Robert Duvall in “The Time Tunnel,” 1967. Just five years later, he would appear in “The Godfather.”

The Classics Illustrated edition of Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights,” 1949. Art by Henry Kiefer.

Philippe Caza’s cover art for “The Rest of the Robots” by Isaac Asimov, 1989.

“A Nightmare on Elm Street” on Friday the 13th, 1986.

THE TERMINAL MAN poster from Japan, 1974.

Ridley Scott’s “1984” Super Bowl spot for the Apple Macintosh.

Watching football on a coin-operated TV in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles, 1969. Photo by John Malmin.

Flash Gordon, New York Jets.

Boris Vallejo artwork for Playboy’s Pro Football Preview, August 1984.

BLADE RUNNER design by Syd Mead.

1970 Lancia Stratos Zero concept car, designed by Marcello Gandini of Bertone, unveiled at the Turin Auto Show in 1970.

R.I.P. Catherine O’Hara (1954-2026)

Testing a screw-propelled lunar vehicle at GM’s Defense Research Laboratories in Santa Barbara, California, early 1960s.

R.I.P. Bob Layzell (1940-2026)

John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE in a 1988 television spot.

Snowcats on the set of “The Empire Strikes Back” in Finse, Norway, 1979.

Syd Mead concept art sketch, as seen in Future Life, May 1979: "I'm sure we will eventually construct biospheres in space. This is a pleasure world, docking after three years at an intergalactic interchange to exchange its inhabitants for a new batch of vacationers."

FORBIDDEN PLANET poster from Denmark, 1956.

NASA logo, 1982.

And a cat flap.

The Italdesign Machimoto concept car, built on a Volkswagen Golf Mk2 platform, unveiled at the Turin Auto Show in 1986.

The world’s heaviest door on a hinge at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1979. The 97,000-pound, concrete-filled door had a special bearing in the hinge that allowed one person to open or close it.

Behold KING KONG on a flatbed truck. Director Merian C. Cooper and animator Willis O'Brien stand in front.

“Planet of the Apes” poster from Romania, 1968.

John Mollo costume sketches for “The Empire Strikes Back.”

The world of 2026 imagined in Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS, 1927.

What is the Monroe Doctrine? Newsman Eric Sevareid explains it in the 1978 documentary “Between the Wars: Latin America—Intervention in Our Own Backyard.”

On the set of METROPOLIS, released in 1927, set in the world of 2026.

Welcome to 2026, the future time of METROPOLIS, released in 1927.

Happy New Year to those who celebrate.

Cosplay, cornflakes, and Jack Daniels at the World Science Fiction Convention in St. Louis, 1969. Photo by Jay Kay Klein.

Parties from the future, illustrated by Syd Mead.

“Auld Land Syne” on a Stylophone. #NewYearsEve

Syd Mead concept art for U.S. Steel, 1962.

The year 2025 predicted by kids in 1992, as seen in the Clifton Record in Clifton, Texas, August 25, 1992.

On the set of STRANGE DAYS as they film the chaotic Y2K New Year’s Eve street party.

Winter wonderland by Syd Mead.

David A. Hardy's Christmas cover art for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1978.

Winter wonderland by Syd Mead, 1968.

Ed Emshwiller’s Christmas cover art for Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1951.

Happy Life Day to those who celebrate.

Ralph McQuarrie, 1981.

Ed Emswhiller’s Christmas cover art for Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1960.

Christmas in space, illustrated by Moebius, 1982.

The “Star Wars Holiday Special” cantina transforms into a cabaret as Bea Arthur sings “Goodnight, But Not Goodbye” like Tatooine is Berlin in the Weimar Republic.

An IBM computer plays “Jingle Bells” at Arlington State College in Texas, December 1965.

Robert McCall was born on this day in 1919.

Hoth Ice Planet Adventure Set on sale, as seen in the Electra Star-News in Electra, Texas, 1980.

Ed Emshwiller's Christmas cover art for Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1953.

Season’s greetings from the set of THE THING.