20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher#20.2C000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea

_punk

Cyber_punk led to steam_punk and diesel_punk.

When you look at fashion inspired by these sci-fi subgenres there is typically an emphasis upon 1970's punk fashion and its more recent off-shoots. Fetish clothing, spiky, dyed hair, tattoos, piercings.

Yet, when you read Neuromancer or The Difference Engine, you find nothing in these stories to suggest this fashion. The word 'punk' and how it is manifest in these books (the origin of cyberpunk and steampunk) is more to do with attitude rather than fashion.

'Punk' generates images of anti-establishment, irreverence of authority, breaking the rules, ignoring boundaries, anarchy etc. These aspects of punk are what you may find in the source novels.

Rather than revere technology, the characters treat it indifferently, casually. There is a saturation of throw-away technology evident from the very beginning on Neuromancer. The reader is bewildered by the dizzying descriptions of the future, but the characters are not in awe of their world.

In The Difference Engine there is a massive degree of detail pertaining to Victorian fashion, objects and technology. The punk element is not made manifest by spiky purple hair. Dyed hair is 1970's punk, not steampunk.

Each manifestation of the punk sensibility is relevant to the era in which it occurs. Victorian era punk styling is not going to take ideas from the 1970's. It rebels against its own era and the fashion should reflect this.

Steampunk tai chi movie

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/taichi0/

Steampunk cakes

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/09/steampunk-cakes-clockwork-confections-to-make-your-mouth-water-pictures_n_1659195.html?ncid=wsc-ukhf-news-image&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

Link c/o Ann Flenley

Wild Wild West - re-visited

Wild Wild West didn't do well on release but a decade later its a pretty decent film. It has aged well and the steampunk theme is great.

Jim West is possibly Will Smith's best character.

My steampunk explorer boots

Hubby got me these for Christmas, so I can't wear them for a few weeks!

Hubby's grandfather had a very steampunk name: Randolph Booth

Say it aloud? How awesome!

Steampunk-inspired car interior

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/26/pagani-huayra-supercar-has-a-steampunk-interior-that-would-impre/

Yes, it looks cool, but the cost is outrageous!

H G Wells

http://screenrant.com/warehouse-13-spinoff-hg-wells-syfy-mcrid-115132/

Steampunk never was

Steampunk is a re-imagining of the Victorian era. It is a history that never was. The genre takes the styles, fashions, technology and material of the Victorian era and twists it.

Steampunk site

http://www.thesteampunkempire.com/

Watch

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/02/retrowerks-steampunk.html

Goggles

Warehouse 13 features steampunk technology

http://steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml

3 punks

There are 3 sci-fi 'punk' genres:

1. Cyberpunk (matrix-esque)
2. Steampunk (Victorian era)
3. ? punk (World War 1 & 2)

I'm not sure what the 3rd one is called.

Cyberpunk is a bit old hat now. It was inspired by William Gibson's 1984 book Neuromancer. Steampunk featured in Gibson's book The Difference Engine.

Essentially, the 'punk' part is a kind of irreverence for the technology; an attitude of indifference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

Steampunk

http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/