I made a supercut of button pushing scenes from 80s(ish) sci-fi and action movies. I’ve always like those scenes where characters are pushing a bunch of important-looking buttons in a futuristic spaceship, so I taught myself video editing in DaVinci Resolve and put together this montage. Editing the clips together was fun but finding the clips was tedious cause a lot of these clips are only a few seconds long, so I had to slowly scrub through movies to find these.
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The Neon Museum Las Vegas
I recently visited the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. As a lover of neon art this place was amazing. Located just north of Fremont St, the museum’s collection features vintage signs from casinos, hotels, and other businesses from around Las Vegas. 27 signs were restored to their former glory, their neon glowing once again.
The visitor center is housed inside the shell-shaped former lobby of the La Concha motel. The motel was demolished in 2005 but the lobby was saved and moved to its current location, where it was restored to become the visitor center.
The guided tour was really informative, my guide had lots of stories of the history of the signs and the casinos they came from, as well as general stories about the early history of Las Vegas.
The Chief Hotel Court is the oldest functional sign in the collection, dating from 1940 
One of my favorite things about the Neon Museum is that the signs are at ground level, so you can see them up close and really appreciate the craftsmanship that went into bending the neon tubes and arranging the light bulbs.
The fiberglass skull from the old Treasure Island sign 
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Fight Club 4K Blu-ray
You know you’re getting old when they remaster movies you saw in the theater. 20th Century Studios is releasing Fight Club for the first time on 4K Blu-ray on May 12. It’s a brand new 4K HDR remaster approved by David Fincher and includes actor and director commentaries, behind-the-scenes features, etc. I believe these are all new features, different from the ones on the original DVD release way back in 2000. The movie will also return to theaters for 1 night only on April 22.