Pollution in Beijing, 2013

Los Angeles, 2019 (as depicted by Blade Runner in 1982)

Star trails as filmed from ISS

The “stargate” sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey

What I watched in 2011. Only counting things I saw for the first time.

1. Apollo 18 (2011)
2. Attack The Block (2011)
3. BASEketball (1998)
4. Beginners (2010)
5. Black Swan (2010)
6. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
7. Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
8. Contagion (2011)
9. Die sieben Männer der Sumuru (1969)
10. Drag Me To Hell (2009)
11. Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010)
12. Fair Game (2010)
13. Gasland (2010)
14. Hesher (2010)
15. Into The Abyss (2011)
16. Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
17. Marwencol (2010)
18. Melancholia (2011)
19. My Kid Could Paint That (2007)
20. Niagara, Niagara (1997)
21. Orgazmo (1997)
22. Pandorum (2009)
23. Rollover (1981)
24. Salt (2010)
25. Senna (2010)
26. Source Code (2011)
27. Super 8 (2011)
28. Texas Killing Fields (2011)
29. The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
30. The American (2010)
31. The Artist (2011)
32. The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye (2011)
33. The Beaver (2011)
34. The Celebration (1998)
35. The Green Hornet (2011)
36. The Horse’s Mouth (1958)
37. The Kids Are All Right (2010)
38. The King’s Speech (2010)
39. The Mechanic (2011)
40. The Social Network (2010)
41. The Town (2010)
42. The Tree Of Life (2011)
43. TRON: Legacy (2010)
44. True Grit (2010)
45. Woman’s Picture (2011)

Japan Ministry of Defense’s spherical flying machine

Chris Knight’s “Filed under ‘H’ for toy” flyer from Real Genius

Movie Videos & Movie Scenes at MOVIECLIPS.com

That compilation of World Trade Center movie clips is missing my favorite one: the ending scene of Sid & Nancy where a possibly already-dead Sid dances with the disco kids.

(World Trade Center in Movies has a lot more)

Twelve years after I got kicked out of Windows On The World for wearing jeans, one of my favorite bands played a show there:

and the full show:

I’m not in any great hurry to see the Captain America movie, but I have to admit that this poster for it is terrific:

An Egyptian tourist area as photographed by Chris Sisarich:

Tobor the Robot from the 1957 film Kronos:

Collecting ponds of Something in the desert near the proto-suburban geoglyphs of California City.

Dave Bowman’s meal on board the Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

And there’s no way I’m going to miss the Obscura Day 2010 event at California City. See you there on March 20 (and if not, check out the other events that day worldwide)

What I watched in 2009. Only counting things I saw for the first time.

1. 300 (2006)
2. 633 Squadron (1964)
3. 88 Minutes (2007)
4. A Dangerous Profession (1949)
5. The Ambushers (1967)
6. Angels And Demons (2009)
7. Avatar (2009)
8. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)
9. Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call, New Orleans (2009)
10. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
11. Blood Freak (1972)
12. Blueprint (2003)
13. The Brain Eaters (1958)
14. The Brothers Bloom (2008)
15. California Split (1974)
16. Cassandra’s Dream (2007)
17. The Cat’s Meow (2001)
18. Changeling (2008)
19. Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
20. District 9 (2009)
21. Don’t Look Now (1973)
22. Don’t Make Waves (1967)
23. Extract (2009)
24. Freebie And The Bean (1974)
25. Frost/Nixon (2008)
26. Frozen River (2008)
27. Fukkatsu no hi (1980)
28. Fuzz: The Sound That Revolutionized The World (2007)
29. Giant (1956)
30. The Girl From Monday (2005)
31. Girl On A Motorcycle (1968)
32. God Told Me To (1976)
33. Gomorra (2008)
34. The Hangover (2009)
35. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
36. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
37. The Horror At 37,000 Feet (1973)
38. The Hurt Locker (2008)
39. I Love You Man (2009)
40. Impact (1949)
41. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
42. The International (2009)
43. Knowing (2009)
44. La fille coupée en deux (2007)
45. La fille de Monaco (2008)
46. La louve solitaire (1968)
47. La vallée (1972)
48. Last Chance Harvey (2008)
49. Let The Right One In (2008)
50. The Lost Missile (1958)
51. Made In U.S.A. (1966)
52. Malice (1993)
53. The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
54. Milk (2008)
55. The Mist (2007)
56. Model Shop (1969)
57. Moon (2009)
58. Moon Zero Two (1969)
59. Ne le dis à personne (2006)
60. Nid de guêpes (2002)
61. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
62. Oldboy (2003)
63. Paranormal Activity (2007)
64. Primer (2004)
65. Public Enemies (2009)
66. [REC] (2007)
67. S*P*Y*S (1974)
68. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
69. Star Trek (2009)
70. Transsiberian (2008)
71. Up (2009)
72. Valkyrie (2008)
73. Vantage Point (2008)
74. Watchmen (2009)
75. Winter A-Go-Go (1965)

The Perfect Billboard. Eggshell white with romalian type. Nice. Raised lettering, a subtle 7 inch bone border, and just look at the tasteful thickness of the headline. All perched on four evenly spaced 3.2 metre powder coated stanchions. My god, it even has a watermark.

Ad for American Psycho on TV2 in New Zealand. As found on Ads Of The World (and many others). Larger version at AOTW too.