Short post today, since I’m pressed for time, and also a little wiped out from driving around in the heat this afternoon (no a/c in the Jeep, but the windows open nicely).
I stole this photo from the P.E.G. Practical Effects Group on Facebook — there are a bunch of effects guys in the group and they post some pretty damn cool pictures. I’d like to have one of these in my living room:

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I think the P.E.G. folks said this is the model used in The Cage, the first Trek pilot.
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Scott S. Phillips has written in almost every capacity imaginable: films, TV, comic books and even dialogue for talking dolls. His most recent novel is PETE, DRINKER OF BLOOD. He's also the author of the novels SQUIRREL EYES and FRIDAY THE 13TH: CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PSYCHOPATH, as well as the short story collection TALES OF MISERY AND IMAGINATION. Scott wrote the screenplay for the cult action flick DRIVE (recently named "The Best American Martial Arts Movie Ever Made" by Kung Fu Cinema), and wrote 12 episodes of the CW Network's KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT. Perhaps most importantly, he once performed as stand-in for the legendary Lemmy in a Motorhead video.
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That is so cool! Those guys probably thought that show was going to tank and be long dead by now.