YT-1450 Light Freighter

I've been around for a while now.   Not as long as Tommy of course, but quite a while.  And I've seen a ton of variations on the Corellian freighter design.  Round in the stern, two mandibles in the bow, docking hatches on the sides, something asymmetrical.  So when I saw this YT-1450 Light Freighter, I thought, "Cool build, nice color blocking, interesting/purposeful stuff on the hull, very convincing as something one might see in the upcoming movie." 

But that all changed when I saw the next pic.  "No frakin' way!!"  After alllll these years, that's why the Falcon had those notches in the front, to actually carry cargo.  Not just, well, whatever it was that Han and Chewie hauled around inside the ship.  Ooger has had a spark of genius here with this freighter, the Nadir, and the massive cargo containers it's got in its teeth.  According to him, "Those mandibles had to be used for something, right?"   I love it!

Jaws 3D

This MOC hits close to home because one of my specialties in the movie biz is stereography (3D). I've had a life-long fascination with it ever since I got my first View-Master. But I do recall the dubious flirtation in the 80's with 3D, and it wasn't nearly as good as it is now. And I remember this movie in particular, it was terrible. That look on grampa's face in this wonderful MOC by eyescream54 isn't because he's scared the shark is gonna get him, it's because the bad vertical alignment, crosstalk and retinal rivalry of the film has given him a migraine (hooray for technical terms!)

"You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat"

The 70's saw the rise of the "blockbuster", with films like Star Wars, Close Encounters and this little film about a shark I'm sure none of you have heard of. Lucifer Adams does the poster justice with this brilliant little build. Check out the use of the clear panels to suspend 1x1 round tiles and simulate water, excellent.