Friday, January 7, 2011

I Would Collect The Whole Set

8 comments:

DEZMOND said...

Tesla was and is the most famous Serbian scientist and also one of the most mysterious ones ever. Things he invented and discovered have changed the world forever.

Kal said...

Tesla was the real deal. What kind of world would we live in today if Edison had worked with him instead of actively trying to destroy him at every turn. Edison was a jealous dickhead. Have you ever heared or read the story about the elephant and the AC/DC current debate (direct current vs alternating current). Edison was for DC (and later regretted his selection) and Tesla was for AC. Edison electrocuted an elephant using AC current energy just to prove his point that it was dangerous. The image of that was worth a thousand words to the financial backers who went with Edison.

DEZMOND said...

the most interesting part about Tesla are all of his unknown, mysterious discoveries - like time-travel, transmission, some special weaponry ... totally crazy things ... This is why, after his death, the Serbian and the American governments were fighting for the things he left behind him, his papers and research ... Probably the biggest scientist ever ... and off course the pride and joy of my country :)

Kal said...

Like I said..IF ONLY. I could be using my time machine to shop for old action figures as we speak.

Have you ever read the comic Atomic Robo? It's the adventures of a sentient robot created by Tesla who fights monsters and Nazis? Great book.

M. D. Jackson said...

Have you seen THE PRESTIGE? David Bowie plays Tesla. It's a brilliant movie.

Tesla has been mythologized even more so that Einstein because he became so secretive after his humiliation by Edison. He ended up in a tenement apartment in Brooklyn (?) keeping pigeons.

Those posters, though -- EPIC WIN! I want 'em all!

Kal said...

I love the 'Prestige'. The ending of that movie is haunting and genius all at the same time. The fact that they came to that end without forshadowing what the 'trick' really was was very rewarding. I knew it was a trick but not how GREAT a trick it was.

Gristle McNerd said...

I did some research and it turns out you can buy them here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/meganlee

Kal said...

Thanks buddy. I appreciate that.