posted Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 02:14 AM (#57179)
Ah yes, I remember watching this on British television as a child - a definite classic :)
I love it.
English Fops...ON THE MOON!
in News by DaveKellett
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 11:56 PM
After reading Friday's strip about "English Fops on the Moon", Sheldonista James C. sent in news of this awesomely ridiculous movie from 1964:
First Men on the Moon, about a moon mission from Queen Victoria's England.
posted Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 04:43 AM (#57180)
The movie was (loosely) based on The H.G. Wells story. Jules Verne wrote "From the Earth to the Moon" which was also made into a movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051638/
Between the two of them, they sent English fops to the moon, around the world, under the sea, back and forth in time, and to an island much like the one on "Lost".
posted Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 07:42 PM (#57205)
It's not about fops, but another wonderful book about an unlikely expedition to the moon is The Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberly.
There are several sequels, also very entertaining, and a prequel (Beware of the Mouse) which explains why the Duchy of Grand Fenwick eschews modern weapons (ie anything using gunpowder).
The movie of the original, while in itself not bad, follows the Hollywood tradition of taking enormous liberties.
posted Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 08:08 PM (#57207)
In Response to phoenix14159 (#57205):
Sigh. I think the cold I'm getting over did something to my brain.
The book that has Grand Fenwickians going to the moon is, logically enough, The Mouse on the Moon, the first of the aforementioned sequels to The Mouse that Roared.
posted Friday, October 01, 2010 - 06:09 AM (#57218)
Sorry for being pedantic...but if the Roman Empire hadn't fallen, then in fact you would have Roman Fops on the moon, there would be no English floppy-haired fops feasting on cucumbder sandwiches and drinking Pimms.
Instead you would have gladiatorial fights in zero gravity on the moon.
posted Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 09:39 AM (#57235)
In Response to drawingzzz (#57218):
"Instead you would have gladiatorial fights in zero gravity on the moon."
Er, my turn to be pedantic, sorry. On the moon, they'd be fighting in one sixth gravity.
That having been said, you're right, that would have been awesome. The down side is that we'd all be speaking Latin. Attempting to, anyway :)
"Instead you would have gladiatorial fights in zero gravity on the moon."
Er, my turn to be pedantic, sorry. On the moon, they'd be fighting in one sixth gravity.
That having been said, you're right, that would have been awesome. The down side is that we'd all be speaking Latin. Attempting to, anyway :)
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