No, Jules Verne gave us the gift of science fiction... half a century before E.R.B.

(waves white flag) OK, I surrender. Jules Verne trumps Andrew Stanton, you win this round @EvilDeathBee
>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^oritteropo:
Because cephalopods are friends, not food?
>> ^Sagemind:
My local store had something like this a few weeks ago.
Vegan squid. and it has absolutely no real meat in it what-so-ever!~ They were so proud of their product. All I could think of was "Then, why would I want to eat it?"


Tell that to Captain Nemo

>> ^EMPIRE:

I am fascinated by technological clashes.
One of my favorite fantasies would be to get in a time machine, and go pick up Leonardo daVinci or Jules Verne, and take them for a tour of our technology.
Am I a hopeless nerd? lol


So basically, Bill and Ted?

>> ^EMPIRE:

I am fascinated by technological clashes.
One of my favorite fantasies would be to get in a time machine, and go pick up Leonardo daVinci or Jules Verne, and take them for a tour of our technology.
Am I a hopeless nerd? lol


If you showed them the "fleshlight" or internet porn, they'd be erased from the history books.

I am fascinated by technological clashes.
One of my favorite fantasies would be to get in a time machine, and go pick up Leonardo daVinci or Jules Verne, and take them for a tour of our technology.

Am I a hopeless nerd? lol

5. “To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth – all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances.”
— Lee DeForest, American radio pioneer and inventor of the vacuum tube, in 1926

Spoken like a true visionary. This was *quality stuff.

19. “I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.” — HG Wells, British novelist, in 1901.

Jealous of Jules Verne much? (who in my opinion is a much better writer...and was very ahead of his time in predicting numerous of technological advancements)

He probably stole the idea from Jules Verne who stole it from Archimedes who stole it from some unknown Roman guy who stole it from Atlantis before it sank.

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From Wiki:

A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French black and white silent science fiction film. It is loosely based on two popular novels of the time: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne and The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells. It was written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second.

A Trip to the Moon was extremely popular in its day and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès. It is also recognized as the first science fiction film, and utilizes innovative animation and special effects.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune