I can't be the first person to make this observation, but it's just struck me that Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick and Thomas Blanky from The Terror represent the opposite ends of a spectrum—"How well do you cope with losing your leg to a huge white beast that destroys hubristic seafaring men?"
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Master and Commander costumes
Visibles en ce moment au Musée de la Marine de Paris, dans le cadre de l'exposition temporaire Objectif Mer: l'océan filmé (jusqu'au 05/05/2024).
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A few frames from my end of year movie which has been the only thing I've been doing for the past month or so (on top of. Exams and assignments)!! lots of boats so far....
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Terra Nova expedition photographer Herbert Ponting standing on his head on the ice, c. 1911/1912
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I might or might not have just downloaded the entire aubreyad + the terror + a bunch of non-fiction books about seafaring and put them all in a big folder 👀
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Lt. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and Capt. Ramius (The Hunt for Red October) have equal and opposite "I'll get it done" batshit insane energy.
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i tried whatching the terror like three times now but i always get stuck within the first two episodes... any tips on how to get through them sjsjsnnd
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boats or boat adjacent stories that frank wildhorn can make a musical about:
erebus OR terror with the other being barely mentioned
the mary celeste (we're going with the mutiny theory to make it interesting)
vasa the musical
BISMARCK
trafalgar the musical but ships get their own songs represented by singing figureheads
hunt for the red october. the musical
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The number one rule of cursed boat voyages is, "no matter how cursed the boat is, do not dive from it." There was no way to survive this from the beginning, but now you will see that truth with your own eyes, and no one will believe you.
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Anyone know if The North Water 2021 any good? I saw some gifs that peaked my interest but I can’t find much more on it aside from a couple trailers
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May or may not be planning to animate the trailer of a retelling of 20 leagues under the sea but with multiple cultural inspirations…,.,.
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