Goosebumps over "Ghost of Moby Dick"
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
gmhome — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 11:14 PM)
So I've got Voyage to the Bottom of the sea on in the background while I work. Half paying attention, I note it's about a recognizable character actor playing a scientist studying a big Sperm whale.
Then I hear Admiral Nelson reading from Moby Dick and all of a sudden I get goosebumps all over. The last time I'd heard that voice reading from that book was in the 1956 movie, Moby Dick starring he and Gregory Peck. I always loved that movie because of the way Richard Baseheart played Ishmael and performed the narration.
Then I thought, "Oh no they di-int". Yup, they swiped an episode from a classic story. In this case Moby Dick. I went and looked up the episode and it's title is "Ghost of Moby Dick". I paid close attention and sure enough, it was lifted directly from the book. There is one significant change to the plot though