Restoring the Nostromo!
POSTED BY: cljohnston108
UPDATED: Saturday, August 22, 2009 22:43
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It is just a crime against humanity (or at least SF fandom) that the Nostromo was left exposed to the elements for 30 years!
The Prop Store of London is now putting things right...
The Nostromo: A Restoration Project
http://www.propstore.com/nostromo.htm
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What, no love?
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Why in the HELL would someone leave that ' out in the rain' ?
That don't make no sense.
The T.Rex they call JANE!
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Apparently as a futuristic-lookin' home for possums! 
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They could have just given it to me for storage- I would've given it back when they wanted, and I WOULDN'T have let a drop of rain touch it!!!
The laughing Chrisisall
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They saw no use for the props. Studios will keep things they believe could have some future purpose, but the rest is left to rot or thrown in the trash.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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I can understand it being studio property and all, and them wanting to keep possession of it, while at the same time not wanting to spend $$ to keep it in storage for perpetuity, but damn. Keeping it to weather away is essentially destroying it. Why not let someone display it, or at least an enthusiast keep it? A simple agreement, letting an outside party ( employees, maybe ? ) lease it every few yrs, for a small fee, like some museums do with expensive artifacts. If, after a short interval of time, the studio wants it back for some project, they know where to find it, and it'll be in far better condition.
It's not all that complicated, because....it's just not.
The T.Rex they call JANE!
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Quote:"It's ours & you can't have it! But we'll let it rot..."
Originally posted by AURaptor:
It's not all that complicated, because....it's just not.
Oh AU, it CAN be, given the recent corporate mentality.
In the old days at Paramount, stuff that wasn't needed was thrown out- that how Star Trek peeps used to decorate their corridors, dumpster diving.
The laughing Chrisisall
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It is sad at all the material that has been lost.
No one gave it a thought.
BBC is searching the globe for lost Doctor Who episodes. They were erasing the tapes so they could use them again. That is the mentality of these production companies.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
I can understand it being studio property and all, and them wanting to keep possession of it, while at the same time not wanting to spend $$ to keep it in storage for perpetuity, but damn. Keeping it to weather away is essentially destroying it. Why not let someone display it, or at least an enthusiast keep it? A simple agreement, letting an outside party ( employees, maybe ? ) lease it every few yrs, for a small fee, like some museums do with expensive artifacts. If, after a short interval of time, the studio wants it back for some project, they know where to find it, and it'll be in far better condition.
It's not all that complicated, because....it's just not.
Makes perfect sense to me. And getting it stored for free insures there's little to no cost to make it ready.
No wonder you don't work in Hollywood AURaptor, you make too much sense.
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