Regarding the query on scientists on screen, and to a lesser extent those on an sf course and filmic utopias, I would suggest--being a Jules Verne enthusiast--that the archetypes developed in his books and the screen adaptations might demonstrate some of these forms in useful ways. Most obviously, there is the inventor and lone avenger, Captain Nemo, in the myriad versions, including silents, of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. CAPTAIN NEMO AND THE UNDERWATER CITY also offers an interesting cinematic variation in an original story for the screen, portraying, generally positively, a cross between Shangri-La and Great Society, with Nemo in the style of an undersea LBJ. A very similar character to the more classical Nemo, but one who is less withdrawn and is simultaneously a militant pacifist, appears in MASTER OF THE WORLD (1961). A wholly different portrayal, scientist as explorer, appears in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, and although there have again been many versions, the 1959 movie offers the most from this angle. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1958) offers only bizarre and inconsistent characters widely divergent from the novels. More can be found in my chapter on Verne movies in The Jules Verne Encyclopedia, to be published Scarecrow early next year. Brian Taves Motion Picture Division, Library of Congress Tavesmail.loc.gov