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Carleton- This One's For You
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What is this "Steam Punk"? Is it like Capt. Nemo/Nautilus kind of style/technology?
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That's what it reminded me of. The Don posted something about it a while back and I was really impressed with the look of it. It has the functionality of high tech but the soul of old, mechanical devices.
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There was a steampunk group that I ended up hanging out with at the Con in August. They where a very cool group and even played their parts at times.
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go forth and Google....but yes thats basically it. Kind of Neo-Victorian. maybe someone should steampunk a Benz....a Gullwing perhaps?
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(I was there, just for a day to play NSDM though, not hardcore enough to hang the weekend and dress up/attend the Steampunk ball......) -John
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There's a steam punk ball?! I'd love to see THAT!
"Steamin' at the Steam Punk Ball . . . "
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Nope, one right here in CT its been going on for a few years.
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Or does it have the functionality of old, mechanical devices but the soul of high tech?
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Steam punk is the blending of old and new technoligy. Usualy it draws a lot from the Victorian age, although Last Exile drew heavily from the Golden Age of Aviation.
For example the Vanship, When done right it is a fascinating to see.
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I'd say the soul of the old, and functionality of high tech.
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Now that I think a little more about it, that movie "Dune" had kind of a steam punk flavor...
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Thanks for the cool link,my Mistress.
Seems like an inchoate,aesthetics driven reaction against the functional sterility inherent in this tech-driven society. I'll post some neat pics later of some my really fancy original gadgets,the youngest of which is at least 80 years old.
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Think Will Smith and Wild, Wild west
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Yep. You're right. I think both Dune and The Wild, Wild West had a lot of Steam Punk flavor. At the time they came out, I had never heard that term, though.
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