As a kid I used to try to imagine what the controls of a tricorder would look like. Later I figured that no matter what they showed, it could never live up to the magical device we saw on TV.

Plus the display is damn small.

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I almost bought Profit tonight at Best Buy simply because of the rave reviews i've read here. i didn't. maybe next time.

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Up close, a tricorder looks a LOT like a portable cassette recorder ca. 196something. Which is not, I understand, a coincidence.

The display is dinky. Damn, that future technology is good!

The metal mesh for a Star Trek communicator is really cheesy-looking.

Also, the 1950s Superman costume is stretch wool, and sadly faded; Superman is now blue-grey. Possibly he's going through a noir phase. KISS's costumes, however, still look fabulous.

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I went to the Coppola winery in CA a few years back - there's a small museum that has a Tucker car and some costumes from Bram Stoker's Dracula. That red plastic armor that Vlad the Impailer wore did look a little cheesy close up, but maybe not as cheesy as a communicator.

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Huh. I own the art book (EIKO ON COPPOLA) of those costumes; it's one of the great drool-inducing costume flicks. Pity about the script and the casting.

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I checked - I have one picture of the red armor, with the gold gown thing and gold boots next to it. I took five pictures of the Tucker (I had never seen one for real before.)

Want me to send you the picture? (The stuff was all behind a glass case, so the pictures in your art book are much better, I'm sure.)

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I saw Pylea. It was about the size of my head.

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I touched Angel's convertible. It was about the size of a car.

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