Ladies & Robots

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-90177315171613914072007-08-08T17:44:00.010-07:002009-03-25T10:34:52.771-07:00Ladies & Robots<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheThrillingWonderStory" title="Subscribe to my feed" rel="alternate" type="application/rssXml"><img style="float:right; margin:10px 20px 0px 0px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/ST2cT6PQWkI/AAAAAAAAuc4/7VTPdcSTgXE/s800/dailyDRBgif.gif" /></a><img style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 41px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/RbhhjvQRmvI/AAAAAAAAADw/zQN-L8I5IBo/s400/b_quantumshot_cup.jpg" alt="" border="0" />"QUANTUM SHOT" #247 Good Girl Deserves a Good Robot for Herself Something about a pretty girl in the company of an imposing robot spoke very dearly to the hearts of readers and movie-goers of the Fifties' Space Era. Chrome was at the height of industrial fashion, and the curvy reflective plates of friendly (and not so friendly) robots played well against curvy shapes of the poster girls. I planned to do this homage to the 50s style for some time, being partly inspired by illustrations from collectible science fiction pulp magazines, and partly by such sites as <a href="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com">Fogonazos</a>, or <a href="http://worldofkane.blogspot.com">World of Kane</a> with their own collections. So here is the first part of "Futuristic Ladies" post (the next one will feature space girls). Most images are promotional shots for the "Forbidden Planet" movie (1956) with Anne Francis, rare shots from various 60s TV series and, of course, art from vintage SF magazines. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434877436&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/1434877436_9d20221470_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434004333&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/1434004333_cb86125473_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434004071&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1314/1434004071_8f1687e8ed_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434876646&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1219/1434876646_d54a3c461d_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434003529&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/1434003529_89033c856f_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434876258&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1088/1434876258_a8aad6c123_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=344289265&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:360px" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/344289265_358287230b.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=344289139&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/344289139_da4eac5238_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=344289245&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:452px" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/344289245_b1c41d3fb8_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=344289163&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:452px" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/344289163_971fdc78ed_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=344289118&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/344289118_4653352274_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058371897&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:452px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1268/1058371897_7365a76443.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=344289071&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/344289071_03a3eb7a7e_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058984880&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:453px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/1058984880_5488dfa1fb.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1440495112&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1056/1440495112_8caa860896.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058982204&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1426/1058982204_ac1005b1e6.jpg" ></a> Lady with... a diver. Same idea, though. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1385682288&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1215/1385682288_783abe0158.jpg" ></a> -------- Ladies & Vintage Computers <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058103789&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1243/1058103789_9c6d71be8a.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1056923951&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1317/1056923951_d6690dba24_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1069543090&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1038/1069543090_2a3b084711.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeljohnson/1275502699/in/pool-intheyear2000/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:500px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1286/1310521242_60aa1404ab.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeljohnson/">Joel Johnson</a>) Send us more pictures of this fascinating combination. By the way, it all started in 1910, however they had typewriters instead of computers back then (see more <a href="http://www.typewritermuseum.org/lib/library_photo_ero.html">here</a>; some nsfw) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=640328889&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:500px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1279/640328889_1c5fcc9772_o.jpg" ></a> -------- Pulp Art Such masters as Virgil Finlay, Chesley Bonestell, Ed Emshwiller made reading SF magazines FUN in the 50s. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058123299&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:405px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1024/1058123299_8a5b8cc0eb.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=188315576&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/188315576_08032dcf02_o.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434874882&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1215/1434874882_b155db5e71.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058123685&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1317/1058123685_ae1cc5b8b2.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434002769&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1359/1434002769_b35a744418.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058981696&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1348/1058981696_6219b1d71c.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058122913&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/1058122913_f396400740.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058120053&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1049/1058120053_67f1f3dffb.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058980290&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1424/1058980290_775a5d9478.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058118165&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1397/1058118165_cffe74558a.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058099735&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:348px" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1043/1058099735_7915040282.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058977656&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1134/1058977656_3692cb870e.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058117705&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1074/1058117705_f586a1e52e_o.jpg" ></a> -------- One modern example: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058961762&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1149/1439634819_05279f249f_o.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.worth1000.com/">Worth1000</a>) Today, only Japan seem to retain interest in robots+girls (with cultural references too numerous to mention) <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z1A3iv-QZcw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z1A3iv-QZcw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1A3iv-QZcw">link</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1058121541&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1195/1058121541_c72c92b2f7.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=619315813&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1137/619315813_fb50342ceb.jpg" ></a> The rest of the world is rather indifferent to this excellent vintage fashion. As this striking photograph says in its title: "The Party's Over". <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/world_of_pj/648324483/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1347/1058122267_0e3fc150a7.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/world_of_pj/648324483/">mister pj</a>) <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/02/barbarella-other-ladies-in-space.html">CONTINUE TO "VINTAGE LADIES IN SPACE"! -></a> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/08/ladies-robots.html">"StumbleUpon" this page <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/RkwyjU1gWGI/AAAAAAAAAek/sU4P1vUFRxQ/s400/stumble+copy2.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/08/ladies-robots.html">Permanent Link</a>...<a href="http://del.icio.us/post" onclick="window.open('http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&noui&jump=close&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title), 'delicious','toolbar=no,width=700,height=400'); return false;"><img src="http://images.del.icio.us/static/img/delicious.small.gif"></a> Category: <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/01/category-art.html">Art</a>,<a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/01/category-vintage.html">Vintage</a> Related Posts: <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/04/lovely-ladies-of-yesteryear-in-b.html">Lovely Ladies of Yesteryear</a>, <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/01/girls-cars-european-vintage-ads.html">Cars & Girls</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11787852-9017731517161391407?l=www.darkroastedblend.com'/></div>Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.com10