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Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of “the path not taken” of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers (such as Charles Babbage’s Analytical engine); these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality.
Steampunk is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase and theme of rebellion, but developed as a separate movement (though both have considerable influence on each other). Apart from time period and level of technological development, the main difference between cyberpunk and steampunk is that steampunk settings usually tend to be less obviously dystopian than cyberpunk, or lack dystopian elements entirely.
Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical “steampunk” style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.
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You are sooooooo wrong…. Orlando Jones’ Make 7-Up Yours commercials were vastly superior. Vastly!
Definitely!
Especially the t-shirt!
Make 7
UP YOURS!!!
I can’t help but think we’re lowering the ‘epic’ bar a little with this one …
I can’t help but think your comment has made us all a little more stupid.
Srsly? You think these crap 7-Up commercials are ‘epic’?
Damnit! I’ve had that song in my head since 1997 and I just got rid of it last year. Here we go again.
/cry!
They have to be using water when pouring – every 7up I’ve had has been an insanely fizzy thing – there’d be foam all over the place if you tried to serve it like that!
BTW, I have an old 1987 7up ad in a vid I capped from a disintegrating VHS tape of a couple of kids in a high school arguing, breaking up, getting back together over a 7up in some spontanious rain set to the music “feels so good cooling down, 7up”. In fact, a quick search of youtube brings it up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9zAEUosMX4
Much better than this one!
Nothing beats Fido Dido.