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The RJD Sherlock Holmes movies were quasi-Steampunk. But City of Lost Children is pretty much THE good Steampunk movie.
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Nope. There's nothing else that really comes to my mind as Steampunk instead of Victorian-ish.
What I really want is the folks who make Warehouse 13 to actually carry out their fliration with the idea to do an HG Wells (who in the series is a woman played by Jaime Murray [link] spin-off, which would be chockful of steampunkish goodness. We got a quick peak at that during her origin-story episode, which had her partnered with Gareth David-Lloyd, which certainly didn't hurt.
Hugo is my gold standard right now. I need more Hugos!
Yes, please. It was such a beautiful film.
What I really want is the folks who make Warehouse 13 to actually carry out their fliration with the idea to do an HG Wells (who in the series is a woman played by Jaime Murray [link]) spin-off, which would be chockful of steampunkish goodness. We got a quick peak at that during her origin-story episode, which had her partnered with Gareth David-Lloyd, which certainly didn't hurt.
Yes, please on this too.
A student of mine made a very plausible case for the steampunkiness of Brazil, while we're on the Gilliam. Even more than Time Bandits, I think.
Not related to the Steampunk discussion, but ...
If you have Comcast on-demand, Wicker Man is available in free movies. Erotic horror thriller. Great music (original folk score composed for the film) - the score really is a character in the film. I suspect most Buffistas have seen it, but if not I recommend it.
[On Edit] According to Wikipedia, the producer describes it as a "musical". And I guess it is true. Not in the Broadway sense, or even like the musical episode of Buffy, but yes the music does advance the plot in several cases, and certainly provides important background information as we slide down the rabbit hole. Pardon me, Hare run.
Is this the Christopher Lee original, or the remake? Because the Devil's going to have to trade in his pitchfork for a hockey stick before he can get me to watch a Nicholas Cage musical.
Has anyone here seen the Abraham Lincoln flick? I've read a number of comments defending it, but that tends to be people who haven't seen it telling people who have that they think too hard.
The people who've seen it seem basically to agree that it tries to be more serious than the title would imply, and that it fails--that the movie was trying too hard, and that's what they're deducting points for.
I can totally understand if no one here has any first hand information, but if you stumble upon a capture of the horse toss I'd love to have a look.
And, barely subconsciously, the fact that Lincoln is a *Hunter* where Buffy is a Slayer means she's totally badder assed than he is, right up in the title.
I was so fucking excited about the film, and then I read the reviews. I'm waiting for it to show up on Amazon or FX now.
I saw it and liked it.
It is just so serious and over the top that it's fun and funny. You also have to ignore the history and pretend the movie happens in an alternate universe.
I saw it with my friend Miriam. She did point out that no, Lincoln did not have a black sidekick. She also said it's a parody of Hollywood action movies, but I'm not so sure.
We certainly weren't the only ones in the theater laughing, though.
Also, Speed was a real, historical friend of Lincoln's.
eta: Miriam said the only thing that was historically accurate was that no one who knew Lincoln called him Abe. Also, the thing that ita ! whitefonted was one of many scenes that had me laughing with glee.