Post #84821 by Humuhumu on Tue, Apr 6, 2004 9:05 AM

ETG, I'm sure you've already thought of this, but in case you haven't, a simple IMDB search on "Jules Verne" brings up the many, many, many film/tv adaptations of his work. I'm not very up to speed on steampunk (if I've really had any exposure at all, it would be "The Difference Engine," is that a bit in line with what you're thinking?), but it would seem to me that any Victorian-age references to Polynesia would be focused very much on the primitive, and it would take an imagination like Jules Verne's to go totally nutty and throw machines into the mix. None of the movies that come up on IMDB seem to be a slam-dunk, but there are so many versions of "Mysterious Island," perhaps one of them will give you what you're looking for. It's been a long time since I've seen "Around the World in 80 Days," does it have any stops in Polynesia, or just Asia?

I may be totally missing the point of what you're looking for, feel free to disregard.