#MIST0524

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Mistigram: this greyscale #ANSIart portrait of #ColetteHiller as dropship pilot Corporal #ColetteFerro ("Fly the Friendly Skies" written on her helmet) in James Cameron's 1986 movie #Aliens was drawn by @_n1tr0n and included in last month's science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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It wasn't enough for me to butcher its theme song on the accordion - I figured that my @mistfunk computer art collective's annual science fiction collection was due to drop later today on #TowelDay, so while I had the #ANSIart editor open, I had to find a way to let people know to keep calm. This #DontPanic logo follows a design used in the 1981 BBC television adaptation of #DouglasAdams' #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy, very possibly the handiwork of its award-winning animator #RodLord.

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Mistigram: the palette of unearthly pastel colours help to establish an otherworldly ambiance in this @blippypixel #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen, "Afternoon Cruise". Here's hoping your weekend can soar to similar #vaporwave heights! This piece was included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: this @blippypixel #BBCMicro graphics screen, "Meteyeverse", strikes me as the Ludovico technique from A Clockwork Orange by way of Neuralink trials today. It was included in last month's science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: a good portion of the #ANSIart screens contained in our recent science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection were drawn by @Mavenmob. This is one such piece, "Which side of the screen are you on?", first seen being awarded 10th place in the ANSI art compo at last year's @flashparty.ar demoparty.

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Mistigram: A sacred pink humanoid with a binary code in place of a heart reassuringly radiates a healing aura into a blinding white emptiness it levitates in the centre of. This #ANSIart screen was drawn by @Mavenmob and included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of #DarylHannah as #Pris in Ridley Scott's 1982 film #BladeRunner was drawn by TeletextR and included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: LDA continued on a lowkey spree of ANSIfying popular internet memes by making an #ANSIart version of this still from 2010's #Futurama S6E3, "Attack of the Killer App", only in this version #PhilipJFry isn't quite saying "#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!" This screen was included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: We've successfully decrypted the signal emerging from the wormhole -- turns out it's an encrypted message, announcing that the annual science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection has arrived, as heralded by this handsome #blockASCII FILE_ID.DIZ illustration of #Bespin's #CloudCity from #TheEmpireStrikesBack, drawn by LDA.

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Mistigram: when you were young, it was important you had someone you trusted to hold your hand and keep you safe when you crossed the busy byways and thoroughfares. This #ANSIart screen, "Father Figure", was drawn by @Mavenmob and was included in last month's science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: From the recent science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection comes this #ANSIart screen from #StarTrek specialist Darkman Almighty of the USS Excelsior BBS, celebrating the seven-season run of the fourth live-action Trek series, finding its way home from the Delta Quadrant. Depicted is the ship, NCC-74656, that gave the series its name.

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Mistigram: a silhouetted figure wanders a ways from the shelter of their moisture farm and considers the twin setting suns of #Tatooine in this #teletext landscape by @AtonalOsprey.

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Mistigram: at wit's end trying to think of iconic science fiction franchises whose distinctive typography hadn't yet been plundered for previous years' SF-themed artpacks in May, Cthulu stumbled upon #HeavyMetal... then continued stumbling all the way through #ChrisAchilleos' poster art of #Taarna for its 1981 movie, adapting it in #ANSIart as the MIST0524 artpack's infofile header.

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Mistigram: here's a sampling of the variety of subjects and artistic approaches to be found in the new science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection, featuring original art as well as fanart of celebrated franchises, in vintage computing graphics formats such as #ANSIart, #teletext and #BBCMicro hirez graphics.

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Mistigram: the #StarTrek fans will not give it a rest, raising heck with fan campaigns and petitions since the original series' threatened cancellation in the late '60s. Darkman Almighty knows how it is, flexing his fealty in this #ANSIart demand for the #StarTrekLegacy spin-off of the story recently told in Picard. This screen was included in last month's science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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Mistigram: @Dosdocone prides himself on his literary inspirations, but sometimes these inspirations reach us second-hand via cinematic adaptations. This #ANSIart screen celebrates Arthur C. Clarke's #2001ASpaceOdyssey of 1968, filmed by #StanleyKubrick that same year. This portrait of #DaveBowman was included in last month's science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.