Good Steampunk Anything?

[Strain42]

I'm a big fan of the Steampunk art style in a lot of things, and I've seen it show up here and there, but nothing really consistant that keeps my attention.

Does anyone know of any good Steampunk series in any medium? Video games, movies, TV shows, whatever (books are fine, but I'd prefer something visual)

Lately I've been reading a comic book called Lady Mechanika and it's a pretty good steampunk series.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ushiromiya Battler]

Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a quite nice Steampunk computer game from 2001 or something...
It's an rpg.

Myst if I remember right is also a Steampunk game, never tried it though.

Hopefully this will be off help : D

 

[Kahunaburger]

Perdido Street Station by China Meiville. Bizarre and awesome.

 

[Pappytech]

Well, they've only got a couple songs, but the Clockwork Quartet is a pretty awesome steampunk band. Here's a sample:

 

[Dr. Crawver]

bioshock has some decent steampunk to it, but I'm guessing I'm not best for this thread

 

[vrbtny]

His Dark Materials /thread

 

[Kinokohatake]

His Dark Materials /thread

Was only steam punk vaguely in the first book. After that it was just bad. It delivered it's message with the subtly of a bomb strapped to an Australian girls neck.

 

[vrbtny]

His Dark Materials /thread

Was only steam punk vaguely in the first book. After that it was just bad. It delivered it's message with the subtly of a bomb strapped to an Australian girls neck.

Give me Lee Scorsby anyday.

 

[dgroves1522]

City of Lost Children

Amazing French film. Watch it.

 

[Falseprophet]

The Girl Genius comic book. Most of it's available free online, too [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104].

The first two volumes of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic book. The movie has some of the steampunk style, but is mostly crap.

The Murdoch Mysteries TV series is a police procedural set in late 19th century Toronto and has some steampunk elements. The original novels and the three TV movies are just strict historical fiction (and much darker in tone).

The original 1954 Disney film of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A huge inspiration for steampunk style, and a pretty good adventure movie besides.

The Hellboy films have some steampunk elements, and are good movies overall.

As for books, there's a few. Just a few of my favourites:

-Michael Moorcock's Nomad of the Time Streams trilogy, especially the first one, Warlord of the Air. If you can find them; I think they're long out of print (they were steampunk before there was steampunk).

-Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan and Behemoth. Alternate history World War I with a steampunk and biopunk twist.

-Cherie Priest's Boneshaker and Dreadnought. Wild west steampunk with zombies set in late 19th century America where the Civil War's been raging for over 20 years.

 

[surg3n]

You could always grab an emulator and play The Chaos Engine.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well if your into Japanese animation than you should checkout films like "Steamboy", "Howl Moving Castle" and "Laputa: Castle in the Sky". Also check out steampunk related animes like Samurai 7, Last Exile and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

The Hellboy films ooze Steampunk. Especially the second one.

 

[surg3n]

The Hellboy films ooze Steampunk. Especially the second one.

I really didn't like the second Hellboy movie, the first one is great - and it certainly has a lot of steampunk influence, like the mechanical assasin, the weapons, fish dudes aparatus... it is a fairly steampunk movie come to think of it.

 

[Tallim]

Franklyn, although only a relatively small part of the movie. Wish the whole thing had been set in that location.

A Nomad Of The Time Stream by Michael Moorcock