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- I define a spacesuit film as one which endeavors to portray space travel realistically, and since the constant danger of the vacuum of space means that space travelers will always have to wear spacesuits, or have them handy in case of emergencies, the presence of spacesuits in a space film can serve as one clear indication that the filmmakers understand, and are seeking to convey, the harsh realities of space (although, as my book documents at length, there are also a number of films, which I...
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Feb 29, 2024 · When it comes to the expansive canon of science fiction movies, there are recurring ideas and motifs. One of them is the uniform, or sometimes a space suit. After all, space travel is full of...
- Pacific Rim (2013) Director Guillermo del Toro's alien vs. humans action flick took visual cues from old Godzilla films and artist Francisco Goya's The Colossus painting, but the look of the characters' cyber suits came from the imagination of one man: special effects artist Shane Mahan, best known for creating Robert Downey Jr.'
- Oblivion (2013) Though it's not technically spacewear, drone technician Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) wears a decidedly retro silver radiation suit as he roams the Earth in this postapocalyptic movie, set in the year 2077.
- Prometheus (2012) For the 2012 prequel to Alien, director Ridley Scott wanted spacesuits with a decidedly more modern look than those in his 1979 sci-fi classic.
- Barbarella (1968) Has there ever been a sexier (or less practical) spacesuit than the one worn by Jane Fonda in the 1968 cult classic Barbarella? To play a 41st-century astronaut in the campy space film, directed by her then husband, Roger Vadim, Fonda donned a silver lame top, fishnet body stocking, and silver boots, created by designers Paco Rabanne and Jacques Fonteray.
May 31, 2012 · Anatomy of science fiction–The space suit. By C.J. Bunce. Outer space looks so peaceful and tranquil from the images we have received over the years from NASA astronauts. Yet the reality of space is that it is an unforgiving place, and impossible to survive in without adequate protective gear.
Feb 29, 2024 · Movie space suits serve as a visual shorthand for the era’s technological aspirations and fears. The interplay between realism and creative license allows newer movies to draw from historical designs much like medieval armor influenced the “Iron Man” suit.
