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== Keep it encyclopedic == |
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This article is not the place for standalone statements of the form "The thing happened on this date and is steampunk. Such statements should be listed in [[List of steampunk works]]. If you're going to mention it here, please explain how the thing is linked to the rest of Steampunk such that it makes sense to talk about it in the encyclopedic narrative.[[User:Holzman-tweed|Holzman-Tweed]] ([[User talk:Holzman-tweed|talk]]) 16:25, 26 May 2015 (UTC) |
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== David Lynch's Dune? == |
== David Lynch's Dune? == |
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Keep it encyclopedic
This article is not the place for standalone statements of the form "The thing happened on this date and is steampunk. Such statements should be listed in List of steampunk works. If you're going to mention it here, please explain how the thing is linked to the rest of Steampunk such that it makes sense to talk about it in the encyclopedic narrative.Holzman-Tweed (talk) 16:25, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
David Lynch's Dune?
Surely the imagery of David Lynch's film version of Dune is "steam punk" style as well, particularly the Harkonans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.161.78.193 (talk) 05:21, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
- Not really. The mere fact that a thing references similar visual cues to those referenced by Steampunk does not make a thing Steampunk. Dune is futurist, not retrofuturist. It has parallels to historical events because Frank Herbert based the series on certain colonialist conflicts for control of the Middle, and those verbal cues are a reference to that.Holzman-Tweed (talk) 05:37, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Also Firefly or Serenity?
Wouldn't be Firefly a kind of steampunk? Not exactly using steam, but sort of. ※ Sobreira ◣◥ (parlez) 19:40, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- In general, no. There are a number of their worlds that are at different levels of technological, cultural, and social development, but the series as a whole is not terribly steampunk, IMO. Centerone (talk) 23:27, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Agree with Centerone. If merely having steam powered things made a thing Steampunk, there'd be a whole bunch of non-fictional history that qualified. Firefly is futurist and post-apocalyptic, but not retrofuturist and thus not Steampunk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Holzman-tweed (talk • contribs) 05:39, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Expand American West section.
Some of the following has already been lightly touched upon, but I think more detail is due to display greater depth of the topic.
Television in this genre includes the series, The Wild Wild West (1965-1969) and two follow up television movies, The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) and More Wild Wild West (1980). The large screen film, Wild Wild West, starred Will Smith and Kevin Kline. Examples of printed graphic literature include The Wild Wild West (1966), The Night of the Iron Tyrants (1990), and Far West. Digital graphic literature includes DC Comics' High Moon and Jonah Hex. Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 19:28, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Origin of the term - Seems to be?
Why does the origin of the term section state: "It seems to have been coined by science fiction author K. W. Jeter," Why "SEEMS to have been" rather than just "was coined by"? As far as I know, nobody else claims to have coined the term and we have a referenced quote. Why do we need to inject uncertainty and doubt when we have the earliest known reference for the term, and the context within which it was created? Centerone (talk) 14:20, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
- I don't recall why I used that phrasing. Feel free to update it. Holzman-Tweed (talk) 14:24, 20 March 2015 (UTC)