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thomvinson In reply to jc-starstorm [2015-10-21 02:06:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh absolutely it would. But the cheesy SciFi movies of the 40s and early 50s they didn't know that. If you look at those old movies, they often had bare skin showing in space. It was that stupid cheesy retro feel that I was trying for.

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Krigstein In reply to thomvinson [2015-10-21 04:40:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, You also can't hear explosions in the vacuum of outer space, but don't tell that to all the fans of Star Wars. :-P

It's not like the Sci-Fi movies and comics and pulps of the 1930's-1940's-1950's were always aiming for 100% scientific accuracy. 
But IMHO they always had a certain cheezeball retro charm to them regardless. 
Besides in Spacegirl's future era I figure they've worked out all the complications on how to get a micro thin invisible transparent spacesuit, 
due a lack of N.A.S.A budgetary cuts and a full commitment to our outer space program by the government finally.

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thomvinson In reply to Krigstein [2015-10-21 05:18:37 +0000 UTC]

I think the lack of real science was one of things most appealing about the classic and retro SciFi. They assumed that everything "Atomic" would be great, though in reality the rockets would be roasting her thighs in seconds and if by chance that didn't happen, the radiation would soon be killing her.

There was an innocence in those old scifi storybooks and films that's very endearing, and while we call it cheesy today, it still had/has an almost magic fascination and appeal. Bare or exposed skin spacesuits, people talking to each other in space, zapguns, jetpacks and rocketpacks, near naked space amazons, chunky rubber suited shuffling monsters, bubble space helmets and rockets that land on tailfins all add up to an overdose of cool for me!

I started this Spacegirl series of images as a gag, but she is growing on me along with a retro story concept. 

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