{"id":1701,"date":"2013-04-16T20:31:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2013-04-16T20:31:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:31:58","slug":"kickstarter-making-a-movie-of-a-harry-harrison-novel-sending-your-face-to-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1701","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter: Making a movie of a Harry Harrison novel + Sending your face to space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader points me to a couple of space related Kickstarter campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>In this project, the creator of movies <em>Repo Man<\/em> and <em>Sid &amp; Nancy<\/em> will direct &#8220;a feature comedy based on Harry Harrison&#8217;s classic anti-war science fiction novel&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/alexcoxfilms\/alex-cox-directs-bill-the-galactic-hero?ref=category\" target=\"_d\">Alex Cox directs BILL THE GALACTIC HERO by Alex Cox \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/alexcoxfilms\/alex-cox-directs-bill-the-galactic-hero\/widget\/video.html\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>And this project says that they &#8220;want to launch a picture of your face into space. On a satellite. To scare away the aliens.&#8221; : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ridiculous\/your-face-in-space-a-quest-to-save-earth?ref=category\" target=\"_d\">Your Face in Space &#8211; A Quest to Save Earth by Ridiculo.us \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ridiculous\/your-face-in-space-a-quest-to-save-earth\/widget\/video.html\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader points me to a couple of space related Kickstarter campaigns. In this project, the creator of movies Repo Man and Sid &amp; Nancy will direct &#8220;a feature comedy based on Harry Harrison&#8217;s classic anti-war science fiction novel&#8221;: Alex Cox directs BILL THE GALACTIC HERO by Alex Cox \u2014 Kickstarter === And this project &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1701\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kickstarter: Making a movie of a Harry Harrison novel + Sending your face to space<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38,39,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-sci-fi","category-space-films-and-videos","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-rr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9247,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9247","url_meta":{"origin":1701,"position":0},"title":"Taking pie where no pie has gone before","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"High school freshman Mike\u00a0Alex Hoppe feels compelled to fly\u00a0a pie\u00a0on\u00a0a high altitude balloon. 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