Steampunk Films?

[Animavore]

I never read the graphic novel but I did flick through it and it seemed quite different to me from the film.
The film wasn't that bad though. Not great either. Just there.

Never picked up a graphic so I couldn't tell. I keep books and movies separate, the "apples v. oranges rule" would apply there.

But you said you looked at it from the "graphic novel level"?

[ficklefiend]

I like the film, it's fun and silly, but a lot of people see it as absolute heresy to turn an Alan Moore comic into something fun and silly. I see them as two separate entities, comic book and film, so it doesn't really bother me.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I never read the graphic novel but I did flick through it and it seemed quite different to me from the film.
The film wasn't that bad though. Not great either. Just there.

Never picked up a graphic so I couldn't tell. I keep books and movies separate, the "apples v. oranges rule" would apply there.

But you said you looked at it from the "graphic novel level"?

Yeah, "comic book made into a film".

[normal]

What is steampunk?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

What is steampunk?

[normal]

What is steampunk?

I ask because I don't want to use google. I am looking for the answer typed out by someone who knows and can sum it up in one sentence. It's much more rewarding than a cold explanation by some stupid wiki page. It feels more personal

[Animavore]

I never read the graphic novel but I did flick through it and it seemed quite different to me from the film.
The film wasn't that bad though. Not great either. Just there.

Never picked up a graphic so I couldn't tell. I keep books and movies separate, the "apples v. oranges rule" would apply there.

But you said you looked at it from the "graphic novel level"?

Yeah, "comic book made into a film".

But to look at it at the level of the graphic novel would require you to be familiar with the graphic novel. Otherwise...

I just can't be arsed today. Too ill.

[Pappa]

Please don't tell me you mean the truly dreadful Michelle Pfieffer film?

I love it.

De Niro in a dress? what's not to like?

Exactly.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

But to look at it at the level of the graphic novel would require you to be familiar with the graphic novel. Otherwise...

I just can't be arsed today. Too ill.

If you expect much from a comic book you really should have a lie down.

[Pappa]

What is steampunk?

It's a genre of books/films/games/comics that is set in a fictional 19th century (often Victorian), that includes odd extras like airships, and other advanced technology based on steam rather than electricity. The genre doesn't have to include those technological elements though, as it can just pick up the visual style instead. It's part fantasy, part sci-fi and crosses over into pulp quite often too.

[normal]

What is steampunk?

It's a genre of books/films/games/comics that is set in a fictional 19th century (often Victorian), that includes odd extras like airships, and other advanced technology based on steam rather than electricity. The genre doesn't have to include those technological elements though, as it can just pick up the visual style instead. It's part fantasy, part sci-fi and crosses over into pulp quite often too.

Was the new Sherlock Holmes movie sort of in that genre?

[Animavore]

What is steampunk?

It's a genre of books/films/games/comics that is set in a fictional 19th century (often Victorian), that includes odd extras like airships, and other advanced technology based on steam rather than electricity. The genre doesn't have to include those technological elements though, as it can just pick up the visual style instead. It's part fantasy, part sci-fi and crosses over into pulp quite often too.

So in this regard Dr. Snuggles is steampunk?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

What is steampunk?

It's a genre of books/films/games/comics that is set in a fictional 19th century (often Victorian), that includes odd extras like airships, and other advanced technology based on steam rather than electricity. The genre doesn't have to include those technological elements though, as it can just pick up the visual style instead. It's part fantasy, part sci-fi and crosses over into pulp quite often too.

Techno-Victorian.

[Animavore]

I never knew (well, I couldn't of as a kid) that Dr. Snuggles is voiced by Peter Ustinov and written (at least this episode) by Douglas Adams.

[ficklefiend]

What is steampunk?

As far as I can tell, goggles. Lots and lots of goggles.