# 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882 "2007-08-17T00:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/41 "2007-08-18T21:18:36Z")
Were they (in the Disney movie) just props that went over a standard scuba mouthpiece and mask? Or were they specially developed for the film. Anyway, for the early 1950’s I think Disney did an amazing job-were any of Jule’s Verne’s descendents on hand at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/42 "2007-08-18T21:27:21Z")
There’s an 88-minute [documentary on the making of the Disney movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368002/), offered as a second DVD in the set. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/43 "2007-08-18T21:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s also fun is Nemo’s description of the food that they’re eating for dinner while onboard. Doesn’t sound so awful in these days of sushi and international cuisine. I have always been partial to **Saute of unborn octopus** myself. Does anyone remember Captain Nemo and the Underwater City with Robert Ryan? That Nautilus had a very cool unusual design. > **[Redirect Notice](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FArea51%2FNebula%2F8765%2FUNDERWATERCITY2.JPG&imgrefurl=http:%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FArea51%2FNebula%2F8765%2Fryan.html&h=1004&w=1034&sz=55&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=u9xSsShnSa2LpM:&tbnh=146&tbnw=150&prev=%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dcaptain%2Bnemo%2Band%2Bthe%2Bunderwater%2Bcity%26svnum%3D100%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26as_qdr%3Dall%26ie%3DUTF-8)** ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/44 "2007-08-18T21:49:28Z")
[QUOTE=Icerigger] I have always been partial to **Saute of unborn octopus** myself. Does anyone remember Captain Nemo and the Underwater City with Robert Ryan? That Nautilus had a very cool unusual design. > **[Redirect Notice](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FArea51%2FNebula%2F8765%2FUNDERWATERCITY2.JPG&imgrefurl=http:%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FArea51%2FNebula%2F8765%2Fryan.html&h=1004&w=1034&sz=55&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=u9xSsShnSa2LpM:&tbnh=146&tbnw=150&prev=%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dcaptain%2Bnemo%2Band%2Bthe%2Bunderwater%2Bcity%26svnum%3D100%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26as_qdr%3Dall%26ie%3DUTF-8)** [/QUOTE] How about the cigars (made of seaweed)-man, those things musta stank but good! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/45 "2007-08-18T21:50:14Z")
I have a vague memory of _Captain Nemo and the Underwater City_, but it must have been more than 30 years ago the I saw it. I don’t remember being impressed by the story, but liked Ryan enough to watch a couple movies I would have otherwise never seen. _Ice Palace_ with Carolyn Jones was one of them, can’t recall the other. Yeah, another pretty cool Nautilus design. Oh, meant to ask if anyone got through that gawdaful Hallmark Mysterious Island with Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo? I had to turn it off about a half-hour in and return the DVD to the video store before it unloosed an unholy virus in my TV. Never got to see if their design was any good, but it did have the most unconvincing pirates ever seen (well, since last year’s 5th-grade Halloween party anyway). Should I rent it again and skip to anything in particular? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/46 "2007-08-19T13:07:35Z")
[QUOTE=Mrs. Cake] … Oh, meant to ask if anyone got through that gawdaful Hallmark Mysterious Island with Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo? I had to turn it off about a half-hour in and return the DVD to the video store before it unloosed an unholy virus in my TV. Never got to see if their design was any good, but it did have the most unconvincing pirates ever seen (well, since last year’s 5th-grade Halloween party anyway). Should I rent it again and skip to anything in particular? [/QUOTE] Don’t bother. The only thing that sticks in my memory were the giant bugs. The special effects for those were OK, not great, just OK. I had to read the Sunday paper while that was on in order to get through it. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/47 "2007-08-19T14:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Ned Land: George Clooney Nemo: Ben Kingsley (or if you want younger, The Rock) Arronax: John Cleese Conseil: Bob Hoskins (I wonder if Danny Devito can do accents?) [/QUOTE] II have nothing to add other than to say this may be the first, and only time that Ben Kingsley and The Rock have ever been considered suitable for the same role by anyone. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/48 "2007-08-19T15:38:30Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] II have nothing to add other than to say this may be the first, and only time that Ben Kingsley and The Rock have ever been considered suitable for the same role by anyone. [/QUOTE] [Jamie Hyneman] Ever! [/Jamie] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882/49 "2007-08-19T22:41:19Z")
Say, why did Disney shut down the 20,000 Leagues [ride](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%2C000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea:_Submarine_Voyage) at Walt Disney World? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea/415882.md?page=2)