“Sucker Punch”: More Than Just Bullets and Genre Bending

Mar
28
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV
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So it was that yesterday, (Sunday if you happen to be reading this on say, not a Monday), myself, the charming KL Kenzie, the good Rev. Cpt. Sam Flint and the lovely Lady Lisa all went to view what we …

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Steampunk Inception in 60 Seconds

Mar
17
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV
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Evidently there was a “Done in 60 Seconds” film contest and evidently one Mr. Wolfgang Matzl did this short, funny and arguably pretty damn steampunk variant of Christopher Nolan’s seminal movie “Inception.” Thanks to The Steampunk Tribune and …

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Universal’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The First Submarine Photoplay

Mar
07
Mr Autotechnical
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In my endless search for out of print films or “lost” films now available via the internet, I often scour www.archive.org and other sites for things I may have overlooked. Recently, I came across two Fritz Lang films from 1919 …

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The Circus as a Steampunk Trope

Feb
14
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV
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Regardless of what anyone says, I stand by the notion that steampunk is an impossible idea to ultimately define (at least as I write this it still seems to be). That does not, however, mean it is impossible to …

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Lovett’s new “Eye of The Storm” music video

Feb
05
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV
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Thanks to the Musebox for this update – musician Ben Lovett’s new music video for his single “Eye of the Storm” went live yesterday on AOL’s Spinner portal and I must say, the video is gorgeous indeed.  I caught a …

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