Next Club Meeting: October 17, 2026, at the Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Showing posts with label mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mars. Show all posts

Monday, April 8, 2024

"Built to Serve..."

M A R S  EXPRESS
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker.

On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet’s capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.

About the director: Jérémie Périn was born in 1978 in the north of France. He studied animation at the renowned Gobelins school, graduating in 2000. Since 2001, he has worked for various animation studios, acquiring solid experience in storyboarding, layout, compositing, and design. He moved on to directing in 2004 with TV series pilots and short films.

In 2007, he collaborated with the studio JE SUIS BIEN CONTENT as a producer and director on various series such as CO2, Nini Patalo and Socks. He also works at Autochenille Production, working on the development of The Rabbi’s Cat and Sardine in Outer Space. In 2009, he directed the opening credits of the film Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and the music video “Truckers Delight” for the band Flairs. In 2016, he wrote and directed the Lastman series. Mars Express is his debut feature film.

Monday, January 29, 2024

Mix in Cyberpunk with a bit of Chocolate...

M E T A L L I C   R O U G E
In a world where humans coexist with androids called Neans, a group known as the Immortal Nine rises up against society. Tasked with disposing of the revolters, a Nean named Rouge Redstar (aka Metal Rouge) and investigator Naomi Orthmann head to Mars to track them down… but first, Rouge wants some chocolate.

Saturday, October 28, 2023

More than 100 years ago, aliens invaded the Earth...

The Great Martian War (1913-1917)
Full Documentary
For over a century ago, these fields in England were the bloody arena for the most terrible conflict in human history. In 1913 an alien invasion shook the world and hurled it into an unimaginable future! The next four years of ferocious combat has forever marked this ground as the land of the vanished...

Thursday, December 19, 2019

How to Live on Mars

MARS the Next FRONTIER
The HASSELL design for a Mars Habitat has reached the final 10 of NASA’s 3D Printing Centennial Challenge. This NASA competition sought perspectives from outside the traditional aerospace industry, to explore how a human habitat could be designed and delivered on Mars using autonomous 3D printing technologies. HASSELL partnered with Eckersley O’Callaghan to design the external shell which could be constructed entirely by autonomous robots using Mars’ natural regolith. Final film has been made in collaboration with the team at LightField London.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Touchdown Mars!


Touchdown Mars!
NASA Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupts in applause after the touchdown of the InSight lander. -- Touchdown on Mars! NASA's InSight Lands to Peer Inside the Red Planet: http://www.space.com/42541-mars-insig...

And then this happens....