I suspect this is an effect of binary concepts of gender on the part of the makers of the sci-fi, implemented as increasingly detailedcostumesfor the AI. But when you consider these variables, these 6 are a pale semblance of what could be. Include “fluid” or “nonbinary” as a possib...
since the very, very beginning, has embraced questionably imperialist thrills. InLe Voyage dans la Lune, George Melies’ professor-astronomers encounter a “primitive” alien culture on Earth’s moon when they land there, replete with costumes, dances, and...
It's a treat, too, to wind back the clock on the worlds of Dune, as Dune: Prophecy delivers some of the most stunning sets and costumes on TV this year. Between the sumptuous halls of Emperor Corrino's palace, the austere library of the Sisterhood, and the hazy pleasures of a spice...
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The women usually have some sort of special makeup and jewelry on. The writers seem to be very careful about showing jewelry as much as the costumes. Here is one example of jewelry being as important to the characters as hair/clothes: Bajoran earring Welcome to the site Carole. :) ...
Even though I’ve seen it one and a half times already, I would go see this in the theater again, and I may do just that, as it’s playing at El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. There are even costumes from the film on display as well. For more information:https://elcapitan...
The movie's extraordinary makeup and costumes, combined with its thought-provoking themes of evolution, race relations, and humanity's propensity for self-destruction, have made it an enduring classic in the annals of cinema history. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton ...
‘Raiders of the Lost ArkGoes to Mars’ made the movie very memorable. This means we get Arnold Schwarzenegger wise-cracking his way to Mars, attempting to seduce beautiful women, and bumping into utterly weird mutants. If you stripped away any of the sci-fi elements, we’d simply have ...
most effective cue-of-transition for the patient. The outfits are a little goofy, but borrow semantically from western Christian liturgy, so are kind-of appropriate. If the patient were atheist or from a different religious tradition, other costumes with different signifiers would be more ...
stories — paving the way for a better, less lonely future. I’ve also intentionally crafted this story to make an example of the issues traditionally within the male-dominated sci-fi genre such as the commodification of women, misogyny, and fear of their self-autonomy, and flip it on its...