Yes it was, and I thought it was one of the best steampunk movies. Wild Wild West is a close second. (Come on, giant robot spider? Fuck Yeah)IdealistCommi said:
Has Steampunk ever been executed succesfully?
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Look for Arcanum. Great game and I can't beleive it never got a proper sequel as it was akin to many of the earlier Bioware dungeon crawls/RPG's like Baldur's Gate.
I still have mine and often think about reinstalling and replaying. That was a fun game.
I still have mine and often think about reinstalling and replaying. That was a fun game.
Cygnar here, I came in here to say basically that I agree Warmachine does the Steampunk pretty well. The way the warjacks and the armour\weapons work is pretty cool - and Cygnar and Khador get to use some Tesla-esque weaponry.murphy7801 said:
Also - Perdido Street Station by China Meiville is a damn good Steampunk novel. Bit like Michael Moorcock meets George Orwell. Check it out.
To the OP - are you sure you just don't dislike Steampunk as a basic genre? I mean, if you're not really into it then no movie, book or game is really ever going to convince you.
EDIT(S): Adding an example and fixing some typos.
Okay, you've sold me. I'm now VERY psyched for this game. You bastard, I'm already at critical excitement level for Borderlands!plastic_window said:
EDIT: Hang on, doesn't Borderlands have something of a steampunk thing to it? Mostly just because you've got revolvers in a futuristic wild west setting.
I'll admit I'm more of a Cyberpunk fan. Either way, they are two sub-genres that rarely enjoy any commercial success. Blade Runner comes to mind. Later films would be Fifth Element or I, Robot.
Two of the best Cyberpunk Anime OVA's I can think of are the original Bubblegum Crisis and Cyber City OEDO.
One of the best Cyberpunk video games that tends to go unseen was Hideo Kojima's Snatcher for MSX and Sega CD. It's a true gem and WAY ahead of its time. Honorable mention goes to the Sega Genesis adaptation of Shadowrun. A difficult game but strangely rewarding.
Cyberpunk and Steampunk are great genres for occasional hits but the subject matter tends to be too centric to be a consistent cash cow... plus they tend to have to make stupid people actually think and Lord knows we can't have that.
Two of the best Cyberpunk Anime OVA's I can think of are the original Bubblegum Crisis and Cyber City OEDO.
One of the best Cyberpunk video games that tends to go unseen was Hideo Kojima's Snatcher for MSX and Sega CD. It's a true gem and WAY ahead of its time. Honorable mention goes to the Sega Genesis adaptation of Shadowrun. A difficult game but strangely rewarding.
Cyberpunk and Steampunk are great genres for occasional hits but the subject matter tends to be too centric to be a consistent cash cow... plus they tend to have to make stupid people actually think and Lord knows we can't have that.
As far as good steampunk literature, there's always the Difference Engine, from William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. As far as I'm concerned, it's the definitive steampunk manifesto - sort of like how Bladerunner defined the cyberpunk genre...
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It's the closest anyone's ever come to that perfect Raiders adventure movie formula.
Also, Steamboy was great. I don't care what all the haters say. Make sure you watch it with the French audio track at least once. I found those to be the best VAs. And strangely fitting, as well.
Also, Steamboy was great. I don't care what all the haters say. Make sure you watch it with the French audio track at least once. I found those to be the best VAs. And strangely fitting, as well.
I feel so. Not so much the film, but the graphic novels were definitely steampunk, or at the very least borrowed heavily from that theme. If anyone has done steampunk well, it's Alan Moore.IdealistCommi said:
Another example of steampunk done well is the Mortal Engines quartet by Phillip Reeve (I also hear that a prequel has been written about the very first Hungry Cities, although I haven't yet read it). That is steampunk extraordinaire. And as others have mentioned, Edge of Twilight looks like it'll be a great steampunk game if you want to play a bit of steampunk anytime soon.
Fuck, beat me to it. Anyway, I think Steamboy used a good, if relatively light take on steampunk, and the execution and animation were like nothing I've seen in any other steampunk film. Definitely check it out.VicunaBlue said:
I'm surprised noone's mentioned Warhammer 40k yet. see: Everything related to the Imperium of Man, or forces of Chaos.
VII struck a nice balance between each.SniperWolf427 said:
Midgar was undoubtedly Cyberpunk, with technology (Such as the train in the intro) taking on a more "Steampunk-esque" look. It would be hard to classify it as one or the other, since FF VII, as well as all FF games, change significantly as the story goes on.
OT: I would say Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast did it pretty nicely.
