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.
I almost bought Profit tonight at Best Buy simply because of the rave reviews i've read here. i didn't. maybe next time.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
I saw Pylea. It was about the size of my head.
I touched Angel's convertible. It was about the size of a car.
I bounced on Inara's bed. It wasn't as sticky as I thought it would be.
Thank you for the offer, Tommyrot, but I'm really only interested in the dresses, which I have big droolworthy pictures of.
Was Pylea a matte painting, Allyson? I've completely forgotten. And snerk about the bed.
