Suggestion: The Future Is Noir

The trick here is obviously to find an image that combines the darkly-lit setting while still being clearly sc-fi. I'll open with this piece◊ of Blade Runner fan-art, so let's see if we can find some decent options.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Opened.

This one.

Can we find an example that has fewer overlap with City Noir for better contrasting? If I understand this trope correctly it is about places in Sci-Fi that we would expect to be better lighted. Something like this from Brazil?

edited 29th Jul '15 2:32:33 AM by eroock

^ Looks pretty brightly-lit to me.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Yep, well illuminated that pone.

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So to keep this seperate from City Noir, more suggestions:

• V (1983): dark◊, hallways◊
• Alien: Ash in observational lounge, Nostromo hallway◊, Nostromo bridge◊.
• Event Horizon: Spaceship bridge.

I like the Ash one myself.

edited 13th Aug '15 4:28:04 AM by Morgenthaler

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I like the last one, though several are fine.

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Either the first from Alien or the one from Event Horizon work for me.

I like the Event Horizon one but it won't show nicely at wikisize.

edited 16th Aug '15 5:33:13 PM by eroock

Is this◊ better?

Wiki-size is 350 px wide, so it has to look good at that size for a true judgment.

The detail in that one is just background clutter anyway, so I think it still looks good.

Browser zoom is a good feature for quick-checking how it looks at wiki-size.

edited 16th Aug '15 7:44:43 PM by AnotherDuck

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edited 16th Aug '15 9:09:28 PM by DeisTheAlcano

Good enough for me.

^^ That works out great.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

An alternative shot of 14 with additional crew members.

edited 17th Aug '15 1:51:46 PM by eroock

That puts more emphasis on the people in the room than the aesthetics of it, I think.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

What about the Normandy from Mass Effect?

edited 18th Aug '15 1:33:05 PM by peasant

Too grainy and too much emphasis on the glowy swirly eyestrain magnet.

Pity that it's come out grainy since I shrunk it down from a 1080p image. :(

Yeah, 14 is still better. It's the kind of image I'd brighten up a bit if it were any other trope.

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I don't know, I like "Ash in observational lounge" from Alien. The Event Horizon one looks pretty well-lit.

edited 18th Aug '15 5:31:44 PM by Rjinswand

This screencap of the Normandy's interior doesn't have the galactic map.

24 appears to be fairly well-lighted to me, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman