Tag: 20.000 Leagues Under theSea
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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea part IX. From sketch to illustration
There’s not much to say about these – you’ll have to play the game if you want to know more – but I’m always fascinated by how artists turn their ideas into images and this is my very basic two step system. I draw a rough idea of the scene on the cheapest -usually lined…
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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea part VIII. Guns and robots
There’s a great deal of fascinating technology in Jules Verne’s work, not only Nemo’s remarkable submarine itself, the Nautilus, but also the diving suits the crew use for underwater exploration and the weapons they use. The above image was inspired by my upbringing on industrial Teesside, my comprehensive school would task us with painting the…
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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea part VI. The voyage
Verne’s novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea takes the reader on a whistle-stop voyage of adventure around the globe, giving my gamebook app adaptation of the book, Nemo’s Fury a global scope. I can take the player anywhere in the world in the Nautilus. And as I wanted to be reasonably faithful to Verne’s work,…
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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea part V. Crew of the Nautilus
Jules Verne was very clear about the crew of Captain Nemo’s submarine, the Nautilus. They are all male, subservient to Nemo and die on the voyage. And the crew dying off during the course of the voyage of the adventure is a gift to a writer, especially as at least one dies in very mysterious…
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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea part IV. Captain Nemo.
Genius, billionaire, philanthropist, Captain Nemo continues to entertain and fascinate since his first publication in Jules Verne’s 1870 novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, but most people today will know him from his many film adaptations. Nemo has been played by many actors, such as James Mason, Patrick Stewart and Michael Caine. And as…
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Adapting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Creating the player’s character When adapting Jules Verne’s classic underwater voyage of discovery, I wanted the player to experience the thrill of meeting the legendary submariner, Captain Nemo, his crew, and the three unwitting travellers who are kidnapped by Nemo and whisked around the globe. I also wanted the player to meet Professor Aronnax, his…
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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916)
Breathtaking in its pioneering use of underwater photography, this silent two-hour feature is a globetrotting epic of action adventure, romance and comedy, and though contains some problematic elements, it’s an early high water mark in Hollywood spectacle, an impressive early entry into the canon of Jules Verne adaptations, and by far the biggest box office…
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Mysterious Island (1961)
A showcase for the sublime talent of stop-motion maestro Ray Harryhausen, this sci-fi fantasy family adventure sensibly swaps the plodding civilisation building of Jules Verne’s source novel for monster action and romance. Faithful to Verne’s novel, the story begins during the US Civil War where we see a handful of men escape the war in…
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Mysterious Island (1951)
Treating Jules Verne’s 1875 novel The Mysterious Island as a leaping off point, this black and white sci-fi adventure serial of 1951 is a throwback to two decades earlier and the days when Larry Buster Crabbe took to the skies as Flash Gordon. Yes it’s preposterous and silly, yet it’s also daftly enjoyable, due in…
Nemo's Fury 