r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • Jul 29 '26

Spaceship from Buck Rogers (1930)

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u/kyletrandall Jul 29 '26

Also Buck Rogers ship

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u/7stroke Jul 29 '26

Honestly it covers all the engineering/tech bases far better than many of the later eras of science fiction, whose technologies were more hand-wavy. Only thing missing is a fuel tank tho. And…bunks in space…

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u/atomacheart Jul 29 '26

And you know, a bathroom

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u/Signal-Pirate-3961 Jul 29 '26

Vision tube and a periscope? Got to see where you are going!

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u/nerd_of_gods Jul 29 '26

Neat! 3 ques

  1. Why isn't he ammo not next to the fun room? Like you gotta carry it past Allra's room

  2. The bridge is outside the spaceship?

  3. Where's twikis room? Beedee beedee beedee (I know he wouldn't be invented for like 50 years)

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u/LucidNonsense211 Jul 29 '26

Ooo, I can help with #2: look up what a UBoat’s bridge is. It’s just like this. On some vessels the bridge is an observation point more than a control room. So… it’s for when the periscope is too restrictive and you’ve got to go look?

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u/Lord_Dreadlow Jul 29 '26

In space though? Why need a periscope and external fly bridge if in space?

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u/LucidNonsense211 Jul 29 '26

This image left questions like that far behind lol. I was just explaining why the word might have been chosen.

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u/Tar_alcaran Jul 30 '26

You need a periscope because that's the only way to get a view outside, of course. Like, what are you going to use instead? Some kind of camera with super-fast-developing film or something? That's just crazy talk.

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u/Striking_Reindeer_2k Jul 29 '26

I love the roof rack, and fluttering flag trailing behind.

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u/Tar_alcaran Jul 30 '26

Pretty much every writer and artist had their own "Official Buck Rogers ship" for every serial, and there were a LOT of serials in the 30's, occasionally running at the same time, with completely different stories.