While I have sympathy for the ole Argo (hence I mentioned it), the three Abrahamic religions all tell the Noah myth. The number of adherents of the those three religions is more than half the planet...about 3.5-4 billion people. There are at least another 100 million if you count in the atheists and agnostics raised in cultures where the story is recited (like the U.S. and Europe) At the height of the Roman Empire it had perhaps 100 million, and they had more people than the Greeks. More modern populations today swamp ancient populations in sheer numbers and more than half the modern world has heard of Noah's Ark. It may not have had a name, but it is inarguably famous. I was waiting for someone to object to its being called "fictional." Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
The Enterprise must be the most famous because American TV is watched all over the world. It's either that, or Noah's Ark. The Good ship Venus, beloved of Rugby players, is less famous.
I first came across Davey Jones independently of the Flying Dutchman. Legends of the origin of the The Flying Dutchman vary, but the one I first came across was the Plague Story. Davey Jones' Locker is a seperate story entirely (well mostly) there's one 'theory' on Davey Jones being Van der decken (the captain of the flying dutchman) but I personally didn't come across that until Pirates of the Carribean.
Good choice, but "most famous"? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! (Even if it did always go in reverse). Half the people here couldn't even name where that ship comes from. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Right, but most famous to who? Remembering that to Geriatric old farts like me, names like "LIberator" "Nostromo" are probably bigger than some of the names being thrown around. Heh heh. Nostromo...
Well "most famous" usually means something a little more than the three geeks (thee, me and who else?) who were wedded to the screen religiously every time the show started Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! And what a brilliant end to the series - I'm waiting for the follow-up (still). (And I'm also waiting for my local HMV to put the entire series on the "Reduced Price" shelf Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!) The Scorpio wasn't bad either.
True, but again, it comes down to perspective, the in the group of people I hang out with, they all know what the liberator is, who captained it and such. :shrug: (My Wife and I own the entire series).
Okay, 3 might have been understating it slightly. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Can I be your friend? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
The Good Ship Lolipop. "On the Good Ship Lollipop" was the trademark song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes. Contrary to popular belief, the ship in the song is an aircraft. In the song, the "Good Ship Lollipop" travels to a candy land. There is a direct reference to an airplane in the song: "Someday I'm going to fly/I'll be a pilot, too...". The song was composed by Richard A. Whiting and lyrics were supplied by Sidney Clare. 500,000 copies of the sheet music were sold. A recording by Mae Questel (the cartoon voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl) reputedly sold more than 2 million copies.[citation needed] WIKI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_RZTusUzM8
I should probably point out that I live in a (British) Commonwealth Country, here we get at least as much British Television as American Television, the show in question was pretty much on during prime time television here (at the time we only had two channels, and they were both free to air). Sure. Actually, I do have another serious nomination - the TARDIS. It meets all the definitions of a space ship, and it's survived 46 years, 753 episodes, and 30 seasons unchanged (on the outside at least anyway). Addendum: I should also point out that the interior of the TARDIS has retained at least as many elements from it's original design as (for example) the Enterprise E has. COmpare in chronological order: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! And: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
if we can go for boats, the unnamed boat which the fery man uses to take people across the river styx
