New Look Of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?

[Cacique Caribe]

Anyone seen this?

http://20kleaguesunderthesea.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html

Dan
PS.  It looks a little bit like the style used in "War of the Worlds: Goliath"
http://wotw-goliath.com/
http://www.heavymetal.com/wotw/
http://www.heavymetal.com/wotw/gallery.html

[rob_alderman]

That's awesome, doesn't remind me of the goliath stuff at all. That stuff is pure junk  .

Nice take on some of the 20,000 leagues stuff, but I have to say, I see Nemo as an Indian man.

[Svennn]

Thats wonderfully thorough. Some very nice ideas indeed although a few bits look a little contrived.

[former user]

très trés jolie et trés VSF

doesn't he look indian enough?

[Svennn]

but I have to say, I see Nemo as an Indian man.

You youngsters and your new fangled comics and movies harping back to the original text, Nemo looks like James Mason or perhaps Herbert Lom - everyone knows that

[Gluteus Maximus]

You youngsters and your new fangled comics and movies harping back to the original text, Nemo looks like James Mason or perhaps Herbert Lom - everyone knows that

.... and Geronimo looked just like Chuck Connors 

Some people really should do more  research 

[former user]

for me Nemo looks like Omar Sharif

[Dewbakuk]

for me Nemo looks like Omar Sharif

I'd buy into that

[rob_alderman]

Isn't he said to be an indian man in 20,000 leagues? It is on my list of books to read. I will read it next, after Edison's COnquest of Mars.  

[Doc Twilight]

Isn't he said to be an indian man in 20,000 leagues? It is on my list of books to read. I will read it next, after Edison's COnquest of Mars.  

No. He's identified as such in "The Mysterious Island", but Verne never said that this was his true identity. In fact, oddly enough, Verne had intended that Nemo would be a Polish survivor of the Polish War of Independence, fighting a bloody war against Europe for abandoning his country to the Russians. When the book was due to be published, the publisher balked, as it was feared that it might cause an international incident with the Russians.

So, as far as I'm concerned, he's Polish;) Interesting bit of trivia, at any rate.

-Doc

[Dewbakuk]

Isn't he said to be an indian man in 20,000 leagues? It is on my list of books to read. I will read it next, after Edison's COnquest of Mars.  

Technically no, although he does hint at it. I don't remember the quote exactly (and can't be bothered to look it up), at one point they are discussing native cultures and one of the characters makes a disparaging remark about Indian savages and Nemo replies with something along the lines of "Those 'savages' are more noble than you. I am and forever will be, one of them". Due to the context of the conversation he could actually have been talking about his abandoning 'normal' civilisation rather than saying he was Indian, however the placment of the statement certainly hints at it.

In Mysterious Island it explains his background properly and reveals his true name is Prince Dakar, an enemy of the Raj.

Edit: Doc beat my reply Verne did indeed intend him to be Polish but that got changed before publishing so doesn't really count
As to reading the book, it's okay, but I found it very hard going. I suspect part of that is prose and translation, but what I actually found difficult is the amount of the book that is given over to describing in minutae the different types of (fictional) fish that they come across.... I suspect I could halve the books size by editing the fish sections!

[former user]

in the published and abridged version, he is definitely an indian prince.
He tells the story of his life in "Mysterious Island"
In the original version, he is polish.

all the same, a fighter against imperialist opression

and Dewbakuk beat me to it 

[rob_alderman]

That's great guys, cheers. I really need to look this stuff up, but hey, I'm still young. Plenty of time for that. 

[former user]

the Wiki articles are quite comprehensive and You can download the books on Gutenberg Project

I read them when I was Young

[rob_alderman]

I own the books, they're sitting on my bookshelf. I rarely use Wiki as well, full of lies.