Comments on: Sillof’s Star Wars Through A Steampunk Lens http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200804/sillofs-steampunk-star-wars/ The lighter side of Steampunk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SteamBlast_Mary http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200804/sillofs-steampunk-star-wars/#comment-143489 SteamBlast_Mary Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:27:19 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=723#comment-143489 <p>Isn't all Steampunk based on re-imagining fundamentally? Re-imagining an alternative past/ present/ future. That doesn't make it any less valid. Besides, tongue-in-cheek, affectionate parody is half the fun sometimes!</p> <p>Don't get me wrong, you are of course entitled to like/ dislike whatever aspects of it that appeal to you or not.</p> <p>Besides, isn't Star Wars itself essentially a re-imagining of a basic fairy story? Farm-hand discovers heritage through mysterious mentor, goes off to rescue princess from evil dark knight, picks up rogue & barbarian on the way to help, happy ending all round etc etc.</p> <p>Speaking of random episodes, did anyone else catch the episode of the Powerpuff Girls where they go back in time and a re-invented as the Steamypuff girls, complete with 5-foot boilers on their backs so they could fly?</p> Isn’t all Steampunk based on re-imagining fundamentally? Re-imagining an alternative past/ present/ future. That doesn’t make it any less valid. Besides, tongue-in-cheek, affectionate parody is half the fun sometimes!

Don’t get me wrong, you are of course entitled to like/ dislike whatever aspects of it that appeal to you or not.

Besides, isn’t Star Wars itself essentially a re-imagining of a basic fairy story? Farm-hand discovers heritage through mysterious mentor, goes off to rescue princess from evil dark knight, picks up rogue & barbarian on the way to help, happy ending all round etc etc.

Speaking of random episodes, did anyone else catch the episode of the Powerpuff Girls where they go back in time and a re-invented as the Steamypuff girls, complete with 5-foot boilers on their backs so they could fly?

]]> By: Arkonbey http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200804/sillofs-steampunk-star-wars/#comment-127277 Arkonbey Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:06:57 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=723#comment-127277 <p>I'm a pretty big steampunk fan and last night (while watching the Farscape episode with the furnace-equipped "garbologist's" starship), I had a conversation about steampunk. I like it, but I find I'm darn sick of the 'steampunk-ization' of non-steampunk stuff. Just stop already. Those figures are cool, but how many iterations of Star Wars steam punk stuff do we need? Stop RE-imagining and get IMAGINING, people.</p> I’m a pretty big steampunk fan and last night (while watching the Farscape episode with the furnace-equipped “garbologist’s” starship), I had a conversation about steampunk. I like it, but I find I’m darn sick of the ‘steampunk-ization’ of non-steampunk stuff. Just stop already. Those figures are cool, but how many iterations of Star Wars steam punk stuff do we need? Stop RE-imagining and get IMAGINING, people.

]]> By: Josahn http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200804/sillofs-steampunk-star-wars/#comment-125845 Josahn Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:02:17 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=723#comment-125845 <p>Woderful, sir! I am Star Wars and a steampunk aficionado and this is really wonderful! Agree with you with the potential of this...why then often steampunk movie have good style, good plot but final turn into bad movie?</p> Woderful, sir! I am Star Wars and a steampunk aficionado and this is really wonderful! Agree with you with the potential of this…why then often steampunk movie have good style, good plot but final turn into bad movie?

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