Post #84822 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Tue, Apr 6, 2004 9:22 AM

On 2004-04-05 11:16, atomictonytiki wrote:
Nice site, but no mention of Bryan Talbot's "Luther Arkwright" or "Heart of the Empire" comics, or Talbots great art work on Pat Mills "Nemesis the Warlock" particularly when they go to the "Gothick Empire"
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And to further take this off topic, what did you think of the "League of Extraordinary gentlemen" movie?

I am familiar with Brian Talbot's work, and will probably get around to reviewing it some day. Unfortunately, there's a LOT that isn't on my site, either because I'm not familiar enough with it, haven't got around to reviewing it, or haven't found anyone volunteering to review it for me. Of course, I'm always willing to take submissions :wink:

As for LXG, I don't know because nothing about that movie made we want to see it. I love the comic to death, therefore I didn't want to psychologically taint it by polluting my mind with the pale perversion that Hollywood produced.

On 2004-04-05 11:57, freddiefreelance wrote:
If you're looking for source material you can try naval histories from that time period focused on the South Pacific.

I'm looking more just to be entertained. But thank you for the recommendations.

On 2004-04-06 09:05, Humuhumu wrote:
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.

No, you're pretty bang on. The Difference Engine is one of the primary texts for Steampunk, and what got the genre its name (Cyberpunk authours writing Victorian-type Sci-Fi = "Steampunk", much to their chagrin).

The problem with doing the IMDb searches is that it's hard to get a feel for the actual movie itself and what it might contain. One might not guess from the entry on Disney's 20K that there's this whole slew of cannibals in it. I do still have to get around to checking Ray Harryhausen's Mysterious Island though... I might have see it when I was a wee one, but even then I don't really remember it.

Likewise with Around the World in 80 Days. I wonder if the new version with Jackie Chan is going to have any Tiki goodness in it...

Anyways, thanks everyone!
Cory