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\"Genesis<\/a><\/p>\n

Genesis, Gottleib, 1986.<\/p>\n

One would think looking at this backglass that it was based on a science fiction movie, and it sort-of is, but nothing you’ve probably heard of. \u00a0According to the Internet Pinball Database (IPD) entry for Genesis<\/a>, designer John Gottleib based the concept on a 1927 German film called Metropolis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the backglass is eye-catching in how different it is from most designs of its era. It’s a photo of three people, an old man dressed like a mad scientist, a younger woman with big 80s hair and lots of fishnets, and a younger man possibly with dwarfism dressed in a black leather vest but no shirt.<\/p>\n

Behind them one can see a wall of devices, all painted the same matte grey, a weird looking machine to the left and a screen of some sort to the right. Definitely hearkens back to the age of b-movie science fiction, even if the exact plot is known only to the designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Genesis, Gottleib, 1986. One would think looking at this backglass that it was based on a science fiction movie, and it sort-of is, but nothing you’ve probably heard of. \u00a0According to the Internet Pinball Database (IPD) entry for Genesis, designer John Gottleib based the concept on a 1927 German film called Metropolis. Anyway, the backglass … <\/p>\n

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