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Escape From New York
What: are you a bad enough dude to save the president?
Show Notes
Dystopia
New York city post WW3. Crime in the US in the early 80s.
Airplane failure recovery
The good old days when Presidents could be bald. Plane escape mechanisms. Parachutes vs ejection seats vs ejection pods.
Jet injectors
Vaccinations by high-pressure jet. Finding out these are real-life. Polio vs Hepatitis.
Gliders
Large wingspan, light body. The Twin Towers. Clever practical FX for wireframe nighttime navigation display. Comparing budgets with Tron.
Fusion
Time projections. Cold fusion and hot fusion. Taking the shortest route and simply building a Dyson sphere. Waste production and failure modes.
Links
John Carpenter’s The Thing – Decipher SciFi #61
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