I CANNOT SEE CLEARLY NOW

A question was posed where I work today. What's the difference between transparent, translucent and opaque?

Well I got opaque completely wrong, thinking that it meant foggy or misty. Apparently it means no light passes through it or something like that.

Even more troublesome was transparent, especially when someone asked if a mirror was that, transparent. But no, mirrors could be said to be opaque as light doesn't pass through them.

A further slippery scenario given was where a obviously transparent object like a small window can be clearly seen in the opaque mirror. Does the mirror render the reflection of the window opaque as well?

And what about a lamp reflected in a mirror? Can the reflection be classed as a light source and thus make the mirror transparent?

I cannot see clearly and my head hurts!

Early Soviet Aircraft Kits

Hi all,
Another of the kit history films from Max's Models on You Tube, this one covers early Soviet plastic aircraft kits, most of which seem to have been modern civil types, with just a few military or WW2 aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ticIELm1Y

Paul Adams from New Zealand

BEAN BAGS: HAS BEANS?

Bean bags were everywhere in the Seventies. Like big soft lifeforms they could always be found nestling in the corner of a living or bedroom. Sometimes they had hippies on them relaxing.

These large portable sacks of beans were the essential squishy and comfy instant chair that could be plonked anywhere in the flat.

Often found next to a Mateus wine bottle containing tall dry coloured grass, bean bags were as much a part of the Seventies as prog and chicken in a basket. 

I'm not sure if Punks liked bean bags when the decade waned or whether these kitsch familiars were thrown out with the Yes albums.

As for today, I've not seen a bean bag anywhere. Are they extinct?

NOW THAT'S A LONG TRUCK!

 Check out this 74m long multi-wheeled truck! Did you have a multi-wheeled toy at all readers?

ULYSSES 31 SAUCER

 

I saw this on Spain's Todocollecion. I'm unsure if its just a flying saucer or a spinning top.

The graphics relate to Ulysses 31, which is a TV show I don't know.

Do you?

ANTI ANTI LIFE

I've seen some ALIEN turkeys in my time but last night's ANTI LIFE takes the biscuit. Shame on Bruce Willis for being connected with such derivative rot. Even the title is almost an anagram of ALIEN and a poor one at that.

The copying begins immediately with the cryo-chambers. It staggers on from there with flame throwers, gooey monsters, crazed crew members and lots of gunk. All that's missing is the nodding bird.

Have you seen ANTI LIFE? Am I missing something?

FOR MASH GET SMASH!

This old lot on Vectis caught my eye. So many goodies!

Two Smash Mash robots, ET and so much more. I would have loved this box of fun!

What can you see?

ARMY OF THE DOOMED

 I've seen another two films this week.

Army of the Dead - with big Dave Bautista and a crew of hardened zombie-slayin' mutha's in Los Angeles. Normally I don't watch zombie films anymore as they are predictably, well, zombie-ish. I have been sick of shamblers for some time. But AoD gives the genre a critical blood transfusion and we get some pretty mean modern zombsters. Its a very current film, which Wotan recommended, so I won't spoil anything here. Suffice to say I'm glad I listened to Wotan!

DOOM: this is a much older flick and one based on a computer game I reckon. As Netflix listed it as a creature feature I thought I'd jump in and see what the monsters were like. They're OK I suppose and enough to keep the pace monsterish. The best beastie was a huge dog-like critter attached to a wheelchair. Overall though DOOM is about blasting and shooting and shooting and blasting. I imagine it kept game hungry players amused for a while when it came out. Reminiscent of other flicks like AvP and Resident Evil set in big labyrinthine bunkers.

Have you seen either of these?