The Absurd 2nd Century Space Opera You'll Never Read

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  • @austinmcconnell
    @austinmcconnell  Před 2 lety +716

    Hi there. I'm making a movie, and I need your help:

  • @matt92hun
    @matt92hun Před 2 lety +16

    Not only did he write about space, he also ended on a cliffhanger and never made a sequel. He was truly way ahead of his time.

  • @timeweoya
    @timeweoya Před 2 lety +7

    I can't believe the first Sci-Fi in recorded history has puppycorns and moon femboys. Truly, the genre peaked before it ever really began

  • @reo_1907
    @reo_1907 Před rokem +6

    MF invented SciFi, satire, shitposting, mpreg and unresolved cliffhangers all in one book. Legend.

  • @inkynewt
    @inkynewt Před 2 lety +6

    "There are no women on the moon" is hands down my favorite random detail. 2,000 year old mpreg is hilarious to me somehow.

  • @GinHindew110
    @GinHindew110 Před 2 lety +2

    "There are no women on the moon"

  • @Game_Hero
    @Game_Hero Před 2 lety +3

    The fact everyone speaks greek feels like the "you speak the universal language, english" joke before its time (aka isolated aliens from distant space that, even upon first meeting mankind, are nontheless already fluent in English for some reason).

  • @alexstrickler6209
    @alexstrickler6209 Před 2 lety +3

    Sounds like Lucian would have loved hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

  • @JuniperJadePR
    @JuniperJadePR Před 2 lety +6

    It's amazing to know that sequel baiting has been a thing since ancient times.

  • @Jedijax7
    @Jedijax7 Před 2 lety +3

    OH. MY. GOD. This is has Monty Python written all over it! How has it never been turned into a movie?! I guarantee 80% of the satire is still relevant nowadays!!

  • @kaned5543
    @kaned5543 Před 2 lety +1

    Not gonna lie, I unironically loved that. Adding Lucian to my list of "people, alive or dead, I'd like to have dinner with" immediately

  • @markymark7247
    @markymark7247 Před 2 lety +15

    "There are no women on the moon."

  • @Gabriel64468
    @Gabriel64468 Před rokem +2

    Big fan of having an unimagineably large battle with millions dying only for the kings afterwards to decide "yknow we could also just be friends".

  • @kuroazrael2069
    @kuroazrael2069 Před rokem +621

    "I confidently pronounce that truthfully, I lie" That was cleaver

  • @InsolentCrow
    @InsolentCrow Před rokem +981

    My man had me flabbergasted when instead of ending the story when the characters got back to earth from the moon he hit us with "and this is where they get swallowed by a whale!"

  • @Trafoder
    @Trafoder Před rokem +1

    “Lucian finds his lamp and asks him how his family is doing back home.” Can’t believe he also mocked Dante 12 centuries in advance.

  • @sonyamiller5504
    @sonyamiller5504 Před rokem +973

    dang its been over a thousand years and this mans jokes are still landing. legend

  • @leftygurl
    @leftygurl Před 2 lety +6

    i love this so much, he starts it out by saying “this is a bit, im doing a bit” and proceeds to write the weirdest story ever, and knowing the kind of shit people would spew about foreign lands way back then, it’s absolutely hilarious

  • @Prauwlet213
    @Prauwlet213 Před rokem +1

    I unironically want a film of this

  • @viridiantheforest1037
    @viridiantheforest1037 Před rokem +357

    I love how it sounds like the scholar is so miffed. Like he was really into it and was upset about being left on a cliffhanger.