The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

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Featured website, film and project: The Cosmonaut

| 12. Mai 2013

Let me point your attention to this amazing project: The Cosmonaut (http://thecosmonaut.org/)   The Cosmonaut is a crowd-funded project, four years in the making. What sets it apart: It is completely CC. Once you get your hands on the material, you can use it for your own purposes. Here’s what the people behind it, Riot [...]

Ray Harryhausen – Another Great Old Master has passed on

| 7. Mai 2013

It is with great sadness I report the passing on of Ray Harryhausen, a true Great Old Master of special effects in the pre-CGI era and one of the legends of modern cinema. He made the monsters in Clash of the Titans, The 7th Voyage of Sindbad and others come to life. Where today, dozens [...]

May the 4th be with you!

| 4. Mai 2013

Not really Steampunk (and I am not really into Steampunk Star Wars either), but May the 4th is one of those geek holidays I observe. May the 4th be with you all!

High Culture Special: Joss Whedon’s adaption of “Much Ado About Nothing”

| 8. März 2013

This has nothing to do with Steampunk, if this is any punk genre at all I would call it Culturepunk. I love Shakespear, and I always love it if a good play is adapted for a modern setting, if the adaption is done well. Alas, the latter tends to be the case on the rarest [...]

Delayed review: Airlords of Airia

| 17. Februar 2013

I am so glad I finally got to see this movie. A little background information why I am so glad: I reside in Germany and Airlords of Airia is a German project. I have been in contact with the people behind the movie since the beginning and got an invitation to the premiere, but could [...]

Atompunk – 1950′s Sci-Fi Movies

| 9. Februar 2013

The 1950′s were a golden age for science fiction movies. The space race had begun, the world was ablaze with a fascination for space travel and exploration. This was obviously a very fertile environment for science fiction movies to flourish in. The science fiction movies of the 1950′s are, do the math, around 60 years [...]

A Dashed Inconvenience – Steampunk short film

| 31. Dezember 2012

Karma can be a nasty thing, as one Steampunk adventurer is about to find out in this witty little film: And with this, I wish you all an excellent and most splendid 2013!

Where Samara and Damien go when their parents are at work

| 14. November 2012

Have you ever wondered, where all those spooky kids like Damien, Samara and Regan spend their time when their parents are at work? After all, you cannot let these very special children spend time with their less-gifted peers. As it is very often the case, those not blessed with the powers of a supernatural child [...]

Air New Zealand – Now servicing The Shire

| 2. November 2012

Watch!

Tiger and Dragon meets Steampunk: Tai Chi 0

| 4. September 2012

Please enjoy, I cannot wait to see this one: