Category: Steampunk Video

Christopher Alender, The Mind Behind the Storm

When the video for Lovett’s “Eye of the Storm” hit the Internet, the reception by the steampunk community was immediate and immense. Several other sites have looked behind the scenes at the technical aspects of the making of this short, but I had a chance to ask director Christopher Alender some questions myself, and how could I resist.

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First Trailer for ‘Cowboys and Aliens’

“Weird West” is a corner of the steampunk universe that has gotten some on screen exposure in the past with very mixed results. On the one hand, the tv series “The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.” was a lot of fun, complete with Bruce Campbell in the title role and Kelly Rutherford as the ridiculously named femme fatale Dixie Cousins. On the other hand, the film version of “Wild Wild West” with Will Smith and Kevin Kline was absolute crap.

Next summer, we’ll have a new attempt at doing this subgenre right and it looks promising. “Cowboys and Aliens” is based on a graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and gives us an alien invasion in the old west. Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”) is directing and Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde are starring. Throw in Damon Lindelof as co-writer, and Ron Howard and Stephen Spielberg as producers and you can see what the buzz is about.

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Short Film: Arms Race

It’s a Trap has released a fun little film called “Arms Race”, about a steampunk version of the Crimean war with escalating weapon technologies. The Arms Race web site has plenty of information, including production stills, the official posters, and even pictures of the (very cool) premiere party cake. You can download it there, or just watch it here or on YouTube.