Marvel at the Ships, Suits, and Tech of Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17

So how, exactly, do you make a new human? No, sicko. We don’t mean that. We mean in the context of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17. In the film, Robert Pattinson plays Mickey, a human “expendable” who is brought back to life, over and over, after he dies. How does that work? A new book shows you, in more ways than one. Mickey is brought back to life via a human printer, which is exactly what it sounds like. A giant printer that, instead of pieces of paper, prints out humans. It’s one of several incredibly beautiful, incredibly weird pieces of technology designed for the film, all of which are part of The Art and Making of Mickey 17, a new book coming out March 11. io9 has eight exclusive pages from the book that focus on its technology: the ship Mickey takes out into the galaxy, the suit he wears in space, and, of course, the human printer. Check those out below. As you can clearly see, lots of care was put into the design and look of the film—which you’d expect from Bong Joon Ho, b ... Read full article.