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First Sci-Fi picture?

posted 14 years ago by bobquack
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Was this the very first sci-fi picture? Or was there an earlier one?

"Klaatu barada nikto"

[–] skl2003 14 years ago

Well, there's Melies's 'A Trip to the Moon'.

[–] bobquack 14 years ago

Or his earlier film, The Astronomer's Dream (1898) which is first on the subject.

"Klaatu barada nikto"

This thing was a Soviet idea of Flash Gordon, but without the Vansmerrens.

Life's like that, isn't it? Undercooked then over-baked and finally insipient.

[–] [email protected] 13 years ago

20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea had been done twice before this movie, and The First Men In the Moon once. Among others.

[–] ilpohirvonen 13 years ago

Yea of course there are tons of made before Aelita. But generally speaking Aelita is considered the first science fiction -- the one that started it all. But Metropolis is the mother of science fiction.