[UA] Re: Pants Meme

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Bryant Durrell <durrell at innocence.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:57:29AM -0700, Royal
> Minister of Stuff wrote:
> > Incidentally, I don't think of steampunk as silly,
> but
> > it probably is.  Actually, I don't have a problem
> with
> > silly being in the midst of something scary.  I'd
> say
> > both Dead Alive and Evil Dead do a great job of
> being
> > both silly and scary.  
> > 
> > Is it just me or are gamers absolutely terrified
> of
> > being silly lately?  Why is that, I wonder?
> 
> Most GMs a) aren't as good and b) don't have as many
> tools as Sam Raimi
> and Peter Jackson.  Also, there's a difference
> between dark humor and
> Monty Python quotes.
> 
True enough, although "I'm a Derek.  Derek's never
give up" is a particularly good quote when said with a
nerdy kiwi accent. I use it sparingly.

Perhaps steampunk has been overused or abused.  I
really ran into very little of it over the past 10
years.  It seems like I was the main perpetrator of
it, anyway.  You have to keep in mind that I don't get
involved with MU-whatevers all that often and that I
actually enjoy wading into Wilkie Collins or Jules
Verne every now and then.

I suspect that God-awful shows like "The New
Adventures of Jules Verne" have contributed to a fear
of steampunk.  I know Greg Stolze hates it, or, at
least, a particular interpretation of it.

Actually, I would be curious as to what, exactly,
people dislike about steampunk BESIDES it being silly.
 I've had the same people who like Star Wars tell me
steampunk is goofy and I don't really think that's fair.

=====
-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:
http://www.geocities.com/yokeltania/

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