Sunday, 7 October 2012

STEAM-PUNK

Let's Hear It For STEAMPUNK..!


Van Helsing (2004)

Franklyn (2008)



          Rocket Man (1949)

The FLASH GORDON serial was hugely successful, especially; it was Universal's
second biggest-grossing film of 1936, beaten only by Three Smart Girls.
The serial was so popular that it was shown in evening performances -
- serials were usually only shown at matinees.


Flash Gordon with ray gun and Ming the Merciless

Hugo (2011)
Wild, Wild West (1999)


American Gothic: Sleepy Hollow (1999) directed by Tim Burton

La Jetee (1962)


Tetsuo II: Body Hammer  (1992) ... ok, Cyberpunk really...


City of Lost Children (1995)
City of Lost Children (1995)


Brazil (1985) British science fiction fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam


Twelve Monkeys (1995) inspired by La Jetee




The Golden Compass (2007)
  
Steampunk cars, guns, submarines, long-coats... must be the 1880s?

Dr Jekyll, Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Alan Quartermain, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner, and Tom Sawyer,
must be The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)


20.000 Leagues Under the Sea: a re-creation of the Nautilus by WikiFred on Wikipedia.org.

Coming down... Flash Gordon

The Time Machine (1960)


The Time Machine (2002)






Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)



"I”m a 63 year old grandpa and just realized I’ve been steam punk all these years and did not realize it. What a great find. It’s never too late!"
David - a blog browser


“To me, it’s essentially the intersection of
technology and romance.”
– Jake von Slatt


“Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown.”
– Jess Nevins


You have got to be kidding me....!

 


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Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Where It All Begins...


Blogger yours truely comes a cropper in the wild wood....

 "Never stray from the path", and

always be home in time for supper... (2)



don't tell where grandma lives....

or stray from the road... (the Korean update of Grimm "Hansel & Gretel" (2007))


American Gothic: Edward Gorey's take on Red Riding Hood




Where it all begins: As a child I was scared rotten by my father's rendition of two favourite tales; Hansel and Gretel AND The Tinder Box. I had no idea what a tinder box actually was but I was sure scared silly by the dog "with eyes as big as dinner plates!" That is the monster the brave soldier has to face in order to get to the promised gold. What thrills for the imagination of the young! 










"The soldier struck the tiderbox twice and bade the dog with eyes like soup plates to bring the Princess to his house..."
from Beauty & the Beast and Other Stories illustrated by Louise Brierley




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