Welcome to Unit 3! Here begins your fantastic voyage to discover the secret behind every invention through process explanation.
We begin this unit with the Fantastic Voyage game. If you haven't played the game yet, you may click on the link provided below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games/voyages/launch.html
Featured authors in the game are:
Jules Verne
H.G.Wells
Arthur C Clarke
Edgar Allan Poe
Johannes Kepler
If you'd like to know more about these amazing writers, click on their names to read more about them. And hey, even Patrick Moore really exists!
If you could journey to the moon, what methods would you choose?
16 comments:
salam...fantastic voyages give me a lot of exprience cz i have to imaging how to go to the moon .....i i have imaging go to the moon using a kancil car....haha2..it's that funny??using kancil to go to the moon??is all my group idea's....it cz the featured authors in this games have a gerat imagination how to space.....it is funny cz when we think it again it we cannot go to the moon using all their imagination....but it mean that the know there are something out there waiting for us to explore it.....
nurfisya...
hurmmmmm....
i would choose to use doraemon's time machine....
huhuhu...
there's no realistic reason for choosing it..
and u know, its only a dream and the fastest and easier way to go....
patrick more???
hm....i think i once heard this name while im playing the game..
fitriah
kc08007
i'm also intersting about Fantastic Voyage......
It is a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner. Bantam Books obtained the rights for a paperback novelization based on the screenplay and approached Isaac Asimov to write it (Asimov 1980:363). Because the novelization was released six months before the movie, many people mistakenly believed Asimov's book had inspired the movie (Asimov 1980:390). According to Fred Schodt's The Astro Boy Essays, FOX also approached NBC to get the rights to an Astro Boy episode which had the same premise, but they never contacted the manga artist or credited him in the final product.
The movie inspired an animated television series, as well as a painting of the same name by Salvador Dalí.
The "whirlpool" scene where the two-inch Proteus miniature was spun around and sucked into a fistula shortly after the sub was injected into Benes' bloodstream was made using a large punch bowl, strawberry-flavored milk, and three cups of Cheerios cereal. According to L.B. Abbott,[citation needed] a bird stole the miniature while it was drying on a window sill following a paint touch-up. It has never been recovered, and Abbott jokingly theorized that it is probably still part of some bird's nest up in some tree.
Donald Pleasance's final scene involved a lot of screaming in agony. Much of that turned out to be real,[citation needed] as the soap suds that were used to represent the white blood cells attacking him had gotten into his eyes, and as he was trapped in the command chair as the scene called for, he was unable to wipe his eyes free of the suds or receive medical attention until the scene was safely 'in the can'.
Much of the interior scenes of the secret complex were filmed at a football stadium at night. Brief glimpses of the outside playing field area can be seen as General Carter takes Grant through the complex on a small golf cart, as they pass the stairway entrances to each section of the stadium.
The entire operating theater, control room, and miniaturization chamber were all one contiguous set. The only piece of this area of the complex that was separate was the sterilization chamber.
The film was originally planned to have an epilogue,[citation needed] with Dr. Benes having recovered from the microsurgery. However, despite the success of the mission, he still suffered some minor brain damage; specifically the portion of his memory that contained the secret of how to maintain a miniaturized state for longer than an hour. Verified as genuine,[citation needed] copies of scripts containing this ending have circulated in conventions for years, and can be found on the Internet. Asimov's novelization includes a similar epilogue, though omitting the memory loss.
The actual full-sized set and prop for the Proteus was placed in storage at the 20th Century Fox backlot for years,[citation needed] and maintained in relatively good condition. It was brought out of retirement briefly for use in filming a Public Service Announcement in 1972 for the American Medical Association on the risks of heart disease. Shortly afterwards, it was painted orange and modified for use as a rescue vessel in Irwin Allen's disaster film, The Poseidon Adventure.[citation needed] However, due to budget constraints, all scenes featuring the rescue craft were cut before any scenes were filmed, and the hull of the modified Proteus was later scrapped.
Parts of the miniature sets, as well as some of the full-sized sets, were "borrowed" by Irwin Allen for use on some of his various TV shows. The season one Lost in Space episode, "The Derelict" features the brain set used as the interior for the alien spaceship that has swallowed the Jupiter 2. The brain cells were explained to be a "crystaline power source." One of the blood vessel sets was used as a conveyor tube in an episode of Lost in Space where Will Robinson has just been converted into a diminutive duplicate of Dr. Zachary Smith. Part of the inner ear miniature set was used in the episode "Jonah and the Whale" on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The laser gun was used on several of Allen's series as an alien weapon prop.
Much of the aforementioned usage of sets and props from Fantastic Voyage in Irwin Allen's TV efforts can be attributed to two facts[citation needed]: Special effects for both efforts were supervised by L.B. Abbott, and both were filmed in adjacent stages at the 20th Century Fox studios. Paul Zastupnevich, Allen's associate during the majority of his science-fiction TV work, stated in numerous interviews that the use of the Fantastic Voyage sets and props was, at times, due to "midnight requisitioning" on the part of both Allen and Abbott. Richard Basehart also referred to specifics on filming the episode "Jonah and the Whale" of having to film certain scenes long after normal studio hours because they were "borrowing" a set from another production and had to finish shooting before that production resumed shooting the following morning.
In the original movie, the crew (apart from the saboteur) manage to leave Benes' body safely before reverting to normal size, but the Proteus remains inside, as do the remains of the saboteur's body (albeit digested by a white blood cell), as well as several gallons (full scale) of a carrier solution (presumably saline) used in the injection syringe. Isaac Asimov pointed out (Asimov 1980:363-364) that this was a serious logical flaw in the plot, since the submarine (even if reduced to bits of debris) would also revert to normal size, killing Benes in the process. Therefore, in his novelization Asimov had the crew provoke the white cell into following them, so that it drags the submarine to the tearduct. The submarine (or rather, the wreckage of it) then expands outside Benes' body.
Moreover, the scene where the crew collects air from Benes' lungs after their own supply is sabotaged should not work, as the air consists of normal-sized molecules. Asimov's novelization solved this problem as well by including a miniaturization device in the jury-rigged suction machine. However, in the movie, the unminiaturized air was used only to pressurize a tank for ballast, not for breathing.
According to the introduction of the novel, Asimov was rather reluctant to write the novel because he believed that the miniaturization of matter is physically impossible. But he decided that it was still good fodder for story-telling and that it could still make for some intelligent reading. Plus it was known that 20th Century Fox wanted someone with some science-fiction clout to help promote the film. To his credit, aside from the initial "impossibility" of the shrinking machine, Asimov went to great lengths to accurately portray what it would actually be like to be shrunk to that scale, such as the lights on the sub being highly penetrating to normal matter, time distortion, and other side effects that are completely ignored in the movie.
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, was written by Isaac Asimov as an attempt to develop and present his own story apart from the 1966 screenplay. This novel is not a sequel to the original, but instead is a separate story taking place in the Soviet Union with an entirely different set of characters.
Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm is a third interpretation, written by Kevin J. Anderson, published in 2001. This version has the crew of the Proteus explore the body of a dead alien that crash-lands on earth, and updates the story with such modern concepts as nanotechnology (replacing killer white cells).
A comic book adaptation of the film was released by Gold Key in 1967. Drawn by industry legend Wally Wood, the book followed the plot of the movie with general accuracy, but many scenes were depicted differently and/or outright dropped, and the ending was given an epilogue similar as that seen in some of the early draft scripts for the film.
Two years after the film was released, ABC aired an animated series on Saturday mornings. The series was produced by Filmation.
In the series, a different team of scientists performed their missions in a craft known as Voyager, a submarine which featured wedge-shaped wings and large, swept T-tail, and was capable of flight. A model kit of Voyager was offered by Aurora Model Company for several years, and has become a sought-after collectors' item since then. As of June, 2008, the Voyager kit has been re-released by the Moebius model company.
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (July 2008)
The idea of shrinking people down for the purpose of traveling inside another human's body has been frequently used in animated cartoons. Many of these shows, including The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Sealab 2021, The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats, Teen Titans, Invader Zim, Jimmy Neutron, ReBoot, Muppet Babies, The Magic Schoolbus, Beetlejuice, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Dexter's Laboratory, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Robotboy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Transformers, Yin-Yang-Yo!, Phineas and Ferb, Happy Tree Friends and SpongeBob SquarePants have directly spoofed or imitated Fantastic Voyage.[citation needed] Footage from the movie was used in a commercial for General Electric, in which a surgeon daydreams in the middle of an operation and this leads to an embarrassing moment when he says "Get back to the ship."
At least one animated, full-length feature film was produced on the same basic premise, the 2001 movie Osmosis Jones, featuring the voice talent of actor Bill Murray.
In a rare non-animated example, the third season Mighty Boosh episode "Journey to the Centre of the Punk" involves a spoof of the concept, complete with the miniature submarine and colourful special effects.
Disney made a Motion Simulator ride in Epcot called Body Wars that shares similar concepts. Passengers of a submersible are shrunk and placed inside a human body to meet with a scientist studying white blood cells effects on a splinter. When the scientist ends up in the blood stream passengers are taken on an emergency mission to save her.
The band Placebo also made a music video inspired by the film for their song, "Special K".
The 1987 film Innerspace, directed by Joe Dante, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, and Meg Ryan, doesn't depict a medical emergency, but the ideas of miniaturization, the submersible, and some direct referential imitations (such as Quaid's character collecting Southern Comfort liquor as Short's character swallows it) are carried across.
The film is referenced in Metal Gear Solid: Portable ops by Para-Medic during a codec conversation.
Plans for a remake or sequel have been in discussion since 1997, but the project has been stuck in development hell ever since. James Cameron was initially interested in directing a remake, but decided to devote his efforts to his Avatar project. He still remained open to the idea of producing a feature based on his own screenplay, and in 2007, 20th Century Fox announced that pre-production on the project was finally underway. Roland Emmerich agreed to direct, but rejected the script written by Cameron. Marianne and Cormac Wibberley were hired to write a new script, but the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike delayed filming, and Emmerich began working on another film instead.
Antibody (2002) was another spin-off starring Lance Henriksen and Robin Givens, with a premise of a team of scientists being miniaturized to find a nuclear bomb inside of a human body and prevent it from being detonated.
hehe..tat fantastic voyages very interesting..we have plat tat game during the tevhnicak english class...i also hope one day i will go to the space..but of coz not by kancil..i want to create one spacecraft for myself to go to the moon...but i think tat impossible n unbelieveable lol...haha...if really got chances i really want to go lo..want know how is the space..how is the moon..r the moon surface really ugly???i like tat space story very much..
the game is really interensting... mens from different age express thier unique ideas in order to be able to go to the moon... but all thier ideas are so different than method we use nowadays... maybe thier idea comes according thier believes, capability and some of thier creativity in those days... but for me... i will choose something that is more logical and has the most probability to bring me to the moon... i will send my application to go to the moon to any space agency in this world.. like NASA or in ther country such as Russia.... when it is approved i follow the training sessions they prepared for me... when i finish all that i can be om the moon... but to make it a reality i have to be prepared mentally and physically.. train harder is what i must....huhu....
adib
ME08066
M04
erm....
journey to the moon..
interesting...but most impossible to me..
huhu~
i've never had a dream to journey to the moon..
but,if i get the chance, i would choose time machine..
it do not waste energy but i know dat kind of machine doesn't exist..
but, if i have so much intention to go to the moon, i will create the time machine...
maybe..huhu~
Zetty Akhtar Abd Malek,M04
ME08027
for me i prefer teleporting to the moon...huhuhu...crazy lol...
have you watched 'JUMPER'???
that's what i'm talking bout...
by just imagine the picture of the moon i can easily go there...easy huh...not even a minute , we can arrive on the moon surface...no need rocket, shuttle, or even "kancil"...
i think we can make this way come true...its application is the same like time portal...
that's all...ciao...
bon voyage...
salam n salam mubarak...
If i want to go to moon, i would like to get favour from ultraman.
well,u know that ultraman can change themself using one miracle things depends on the ultraman.If ultraman won't let me borrow that trnsform key,i will ask help from obi wan kenoby(star wars) because they always playing around in galaxy.
If cannot,i will sleep because when sleeping i can dreaming and i will set my dream to travel in the moon..
hahahaha.....just joking....
azamli
a.k.a sakaki makio
:P
journey to the moon..
is my childhood dreams..
erm..
about my method..
i like to teleport there..
instanttly, i was on the moon..
hehehe..
and our group also agreed with this method..
we will use high lesser beam to guide the "teleportations path" savely to the moon surface..
hehehe..
so many imiginations..
but, with the developement of sciene now days..
this method mayby become a reality in the next 100 years..
hehehe..
because, by science today..
people have been able to run the experiment of the big bang phenomenon that occur in space at the earth.
huhuhu..
how dangerous was that experiment..
if a little mistake happen..
it will be the D-day..
but, luckly the experiment was success...
Actually, i had have try the games personally...i think that this fantastic voyages is very enjoyable...simple and don't have any 3D graphic but can give me a vivid impression...through the games,some of the moral values can be learn...moreover,we can learn some knowledge about scienice that i hadn't learn before and we gonna decided the good among the scientis.
Yeah...i feel quite fun and enjoyable...What's the best website...
Leong,M04,Me08053
hello...
Actually i don't like this games because it so boring when played the game.
As i know, fantastic voyage is a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner. Bantam Books obtained the rights for a paperback novelization based on the screenplay and approached Isaac Asimov to write it (Asimov 1980:363). Because the novelization was released six months before the movie, many people mistakenly believed Asimov's book had inspired the movie (Asimov 1980:390). According to Fred Schodt's The Astro Boy Essays, FOX also approached NBC to get the rights to an Astro Boy episode which had the same premise, but they never contacted the manga artist or credited him in the final product.
We can learn some knowledge about science and we gonna decide the good among the scientis..so,thats all...
thank u...
The authors really had their crazy imaginations on how to fly themselves to the moon. Among these 5 authors in game, Arthur C.Clarke has the most practical idea that is using a rocket to propel him steadily to the Moon. However, having crazy ideas is not a bad thing. It enrich our imagination and creativity. I had my own crazy idea too. Have you watch "Jumper"? It would be really cool if we are able to jump from one place to our destination by imagining the targeted place. It would be a fantastic voyages through moon if i am able to "jump".....daydreaming again.
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Ka08101(K22)
This Fantastic Voyage game is very interesting and funny. The authors have their own idea to send themselves to the Moon. There are five authors in this game. those are Jules Verne, H.G.Wells, Arthur C Clarke, Edgar Allan Poe and Johannes Kepler.The Arthur C Clarke has the most practical idea. If he continue to work on this idea, i sure he can travel to the Moon. The ideas are a little crazy and just for imagination. Johannes Kepler has the most unacceptable idea that is summon a demon to travel to the Moon. This idea is not realistic. According the science knowledge, it is impossible to have a demon in this world. This game really can improve my imagination and creative thinking greatly. For an example, i want to find a mutant human like in the movie 'Heroes'. He can help me to teleport to the Moon. Sometimes, it feels funny and has fun to have some crazy imagination. In conclusion, i really feel enjoyable to play this game and hope the lecturer promotes me this kind of game again in the future.
LAI.WL.1988
@GMAIL.COM/LONGBOW_SANITY@YAHOO.COM
OPPS I FORGET TO MENTION SOMETHING IN MY PREVIOUS COMMENT.ACTUALLY,FROM THE GAMES I HAD HAVE LEARNT SOMETHING IMPORTANT.THAT IS,THEY TRIED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS TRUTH AND SPOKEN IT OUT...BESIDES THAT,THEY DO ALSO NOT EASILY GIVE UP WHEN THEY FACED PROBLEMS AND THEY TRY TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS.THEREFORE, THEY BECAME THEY MODELING TEACHER FOR US TODAY...SO,DO WE APPERICIATE IT?
LEONG,ME08053,M04
hai..
This Fantastic Voyage is very interesting and funny game...someone really had their crazy imaginations on how to fly themselves to the moon..huhu..so many imagination.
but patrick more is the best..
huhuhu..
emmm
maybe one day we all will go to the moon without any mechine...
but how???
thinking it.....
jaafar m04
salam...
5 authors with different character...
that was amazing game and enjoy...
this game give more ideal to make a something crazy work but succesful..
maybe one of malaysian peoples can make a machine and go to the pluto...wow..
ameen
-me08091-
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