Continuing on Day 1...
In honor of New Year 2024:
Maureen McGovern singing "The Morning After" in “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972):
Sci-fi movies that take place in the year 2024:
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
- A Boy and His Dog (1975)
- Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) [We all become sterile]
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Sputnik Girl 1958:
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German born actress does NYE '69:
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Miss photogenic blonde starlet of the 1950s, petite, buxom Vera Day was once touted as Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Having dropped out of school at the age of 15, she had tried her hand in retail and hospitality before finding steadier employment as a beauty parlour assistant and hairdresser's model. Modelling then became her full-time occupation, but Vera had loftier ambitions.
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Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation...
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The world ahead 2024
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Friendly reminder on their 2012 Christmas special:
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Mass: Planetfall, 1979, by John Harris.
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Image from the book "The Art of John Harris: Beyond the Horizon" (2014).
Which gave me a flashback to...
In honor of New Year 2024:
Maureen McGovern singing "The Morning After" in “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972):
Sci-fi movies that take place in the year 2024:
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
- A Boy and His Dog (1975)
- Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) [We all become sterile]
Sputnik Girl 1958:
German born actress does NYE '69:
Miss photogenic blonde starlet of the 1950s, petite, buxom Vera Day was once touted as Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Having dropped out of school at the age of 15, she had tried her hand in retail and hospitality before finding steadier employment as a beauty parlour assistant and hairdresser's model. Modelling then became her full-time occupation, but Vera had loftier ambitions.
Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation...
The world ahead 2024
Friendly reminder on their 2012 Christmas special:
Mass: Planetfall, 1979, by John Harris.
Image from the book "The Art of John Harris: Beyond the Horizon" (2014).
Which gave me a flashback to...
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell