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« Reply #301 on: July 23, 2010, 03:55:12 pm » |
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I'm sorry to derail the thread, but I can't get over how awesome it is that we have THE Oswald Bastable here in our midst on BG! I remember someone being surprised that VP was represented here, but we're nothing compared to the Eternal Champion!  I think I remember watching that many years ago; thought it was rather good but had no idea what it was called in part of the film is a car sabotaged and someone (a dog?) holds the damaged part in place so they can race properly? |
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« Reply #302 on: July 23, 2010, 06:14:55 pm » |
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I'm sorry to derail the thread, but I can't get over how awesome it is that we have THE Oswald Bastable here in our midst on BG! I remember someone being surprised that VP was represented here, but we're nothing compared to the Eternal Champion! I think I remember watching that many years ago; thought it was rather good but had no idea what it was called in part of the film is a car sabotaged and someone (a dog?) holds the damaged part in place so they can race properly? ssshhhh I'm undercover |
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« Reply #303 on: August 02, 2010, 05:49:16 am » |
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Sincere apologies if this has already been listed here but I nearly fell of my bath-chair with excitement when I saw this clip on the wonderful "Tube of YOU" website ............Terry Gilliam presents '1884 Yesterdays Future' Animation test |
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« Reply #304 on: August 02, 2010, 11:02:37 am » |
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Looks as if it could be promising. However, Terry Gilliam has a worrying tendency to be dogged by terrible luck in getting films finished.
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« Reply #305 on: August 03, 2010, 03:31:48 am » |
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Sincere apologies if this has already been listed here but I nearly fell of my bath-chair with excitement when I saw this clip on the wonderful "Tube of YOU" website ............Terry Gilliam presents '1884 Yesterdays Future' Animation test Thank you for bringing this picture to my attention. That being said, this movie simply MUST be made! Arvis |
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« Reply #306 on: August 03, 2010, 08:27:50 pm » |
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Sherlock Holmes had a great Steampunk feel!
Sorry if this has been mentioned but I'm new here - The Matrix movies I would add.
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« Reply #307 on: August 04, 2010, 04:33:39 am » |
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The Matrix movies I would add. How so? |
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« Reply #308 on: August 04, 2010, 05:30:58 am » |
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« Reply #309 on: August 04, 2010, 06:50:49 am » |
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A new trailer for Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-SecOOhhhh im rubbing my hands together with gleeful anticipation............. |
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« Reply #310 on: August 04, 2010, 02:47:06 pm » |
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A new trailer for Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec Awwww.... I'm gonna have to watch this twice just so I can see what I missed while reading the subtitles! Looks like it's gonna be bad ass! Arvis |
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« Reply #311 on: August 06, 2010, 10:42:28 pm » |
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The Matrix movies I would add. How so? Don't you think the underground, the colors, the hovercraft (sort of like underground drigibles), the outfits, etc, speak some steampunk to you? Even Trinity running accross the roofs in the opening scene... I dunno, it does to me. :-) |
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« Reply #312 on: August 06, 2010, 11:23:52 pm » |
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The Matrix movies I would add. How so? Don't you think the underground, the colors, the hovercraft (sort of like underground drigibles), the outfits, etc, speak some steampunk to you? Even Trinity running accross the roofs in the opening scene... I dunno, it does to me. :-) Just screams cyberpunk to me personally |
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« Reply #313 on: August 07, 2010, 03:53:49 pm » |
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The Matrix movies I would add. How so? Don't you think the underground, the colors, the hovercraft (sort of like underground drigibles), the outfits, etc, speak some steampunk to you? Even Trinity running accross the roofs in the opening scene... I dunno, it does to me. :-) And I respect your opinion on the matter, so please don't mistake this as a challange to your opinion, but rather as an invitation to explore that factors that formed your opinion for the purposes of engaging and discussing for their own entertainment values and better understanding your thoughts on the matter. It seems to me that seeing steampunk in The Matrix is another case of automatically seeing the post apocalyptic as steampunk. To your specific points: Nothing about the underground seemed steampunk (rather more "50's bomb shelter meets warehouse rave"). The colors no more than any other moodily lit film. The hovercraft no more so than the flying cars of Bladerunner (the technology was standard dystopian future sci-fi as was it's decorative style). The outfits were either modern-cut all black leathers or particularly well-groomed homeless. As to Trinity running across rooftops I am especially puzzled as to what steampunk you saw there so I will chalk it up to you having some sort of "gut feeling" and leave that be. Just screams cyberpunk to me personally
To me as well. The setting and the technology (even in Zion) is almost definitivly cyberpunk. Now, that is not to say that a steampunk variation of The Matrix wouldn't be a facinating exploration. It was mentioned in one of the films that different variations had been tried. It is amusing for me to imagine that one variation could have been a very Victorian-esque sprawling city (the machines, perhaps, stunting technology as a means of controlling the human population). Now those "coppertops" that start to wake up have some sort of instinctive sense of technology at work and start to invent like mad as they awaken, chasing half-formed dreams of higher tech but constrained by the settings limits. As they become more aware, their inventions start to work... even the ones that shouldn't... drawing the attention of "The Operatives" with their dark frock coats and tinted-glasses. |
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« Reply #314 on: August 11, 2010, 07:31:03 am » |
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« Reply #315 on: August 12, 2010, 12:48:10 am » |
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They may be set in the Victorian Age, but what´s steampunk about those two?
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« Reply #316 on: August 13, 2010, 06:28:07 am » |
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The character of Van Hellsing in Dracula alone should speak for itself. In fact, if that horrible piece of cinema so named Van Hellsing (though I do love Hugh Jackman) can be considered steampunk, then movies about a werewolf a vampire surely can. Those creatures aren't exactly non-fiction. They may not have had fantastic gadgets and unnecessarlity large weaponry, but I would consider it steampunk. Just like The Prestige, which did not feature anything overly fantastic, just has a few scenes with Nicola Tesla and some over-sized Tesla Coils (when really it was a drama about revenge).
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« Reply #317 on: August 14, 2010, 11:37:33 am » |
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Both the Van Helsing movie and The Prestige featured machinery too advanced for it´s time. I don´t see the same is true for Dracula or the Wolfman.
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« Reply #318 on: August 17, 2010, 10:56:22 pm » |
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A new trailer for Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-SecThat movie looks amazing, do you know when it is coming out in the US? I can't find it anywhere> |
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« Reply #319 on: August 17, 2010, 11:24:12 pm » |
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A new trailer for Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-SecThat movie looks amazing, do you know when it is coming out in the US? I can't find it anywhere> Oddly, I cannot find a USA release date either. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179025/releaseinfo |
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« Reply #320 on: August 18, 2010, 06:25:49 pm » |
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A new trailer for Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-SecThat movie looks amazing, do you know when it is coming out in the US? I can't find it anywhere> Oddly, I cannot find a USA release date either. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179025/releaseinfo Darn it! |
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« Reply #321 on: August 19, 2010, 08:55:52 am » |
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What about the movie Nine? It has a scientist who created the main characters, lots of gadgets being used/created, and judging from the visuals seems to be set in a time period somewhere around World War 1.
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« Reply #322 on: August 19, 2010, 06:59:40 pm » |
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A new trailer for Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-SecThat movie looks amazing, do you know when it is coming out in the US? I can't find it anywhere> Oddly, I cannot find a USA release date either. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179025/releaseinfo Darn it! Being as it's French and subtitled it's highly unlikely to get a widespread cinema release in the U.S.A. You'll more than likely have to wait for the limited DVD release or for the vastly inferior Hollywood remake that's bound to be churned out eventually. Cynical? Moi? |
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« Reply #323 on: August 24, 2010, 04:08:25 am » |
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As I read this thread I am incredibly confused by some people's idea of what makes something steampunk. I know I'm not the only one, and I wonder if this list wouldn't benefit from adding a definition of what makes a steampunk movie steampunk.
For instance, just because a movie is set in a Victorian setting, or has a dirigible, or features a cog or a machine doesn't make it a steampunk movie... because all of these things exist in real life. Also, just because it features something futuristic doesn't make it steampunk, it could go under one of many other genres.
My understanding of steampunk has always been that it is a vision of the future through Victorian era eyes. If that's the definition we go with then the movie doesn't have to be based in that era, per se, but it needs to be inspired by it; which means that while it can feature machines that did not exist in that period it cannot feature technology not invented yet. Hence the steam in steampunk.
So in conclusion, I will add my opinion on some movies on the list.
Mary Poppins - Plenty of steam, no punk
The Matrix - Plenty of punk, no steam.
The African Queen - Barely any steam, definitely no punk
Howl's Moving Castle - Plenty of steam, plenty of punk
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« Reply #324 on: August 24, 2010, 04:22:46 am » |
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As I read this thread I am incredibly confused by some people's idea of what makes something steampunk. I know I'm not the only one, and I wonder if this list wouldn't benefit from adding a definition of what makes a steampunk movie steampunk.
For instance, just because a movie is set in a Victorian setting, or has a dirigible, or features a cog or a machine doesn't make it a steampunk movie... because all of these things exist in real life. Also, just because it features something futuristic doesn't make it steampunk, it could go under one of many other genres.
My understanding of steampunk has always been that it is a vision of the future through Victorian era eyes. If that's the definition we go with then the movie doesn't have to be based in that era, per se, but it needs to be inspired by it; which means that while it can feature machines that did not exist in that period it cannot feature technology not invented yet. Hence the steam in steampunk.
So in conclusion, I will add my opinion on some movies on the list.
Mary Poppins - Plenty of steam, no punk
The Matrix - Plenty of punk, no steam.
The African Queen - Barely any steam, definitely no punk
Howl's Moving Castle - Plenty of steam, plenty of punk
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