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Mash-up? The best form of flattery? The Red Scare. « Mass Panic: The World of Atom Punk. Dieselpunk (Teslapunk) or Atomicpunk. LoganActorJun 28 2010, 07:06 AMI've heard of Dieselpunk, and I get the concept of atompunk, but haven't read anything in either of those genre's.
Dieselpunk (visually, anyway) seems to be a lot grittier and more down to earth than Steampunk. It's all about the grease and grime of a mechanic's shop, with the sleek lines of cars/planes in the 30's and 40's with the big oversized front grills and lots of chrome trim. Things that make me think of the dieselpunk world are films like The Rocketeer (though it's just this side of the Steampunk/Dieselpunk divide), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Iron Giant, games like Crimson Skies, and even Batman: The Animated Series in some places. When he's being playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne and hanging out at parties and benefits, Gotham (especially when it comes to the cars and architecture) seems very late 30's early 40's to me. Really anything with evil fascist villians who possess advanced technology.
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