tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22452882299335899962024-03-13T07:47:41.218-07:00Steam and Trenches"Steam and Trenches" is an exploration of Victorian Scientific Romances, Victoriana,"The Great War" and Steampunk.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-40889449043160555662021-01-19T06:55:00.005-08:002021-01-19T07:56:51.885-08:00The Searchers<p>
</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">RIGHT!, with a bit of
luck, patience and perseverance my latest literary acquisition is the
full set of the mini series of comic-books titled 'The Searchers'. I
first found this comic-book back in 2008, and again picked up an issue in 2013. ebay can be your friend...!<br /></p>
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Clayton and Chirs Dows, and printed in 1996 to 1997 by Caliber
comics.</p><p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://steam-trooper.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/searchers-shape-of-things-to-come.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Searchers - The shape of things to come</a></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <br /></p>
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</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://steam-trooper.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-holy-grail-of-steampunk-comic-books.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Holy Grail Of SteamPunk Comic-books.</a><br />
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">What immediately caught
my attention, was the date it was published 1996, 3 years before "The
league of extraordinary gentlemen” was written by Alan Moore and
printed. And its use of Fictional Victorian literary characters,
even the act of Magic that was use to pluck those characters from the
very minds of their authors and making them real flesh & blood
people, and seeing what their Grandchildren get up to!</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Transposing Fictional
literary characters, into a historical contents and their events, or
creating a new alternative point in History or bringing a multitude of characters from different Authors together (for the World building),
is quite a satisfying read when done well.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">[Tom Brown's School
Days by Thomas Hughes (printed in 1857), had the fictional character,
of the school bully Harry Flashman, this character was taken by
developed by George MacDonald Fraser, in total there are 18 books published from
1969 to 2005 collectively known as "The Flashman papers, due to the Auther's death in 2nd of January 2008 there are no more.]</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> ["Copyright" and "Public Domain" - In most countries the term of protection of copyright expires on the first day of January, 70\75 years after the death of the latest living author. In the USA Congress hit a 20-year pause button and extended their copyright term to 95 years. The phrase “public domain” refers to works that have effectively become public property and are no longer protected by copyright law. This occurs when the copyright in a work of art expires.]</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Now to look for 'War of the Worlds' comic books....<br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-56499315999847469622020-08-20T20:59:00.000-07:002020-08-20T20:59:31.615-07:00Travelling to find the fallen<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Travelling to find the
fallen,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Not in Glory, but the
few that stood against the many,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In a village were you
would drive along its edge, on your way to a city, not knowing who
rests there.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The location is of the
Old Village Cemetery in Ruddington, in the county of Nottinghamshire,
England, Great Britain.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Starting along the
path, in the oldest part of the cemetery, heading in a Westerly
direction, you will first see on the right-hand side of the path,
facing you. As you walk down, you are greeted with a whitish
Headstone.</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">MARTHA </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJzdWLuBXdbU5VB33QV6X45EEHg-A-4ISeEjfluwaS_nIg8ZBMD-iTOVYiEUMnXLIdn-4YeJCelmwi-cSe3-LebGK67as5fk6GRGL04a8qfGwRTzsU07zchD2-jds19EAUran0jcUdzU/s2048/James+Marshall_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1725" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJzdWLuBXdbU5VB33QV6X45EEHg-A-4ISeEjfluwaS_nIg8ZBMD-iTOVYiEUMnXLIdn-4YeJCelmwi-cSe3-LebGK67as5fk6GRGL04a8qfGwRTzsU07zchD2-jds19EAUran0jcUdzU/w221-h262/James+Marshall_2.png" width="221" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The beloved wife of
JAMES MARSHALL,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Who died January 10<sup>th</sup>.
1916,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Aged 56 years. “At
rest”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Also the above JAMES
MARSHALL,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Who died November 5<sup>th</sup>.
1930,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Aged 73 years.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Reunited.”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A defender of Rorke's
Drift</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">22<sup>nd</sup>. -23<sup>rd</sup>.
January 1879.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Continuing down the
path a little way, off to the right, in what looks like a row of a
single headstone, you will see a short greyish brown headstone with
a poppy motif at the top. <br /></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In Memory of CALEB WOOD</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Died 20. 02. 1935</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Aged 77 years</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Rorke's Drift Defender</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Zulu War 1879</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Your travels back down
on the path, will nearly take you to the middle treeline, but stepping
off to your left just before the treeline you can spot nestled under
the shade of a big tree, a headstone all on its own, it too has a
poppy motif at the top . </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvJJa1M8N-ILHal5GhVYVIWnOK0pn-1QYG2EP6J9nsRgJc_ou6nC1V_kXl9-jVVgVmHr7S5PYb9SEX3jwtZ_L-CWyDVs4R5Qtxkd7JAcpUHIcjw8j7JmVFyRmIVKuMlx-nlglvufhUWQ/s1600/ROBERT+TONGUE_med.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1600" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvJJa1M8N-ILHal5GhVYVIWnOK0pn-1QYG2EP6J9nsRgJc_ou6nC1V_kXl9-jVVgVmHr7S5PYb9SEX3jwtZ_L-CWyDVs4R5Qtxkd7JAcpUHIcjw8j7JmVFyRmIVKuMlx-nlglvufhUWQ/w410-h331/ROBERT+TONGUE_med.JPG" width="410" /></a></div><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The inscription reads;</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In Memory of ROBERT
TONGUE <br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Died 29. 01. 1918</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Aged 61 years</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Rorke's Drift Defender</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Zulu War 1879</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48O2L-vaR52Bk6Dx7ApNEWS4xA56YUFwJU2dKFuvDGzCUcNpEQ_9rKlCvOdAZqpJdJgo2AlAPMVF9Hz38VVL_h9xkEDH5fhyeflVkdF2BNgV-iu_hY2Wf9XRI64K47bq4MSMQ4M8FmMI/s2780/ZULU_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2780" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48O2L-vaR52Bk6Dx7ApNEWS4xA56YUFwJU2dKFuvDGzCUcNpEQ_9rKlCvOdAZqpJdJgo2AlAPMVF9Hz38VVL_h9xkEDH5fhyeflVkdF2BNgV-iu_hY2Wf9XRI64K47bq4MSMQ4M8FmMI/w410-h166/ZULU_2.JPG" width="410" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-91812837853600779352018-06-27T03:59:00.000-07:002018-06-27T04:13:29.220-07:00The Asylum 2009 Pt4<span style="font-size: large;">Outside</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">at the Steampunk Festival - 'The Asylum' on the </span></span><br />
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There is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/herrdoktorslab/" target="_blank">Herr Döktor's Laboratory</a> that one can see on the Book of Face.<br />
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You too can own some SteamPunkery from this Imageneer at <a href="https://herrdoktorsemporium.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Herr Doktor's Emporium</a>.<br />
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More fun loving than the Eloi, this model maker and builder can be found at <a href="http://herrdoktors.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Herr Doktor's Thoughts and Musings</a>. <br />
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A contributor to the community,and a voice of civilised reason and encouragement "Herr Doktor" is a recipient of an <a href="http://www.britishsteampunk.org/fellowships.php" target="_blank">honorary fellowship</a> of 'The Victorian Steampunk Society' <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next table down from Dr. Geof was 'The Steampunk magazine</span>'<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ms. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Hawksmoor is a speculative fiction writer and freelance editor, more of her work can be found at <a href="http://www.cahawksmoor.com/" target="_blank">www.cahawksmoor.com/</a> </span></div>
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The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-43309654229670762352018-06-02T07:46:00.000-07:002018-06-02T07:46:33.291-07:00The Asylum 2009 Pt2<span style="font-size: large;">New to Steampunk Geof a fellow I met in Leeds once, was dipping his toe in 'The Asylum Steampunk Festival' in 2009. His art has been well received. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Steampunks gather in the historic City of Lincoln for the first 'The Asylum Steampunk Festival' in 2009</span><br />
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A lucky find the other weekend was Issue 2 of “The Searchers” (I do have them all as PDFs, but that just is not the same.), and it has been the Holy Grail Of SteamPunk Comic-books to collect(In My Opinion)as it was a short run of issues so long ago!<br />
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The 1996 comic-book that takes a mix of Victorian literary characters plucked from the very minds of the authors, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Sit Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Ryder Haggard and Edgar Rice Burroughs, which brought there imaginative creations to life, back in 1896.
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After rereading 'The Difference Engine' all be it a bit at a time (after starting it mid November), I found that the depth of this early SteamPunk World still full of detail, and you can delight in it's fantasy of an alliterative historical England and the Empire, when calculating engines of brass and steel started the information age over a hundred years before the microchip and the industrial might that sparks the British conflict with the new Luddites has its moments!<br />
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It's now over 20 years after its first printing and this imagined World is now familiar, as well as fiction of alliterative histories and SteamPunk as a sub-genre of science fiction has had many enthusiasts and imitators, even the emergence of writers who's settings are solely in the Victorian era are well liked. <br />
I feel that The Difference Engine's brass has lost a little of its shine, but it has its place in fiction and should always have a place on your bookshelf.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-26941926425372632532011-12-15T10:12:00.000-08:002011-12-15T10:15:21.801-08:00Film review: THE MAGIC BOX<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gDaWJnOVIDLDF5BLuHUg_yBrPlmNVadRn0_pV1G8unpdC9Z5F_c9CvGtToD6IivexixrKXWr2He17zYWI1tlO7aObhhQYd9624ejnfAaaHTMVeYQ71EvjPZ7GQreJljbRQUyaXZS-F0/s1600/Magic_Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gDaWJnOVIDLDF5BLuHUg_yBrPlmNVadRn0_pV1G8unpdC9Z5F_c9CvGtToD6IivexixrKXWr2He17zYWI1tlO7aObhhQYd9624ejnfAaaHTMVeYQ71EvjPZ7GQreJljbRQUyaXZS-F0/s320/Magic_Box.jpg" /></a></div>THE MAGIC BOX <br />
Staring Robert Donat; Made in 1951 for the Festival of Britian.<br />
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With Martin Scorsese's film 'HUGO' the adaption of Brian Selznick's novel 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' still fresh in my mind I found, as sometimes we do on the the internet an absolute gem of a film (DVD) by sheer chance, in a bargain classic section (part of the Boulting Brother's collection)! <br />
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After just seeing the end of this film I just had to type, so rare to be educated and entertained these days.<br />
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From a side-show attraction to the modern cinematic technology of the 1920's, this enthralling and sometimes tragic film recounts the life history of the British inventor of the moving pictures on celluloid Mr. William Freise-Greene! A man driven to strive to perfection of the moving image and a pioneer of colour film for motion pictures. Robert Donat plays Mr. Freise-Greene superbly and is supported by over 50 of the cream of British cinema, far to many to list (if you wish to comment and list them after viewing the film please do so). <br />
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What better way to spend a cold wet Sunday afternoon than to sit down and be drawn in to a World of an inventor, a Tinkerer if you will that saw that people would want to see moving pictures not just photographs projected from a magic lantern, and had the vision that this was a new Art-form. Now that movies are made in High Definition digitally we should not forget who’s shoulders we have stood on to get where we are today. <br />
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We as a nation should be very proud of this pioneer - Mr. William Freise-Greene 1855 - 1921The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-70875340592470318792011-12-11T14:08:00.000-08:002011-12-11T14:13:01.024-08:00Merry Christmas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy0tFSsELZ_xq4NGjVxwYXFDyXv5n08mOCFTLcIfOg6ArOL-po2QsCPVF7sZ3jTW0NDsssn-ZOQf_yYIeCqCy93bsbO_yE6T71hjozGlhj7mZYVbjtyRrizkqpmvqe10Nmnpo71RL6Og/s1600/Santa_rides_again.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy0tFSsELZ_xq4NGjVxwYXFDyXv5n08mOCFTLcIfOg6ArOL-po2QsCPVF7sZ3jTW0NDsssn-ZOQf_yYIeCqCy93bsbO_yE6T71hjozGlhj7mZYVbjtyRrizkqpmvqe10Nmnpo71RL6Og/s320/Santa_rides_again.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684997095361251922" /></a><br />Santa and his helper ride in Victorian splendour. Photograph taken on the spur of the moment..!The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-54688974041062012262011-12-11T05:46:00.000-08:002011-12-11T06:01:42.304-08:00SteamPunk review: Captain Swing & the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIc_RUVusyMit7-UKuUpydufVTLh30b2AiNtLMtBpLG7S_n7bVzgN_ObCiJIvenpAMrzMU8iDgc0RTVyUq4bO8ple6VKPTV3RTzMnG2LRWg5pnqMKQaa3RWuCTY_A1njK1OXW5sCiYMrY/s1600/Captain_Swing.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIc_RUVusyMit7-UKuUpydufVTLh30b2AiNtLMtBpLG7S_n7bVzgN_ObCiJIvenpAMrzMU8iDgc0RTVyUq4bO8ple6VKPTV3RTzMnG2LRWg5pnqMKQaa3RWuCTY_A1njK1OXW5sCiYMrY/s320/Captain_Swing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684867359536750690" /></a>'Captain Swing & the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island' By Warren Ellis, Illustated by Raulo Cacers. Published by Avatar (2011). ISBN 1-59291-136-6<br /><br />Warren Ellis an English author of comic-books, who has written 'Excalibur' for marvel, 'The Authority' for Wildstorm (DC), and 'Ministry of Space' for Image Comics among others, has put pen to paper, and finally finished this four part mini-series after much anticipation, and now the Trade paperback is out too!<br /><br />This neo-Victorian fantasy rides on the waves of the popularity of the SteamPunk genre. Set in 1830 the title character taking the immortal alias of the Luddite saboteur 'Captain Swing' who sounds more like a modern Advocate of Internet Freedom – with a rallying cry of “Knowledge should be free”, and the use of a technology possibly inspired from the film 'Stardust' makes an interesting figure.<br /><br />You will follow Constable Charles Gravel an honest peeler, and see his character grow as he is swept up in a storm of political high adventure.<br />The woodcut style of the illustrations by Raulo Caceres are a welcomed sight throughout this comic-book and offset the artwork in the panels. <br /><br />One for your collection I think.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-32474046640695152232011-12-04T15:59:00.000-08:002011-12-04T16:01:08.142-08:00Film review: Dean Spanley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyb7nrXRI-ITIxEtQXQmtFPNC39nafMeIqaQIg8cZExPGL3ebOLZ94H5se1lpcqk3_EBmHVQR8ex5EfabQri2joXWRRVncpYJfD4Qpc0M72I5DmVYxW5RQew4f3voi9I9haiHeH7kR88/s1600/D_Spanley.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyb7nrXRI-ITIxEtQXQmtFPNC39nafMeIqaQIg8cZExPGL3ebOLZ94H5se1lpcqk3_EBmHVQR8ex5EfabQri2joXWRRVncpYJfD4Qpc0M72I5DmVYxW5RQew4f3voi9I9haiHeH7kR88/s320/D_Spanley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682427340563552962" /></a>Dean Spanley <br />A film given to me as a gift, and a surprise. <br />A drama of high whimsy, set in England after the second Boar War. Adapted from Lord Dunsany's novel 'My Talks With Dean Spanley', a most charming and well acted film, featuring the talents of Bryan Brown, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill and Peter O'Toole. Released in 2008 and easily accessible on DVD.<br />Sam Neil as the Dean is one of his best performances you really do believe what his character is telling you after he has had his favourite tipple. With Bryan Brown playing the unlikely colonial purveyor of wine or any contents of a box (not cocktails, or F/Xs this time) brings a Victorian style all to his own, and with Peter O'Toole giving gravitas to this unfolding tale, as the father who morns the lost of his eldest son, as well as other losses. <br /><br />It will make you think about Man's relationship with dogs (our best friend), and may I say some of the tale reminded me the animation 'Watership Down'! <br />A film not for the weak minded, but a film that you will warm to, now that the days get shorter and the nights grow cold. Like a good book you go back to again and again.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-22499270693002220432011-11-16T08:12:00.000-08:002011-11-16T08:30:55.295-08:00Victoriana: An Englishman's home is his.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBVHoRUniVFV2d_frlhKlKZx-gAutdIevcCvxjOD2JkyIiIzfXr0_o1H-u-harLvGnzcslj7ZTIU-CkZIKYHuSVHNnlDl6ZqBi_reE6z725s0gJr4tFCHUdfawYISwHx-_PJ-lZfchC8/s1600/Water_house.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBVHoRUniVFV2d_frlhKlKZx-gAutdIevcCvxjOD2JkyIiIzfXr0_o1H-u-harLvGnzcslj7ZTIU-CkZIKYHuSVHNnlDl6ZqBi_reE6z725s0gJr4tFCHUdfawYISwHx-_PJ-lZfchC8/s320/Water_house.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675627402474307650" /></a>A fine day out walking with an old friend, I stumbled across this fine Des res, another Water company's Victorian building, no doubt full of machinery. <br />But the thought that popped in to my head was, what a nice private home for a bachelor! <br />As they say “ An Englishman's home is his Castle” <br />Just needs a trap door in the middle of the bridge to keep the Chavs out!<br />Oh dear I forgot about the waterline being so low, oh well.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-81987721491671615592011-11-15T15:37:00.000-08:002011-11-15T15:54:53.846-08:00Victoriana review: STONE'S FALL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSid6MgiZti9eSWC3_Ur-Xi6Ef8T4Gy1-WEzfDEl5UadUrb_clswU7hL6ECPc1wB0Ye4wCfeJ_uhGu0SuS9nE-IKZIVyDQA4m4CftEs73s4zXEiM3TRo6rC_q7muRGcyTE_gr1Yen0iyY/s1600/Stone%2527s_fall.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSid6MgiZti9eSWC3_Ur-Xi6Ef8T4Gy1-WEzfDEl5UadUrb_clswU7hL6ECPc1wB0Ye4wCfeJ_uhGu0SuS9nE-IKZIVyDQA4m4CftEs73s4zXEiM3TRo6rC_q7muRGcyTE_gr1Yen0iyY/s320/Stone%2527s_fall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675371719040963794" /></a>STONE'S FALL by Iain Pears <br />Publisher: Vintage (2010) <br />ISBN-10: 0099516179 <br />ISBN-13: 978-0099516170 <br />First Edition;Publisher: Jonathan Cape; (2009) Hardback<br /><br />On the cover of the book you can see the words Love, Murder, Espionage these are a poor approximation of the themes within this unravelling historical enigma. <br />Firstly set in 1909's London of the Edwardian era, then the second part in Paris in 1890, and the final part in Venice in 1876 <br /><br />As your knowledge of the main characters traverses forward in much in the same way as a viewer's interpretation of the film 'Rashomon', as the journalist Braddock is privately engaged to investigate the death of the capitalist weapons manufacturer John W. Stone and the mystery of his wealth, we are then moved on to intelligence officers discovering a plot to attack England and the Empire by a most modern notion. Interwoven into this tale is the mysterious Countess! What follows is an English inventor's meeting a businessman and that the World needs battleships and torpedoes.<br /><br />This newly written Victoriana was such an intelligent read it has inspired me to reread 'The Difference Engine'.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-78867225225905341402011-10-19T00:40:00.000-07:002011-10-19T10:07:29.528-07:00SteamPunk Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf6uj7SK1MkZS8tlD7fRmZukLQDKKYe69SofPZPb52JutZY_oz4SM5Cf_HmSKEjnagg1N5ylAtQG54n0sZEneiIpChcrYdvPniDRC23glNf73SxyLAPLz33vY86-SIPz7p0ct7hhMp94/s1600/Hugo+Cabret.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf6uj7SK1MkZS8tlD7fRmZukLQDKKYe69SofPZPb52JutZY_oz4SM5Cf_HmSKEjnagg1N5ylAtQG54n0sZEneiIpChcrYdvPniDRC23glNf73SxyLAPLz33vY86-SIPz7p0ct7hhMp94/s320/Hugo+Cabret.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665105298733426226" /></a>The Invention of Hugo Cabret By Brian Selznick (2007) Published by Scholastic Press – ISBN 978-0-439-81378-5 <br />A book, although set in the1930's has a air of wonder from the past, of a boy living off this wits in a railway station, you can almost smell the smoke from the steam engines, how he bumps in to a young girl who’s godfather runs a small toy kiosk. The boy's father – a watch maker, one day finds an old and abandoned automaton in a museum's attic and vows to fix it, and of memories that a father gives his son.<br />How motion pictures for the fist time brought people's dreams and imaginations to life. You will read of magicians long since forgotten, in this most delightful illustrated book.<br /><br />Enjoyable for parents with young children (Coglings), and those of young at heart with a euphoria of innocence. With a cinematic style of its own. - Now made in to a Motion Picture.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-79038111885929406512011-10-02T13:14:00.000-07:002011-10-02T15:32:19.807-07:00SteamPunk Review: A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court (1889)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZP6IPd3hCKCPJztzN7-KcVX2bnRDG6Sa3hYMZr0a21iO7Tv5Mp9nj-8b2GIigrtt66510Kc-BwORrXn63Refp9vw5gO-ahpmZGmRxIKx6ETJECpOpm1MfJZW5KAbrS5yz6nrNl_PrXFQ/s1600/Mark_Twain.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZP6IPd3hCKCPJztzN7-KcVX2bnRDG6Sa3hYMZr0a21iO7Tv5Mp9nj-8b2GIigrtt66510Kc-BwORrXn63Refp9vw5gO-ahpmZGmRxIKx6ETJECpOpm1MfJZW5KAbrS5yz6nrNl_PrXFQ/s320/Mark_Twain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658991066448643378" /></a><br />A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court (1889)<br />by Mark Twain and original Illustrator Dan Beard <br />Published in 2007 by Penguin Classics ISBN 9780141919928<br /><br />A defining novel of a modern World, all be it the 1880's, and a fine example of what the 21st. Century's hopes to achieve with fictional alternate histories such as the Worlds that SteamPunk fiction resides in. The worlds of “what ifs” leading to a sideways take on past events, pushing ahead to new futures, not all of them turning out to be Utopias!<br /><br />On a Literary note with Edgar Allen Poe being the Founder of Science Fiction (later to be nicknamed 'The sham technical' by other authors), I find that Mark Twain dipping his toe in to the domains of Scientific Romances, when his character (the Boss) imposes19th. Century's political, economic, and industrial might on the Old England of King Arthur's realm and his Knights, is by our definition SteamPunk without a doubt.<br /><br />Has modernisation shockingly moved to fast for the 19th. Century's Mr. Twain, and who would oppose science in King Arthur's realm, you will just have to read and find out!The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-57446691404377209702010-12-30T05:44:00.000-08:002010-12-30T06:52:57.809-08:00Steampunk Review:The Landships of Lincoln – The story of Lincoln's part in the creation of the Worlds first fighting tanks. (Sn Ed) By Richard Pullen Published in 2007 ISBN 9781873257791<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi1dyDYzhOZaLZgeeMpPbmiyyLj28Nh7HNcxD7FofFvIGIhc1xfVdlRHJSxkJtslFq6-r8b2vnc0M9VCQmamcKidtLhGIHX7sl5F6immNHzBHu99Y3xHFwKnV37D7V_m42AKWwDLXQX0/s1600/landshps_320.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi1dyDYzhOZaLZgeeMpPbmiyyLj28Nh7HNcxD7FofFvIGIhc1xfVdlRHJSxkJtslFq6-r8b2vnc0M9VCQmamcKidtLhGIHX7sl5F6immNHzBHu99Y3xHFwKnV37D7V_m42AKWwDLXQX0/s320/landshps_320.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556471060533020290" /></a>With SteamPunkers looking to arm themselves with a pistol or rifle for personal protection or for piracy but oddly not war! This should inspire your imagination. <br /> 'The Landships of Lincoln' chronicling the William Foster & Co Ltd military vehicles, and the engineers behind them, with interviews from the factory workers and those that visited the works. This is not a book about those people that imagined in theory the invention of the Tank, like the predictions of H. G. Wells in the early 'Boar War' of the concept of 'Land Ironclads', no this is about engineers and designers of an armoured trench crosser(necessity being the mother of invention), a weapon that could end the war.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-81316491218188726622010-12-30T02:56:00.000-08:002010-12-30T05:26:33.821-08:00Steampunk Review: The Gangs of New YorkThe Gangs of New York ( An informal history of the underworld) By Herbert Asbury,<br />First published in 1927. ISBN 0099436744 <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjBqoDrwqIgNyWDzsoucAE-zRLyhK29Iw84RIBjfBsmzhlMYbclJAiG9AoRcB17TOiGO9WGbC4pZohknfEZorEtuYQbk2_KdnkM-eJgtLRmRpepo3RtF7ad1D167PRoPm_4Q3caXGkP8/s1600/Gangs_320.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjBqoDrwqIgNyWDzsoucAE-zRLyhK29Iw84RIBjfBsmzhlMYbclJAiG9AoRcB17TOiGO9WGbC4pZohknfEZorEtuYQbk2_KdnkM-eJgtLRmRpepo3RtF7ad1D167PRoPm_4Q3caXGkP8/s320/Gangs_320.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556428505946542306" /></a><br /><br />Showing the darker side of of New York's history, so much so that street names and places have been renamed, and corrupt Politicians and Police have been forgotten!<br />From 1838 up to 1925 with foot notes about the 1700's as well, full of colourful characters that New Yorkers have unnoticed for to long. Looking at the rise and fall of the district known as the 'Five Points' a dismal slum. <br /><br /> Charles Dickens who visited and chronicled his observations for publication in 'American Notes' wrote:-<br />“Let us go on again, and … plunge into the Five Points….We have seen no beggars in the streets by night or day, but of other kinds of strollers plenty. Poverty, wretchedness, and vice are rife enough where we are going now.<br /><br />This is the place; these narrow ways, diverging to the right and left, and reeking everywhere with, dirt and filth. Such lives as are led here bear the same fruits here as elsewhere. The coarse and bloated faces at the doors have counterparts at home and all the wide world over. Debauchery has made the very houses prematurely old. See how the rotten beams are tumbling down, and how the patched and broken windows seem to scowl dimly, like eyes that have been hurt in drunken frays.”<br /><br />White-chapel in London features in Charles Dickens's novels 'Oliver Twist' and 'Pickwick Papers' is upstaged by the 'Five Point' for its slum and villainy!<br /><br />The Martin Scorsese film 'Gangs of New York' centres on only a small period of time around the American civil war Riots in New York, with a lot of characters based on real historical people.<br /><br />The colourful history was by and large gained from the Newspapers of the time, and thus prone to sensationalism, but there is no getting away from the rottenness and vile depravity of New York's slums and their gangs with their political masters.The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-46868084028225711412010-07-06T15:47:00.000-07:002010-07-06T15:48:16.676-07:00The Campaign to Bridge the Gap!Bridging the Gap! (part two and ¼)<br /><br />Being a SteamPunk correspondent (sometimes undercover), it would be a good start to go to some Steam Rallies and working Steam engine open days..............more to follow..soonThe Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-15235507495136353582010-07-06T13:33:00.000-07:002010-07-06T13:44:17.067-07:00Victorian Information RevolutionA fellow SteamPunk had found this Clip The Victorian Information Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVKwXi9evU <br /> <br /><object width="435" height="354"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHVKwXi9evU&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHVKwXi9evU&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="435" height="354"></embed></object>The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-9353532150170777832010-04-23T13:54:00.000-07:002010-04-23T13:55:43.276-07:00The Campaign to Bridge the Gap!Bridging the Gap! (part two)<br /><br />My am is to target real Steam events (for next Year 2011), Steam modeling magazines, Traction Engine owners clubs, Heritage railways, Steam Museums (like pumping stations), with Introductory Letters, and articles to bring the different groups together with SteamPunk.<br /><br />I do not know what the average age of a SteamPunker is – maybe 17 to 23 ? But a lot of an older generation are the engineers and custodians of our Industrial Heritage, they in turn show to their Grandchildren the wonders of STEAM power.<br /><br />If we all have a conman interest then should we not help each other out?!<br /><br />More thinking to follow....The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-80505258191517674502010-04-20T14:19:00.000-07:002010-04-23T07:53:04.997-07:00The Campaign to Bridge the Gap!<span style="font-weight:bold;">Bridging the Gap! (part one)</span><br /><br />SteamPunk: like an explosion on the verge of happening. <br /><br />From the generation of 'The Young Controller' with his real passion for trains and steam engines (like any little boy of that age), all the way to the fond memories of steam from our Grandparents, and Great-Grandparents - the nostalgic past of our engineering greatness spanning over one-hundred years, from giant beam engines powering our industry to steam locomotives on roads and rails.<br /><br /><br />What of the youth of today, the teenagers and the twenty somethings, rebelling against authority and consumerism, and not just standing on street corners intimidating passersby, will they bridge the generational gap?<br /><br />With the arrival of the myriad of SteamPunks consisting of Literary fans, Artisans, Contraptors, Idealists in decorum, Fashion enthusiasts of both neo-Victorian and SteamPunk apparel and steam devotees, there is hope to bridge the gap. <br />Combining Jules Verne's imagination of the1800's (much like the late Walt Disney's imagineers) and Victorian engineering you can create artwork and contraptions, and even Life-styles.<br />This misplaced generation are finding out for themselves, the skills and crafts of an older generation, the cut of a suit and the allure of the corset, the appreciation of physical machines and mechanical apparatus by reinventing the past, and recycling a future that never was.<br /><br />With this mixture of sensibilities and ideologies a new sub-culture has been forming, linked by the virtual communities on the internet, now like an explosion on the verge of happening, SteamPunks can be spotted out in the open with their telltale artful Victorian clothes and good manners. Look for them among the traction engines and steam-rollers, among great beam-engines and steam locomotives, on omnibuses and trams, in the grand halls and botanical gardens keeping alive a very different age of Steam!<br /><br /><br />For the uninitiated, - SteamPunk is the amalgamation of two branches of the same fictional genealogical tree, Scientific Romances the proto-Science Fiction from the 1800's to the early 1900's, and modern authors of a type of Science Fiction using the setting of an altered historical past, usually the Victorian era, SteamPunk has become a sub-culture of craftsmen working in brass and copper and recycled materials; engineers and inventors taking our present technology back in to the past, for instance a computer keyboard that has been re-engineered and remodeled using brass and steel and now its keys are those resembling the round keys of an Victorian typewriter; taking the modern Japanese sub-culture for young adults of CosPlay - the fun of dressing-up to show what type of devotee you are, has grown in to an exhibition of photographic celebrity, (even the now accepted video-gaming culture, has online avatars with SteamPunk fashion accessories). <br /><br /><br />I hereby invite you to Join the Campaign to Bridge the Gap!<br /><br />Campaign details to follow.....<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Signed <br /><br />The SteamPunk Empire's devoted servant and protector <br /><br />The Steam Brigadier</span>The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-55741842774504073472010-03-18T09:18:00.000-07:002010-03-18T09:27:08.799-07:00A proper SteamPunk Tale!While doing some background research on the British Empire, and the planed endeavor of the 'Cape to Cairo Railway ' (I think the Great War got in the way of that being finished), and its visionary Cecil Rhodes. His first draft of his Will & testament, asked of certain fellows to start a Secret Society to keep the British Empire going on in to the future, and for it to be the sole power and peacekeeper in the World!<br /> <br />This all lead to a novella by John Crowley first printed in 1989 called 'Great Work of Time' (based on what the Will & testament called for), that now can be found in a collection entitled 'Novelties and Souvenirs'. And should arrive by post in under a weeks time! <br /><br />Time travel, and the British Empire written in the 1980's, that sounds like proper SteamPunk to me!!The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-6635471140668915922010-02-09T08:21:00.000-08:002010-08-24T06:31:45.239-07:00SteamPunk for the young at heartA DVD review for those little SteamPunkers out there, and those who are still young at heart.<br /><br />The UK release of the childrens' cartoon series 'Sherlock Hound' DVD box set.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSXK_Flr5O_FFDpMNfZ2-FG4tHYJKuqsDafh-wnBCUaW1VThknFFLqzXlfSzX9QMm1TSjn81_v5dh6rtD_jA7-FIBLbbtS6FUJx4pyOCvnvS9St7Ku-Yyqm04snF__JHRSlKuGuBfWB4/s1600-h/Sherlock_Hound+dvdsm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSXK_Flr5O_FFDpMNfZ2-FG4tHYJKuqsDafh-wnBCUaW1VThknFFLqzXlfSzX9QMm1TSjn81_v5dh6rtD_jA7-FIBLbbtS6FUJx4pyOCvnvS9St7Ku-Yyqm04snF__JHRSlKuGuBfWB4/s320/Sherlock_Hound+dvdsm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436281346040840930" /></a>Following a second viewing of all 26 episodes that rekindled my delight with this childrens' animated TV series from 1984 Japan.<br /><br />The charming characters are depicted as anthropomorphic dogs, save Sherlock Hound who is Fox-like, and Professor Moriarty who is most definitely a Wolf. Being Japanese animation (know as Anime) this series also has a pedigree of one the finest Animators and animation directors the world has ever known 'Hayao Miyazaki' who had full control over the following episodes:<br /><br />Ep. 3. Martha's Small Case ( Eng. title A Small Client ),<br />Ep. 4. Mrs. Hudson's Hostage Incident ( Eng. title Mrs. Hudson is Taken Hostage ),<br />Ep. 5. The Blue Ruby ( Eng. title The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle ), <br />Ep. 9. Treasures of the Seabed ( Eng. title Treasure Under the Sea ), <br />Ep. 10. The Major Dogfight of Dover Strait ( Eng. title The White Cliffs of Dover ), <br />Ep. 11. The Enormous Saving Box ( Eng. title The Sovereign Gold Coins ). <br /><br /><br />There are umpteen examples of turn of the Century vehicles, ranging form early motorcars to roadsters, blimps to airships to biplanes, steam locomotives, traction engines, and dreadnoughts, but this is the age of invention, and in the series Sherlock Hound's nemesis is Professor Moriarty a thief and an inventor of marvels that convey him and his henchmen, in the air, on land and above and beneath the sea. <br />These ingenious SteamPunk vehicles are mostly coloured in bright pink. I would speculate that this could have been to catch young childrens' attention, but I like to think it is that this garish colour 'Pink' that was considered by the Victorian's to be only suitable for men (that' right Boys had pink and Girls had blue, in that era) shocking that it was, and would be another way Professor Moriarty would be able to terrorize polite and genteel Victorian society. <br /><br />It was good to see many seances at his residence depicting Sherlock using chemistry to aid his deductions, and the occasional violin playing too! Foggy London also featured in episodes, but I found the change of atmosphere to the countryside of just one episode to a bleak industrial town called 'Gillmore's valley', with its ankle-deep muddy roads and Armaments factories with the wealthy owner's large house over looking the town from the hill-top. The workers children being given medical attention by Dr. Watson, add to that, that the Factories owner's son is more concerned with the health and welfare of the workers and their families than inheriting his father's fortune. ( in the 11th. Episode 'The Enormous Saving Box' ( Eng. title The Sovereign Gold Coins ).<br /><br />In episode 21 'Singing! Growing Mechanic Maneuvers' ( Eng. title The Disappearance of the Splendid Royal Horse ) has the introduction of a Arthur J. Raffles like thief in London, and puts Moriarty in disgrace. With flash-backs done as sketches in sepia, a delightful and charming tale. <br /><br />I found episode 22 'The Chaotic Large Airplane Race' ( Eng. title Disturbance, The World Flight Championship! ), so reminded me of the 1965 film 'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines' Terry-Thomas could have easily been Moriarty intending to sabotage his way to first place in this esteemed airplane race, of a story. <br /><br />In 'The London Sky Battle' ( Eng. title The Rosetta Stone ) episode 19 set in the British Museum when the Rosetta Stone is levitated away by a theft, many countries' who lay claim to the stone are under suspicion. It pokes fun at British Imperialism and how many nations' treasures are in British museums. <br />I will leave you with episode 1 'His Name: Detective of Rumor' ( Eng. title The Four Signatures ) in which Sherlock is a passenger on a ship that is attacked by Pirates, and with the aid of a fellow passenger a Dr. John Watson tries to foil their plans. What more could a child ask for!The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2245288229933589996.post-45833788191102184462009-11-08T02:37:00.000-08:002009-11-08T03:22:46.600-08:00We shall not forget themWith No survivors now living who witnessed the Great War, all I can do is witness that this generation will not forget them! I am proud to English, and I am proud of our British Forces, and deeply sadden for all our losses from that Great War to this day. <br /><br />It is no longer that “War starts at midnight”, or that it stops for tea, nor is it a Grand Adventure to go off to fight! For the Internet and Video Game generation, there is NO medi-pack to bring you instantly back to life, there is NO Re-spawn after a fatal wound, War is a horrid thing and we all have a dept of gratitude to our country's Armed Forces. <br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKn4CF-FjYm_GDGdgnI-rLP-n16Zv2S99zKtxngrY5EJOfIkfLnTh-RN1lkEAFpuNhk34JEdhI5jybh2o9zA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>The Steam Brigadierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670819720941894460noreply@blogger.com0