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Ebay # 230104761663 Looks good, but I can't say it looks much better (If any) than my Ray Mason version. That is a lot of cash!!! BD. 
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Did you notice the
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Did you notice the detail on the interior through the window? Looks very nice in the photo.
"What goes down does not always come back up"
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Nautilus Shape
Hello All!
Just curious question - where this kind of shape of the Nautilus hull comes from? I.e. sharp edges...
When I have read the book (I was about 9
) I got different abstraction of the Nautilus - Julius Verne explicitly says that it has "cigar shape". In addition, early French drawings are also much closer to my abstraction than to this. So I wonder, where it comes from??
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Harper Goff, the designer of
Harper Goff, the designer of the Nautilus in the Disney movie came up with a design very different from the book- he considered a Verne style Nautilus wouldn't capture the audiences imagination, so he came up with his own interpretation.
Walt Disney required some convincing by Goff that his design was the way to go. Thankfully he got his way.
Goff considered that Nemo and his crew wouldn't have access to plate rolling machinery required to make a curvy hull, so he designed the boat with flat plate and chines- hence the non-cylindrical cross section.
The rest of the boat was inspired by a crocodile and a shark, two of the most feared sea creatures.
I have read most of Verne's novels, and I have to say Disneys 20k was one of those rarities- a film that was so much better than the book.
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hey Big Dave,Ebay # 230104761663 Looks good, but I can't say it looks much better (If any) than my Ray Mason version. That is a lot of cash!!! BD.
That is a fair price if they throw the movie poster in! Jeff Jones
Too old to Rock- n- Roll, too young to die ! Subs are just my speed......Comment
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Some "Sharp Edged" videosHello All!
Just curious question - where this kind of shape of the Nautilus hull comes from? I.e. sharp edges...
When I have read the book (I was about 9) I got different abstraction of the Nautilus - Julius Verne explicitly says that it has "cigar shape". In addition, early French drawings are also much closer to my abstraction than to this. So I wonder, where it comes from??
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGO4kq9x ... er&search=
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One interesting explanation that I have read is this]20,000 Leagues Under The Sea[/i] was written, a ship shaped like a cigar was a very unusual thing, so the shape alone could make it appear like a sea monster. When the Disney movie was made, however, cigar-shaped subs were no longer an unusual thing, so the ship had to be made to look like a sea monster in a different way.Hello All!
Just curious question - where this kind of shape of the Nautilus hull comes from? I.e. sharp edges...
When I have read the book (I was about 9) I got different abstraction of the Nautilus - Julius Verne explicitly says that it has "cigar shape". In addition, early French drawings are also much closer to my abstraction than to this. So I wonder, where it comes from??
Regards,
For me personally, the cigar with the extendable steering house holds much more fascination than the Disney movie thing.
Anyone interested in the "real" thing might want to check out this website]http://home.att.net/~Karen.Crisafulli/nautilus.html[/url]
Information does not get any more extensive and in-detail than this.Comment
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Thanks All for your explanations and comments!
Thanks for this link, it's a great stuff!Anyone interested in the "real" thing might want to check out this website]http://home.att.net/~Karen.Crisafulli/nautilus.html[/url]
Information does not get any more extensive and in-detail than this.
I share your opinion as well, the original Verne's Nautilus is much more impressive!
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