Are the from the director’s cut?
Thanks to my coworker, Auth0’s David Moses, for the find!
Are the from the director’s cut?
Thanks to my coworker, Auth0’s David Moses, for the find!
How is it that just one picture can contain so much awesome? I’m going to find a way to use it in one of my upcoming slide presentations. You have been warned.
Photo courtesy of KnitWit. Click the photo to see it at full size.
I was 10 years old when Space Invaders came out, so this photo brings back happy memories:
Photo courtesy of “rem”.
This scan from the August 1985 issue of Ebony features their prediction of what Michael Jackson would’ve looked like in the year 2000 (which, back then, seemed like a time in the far-off future):
“At 40,” the caption reads, “he will have aged gracefully and will have a handsome, more mature look.” Tacky 80s-era clothing aside, it’s a good look for him. Very Lando Calrissian.
Keep in mind that this photo was altered in the time before Photoshop, when you had to do it with knives, brushes, paints and a very steady hand.
It’s easy to laugh at the prediction in hindsight, but this was the mid-80s, before the accident while shooting the Pepsi commercial and well before celebrity extreme meltdowns were more commonplace.
Here’s some amusing Photoshoppery featuring the current Snickers ad campaign. Click the photo to see it in its full-size glory:
Photo courtesy of Adam Conover.