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Wild Wild West Discussion on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi

Roy and I have already experienced two heat-related brownouts between us, but I’ll remind you anyway: if all proceeds as planned, we’ll hold our (already-been-postponed-from-last-week) discussion about the classic television series “The Wild Wild West” (1965-69) tomorrow night on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.

Artemus Gordon is hard at work devising a back-up energy source, in proto-steampunk fashion. Hope to see you in the comments section as we endeavor to overcome all obstacles with our visionary gadget-of-the-week, this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT!

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You’ll find more information in my post from last Thursday and some interesting remarks about the show’s music in the comments section.

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A reminder that all episodes of “The Wild Wild West” are available for free streaming on Pluto TV.

https://pluto.tv/us/on-demand/series/63726e731ac5b40013b79c9f/season/1?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2h2cth_nNHeSxNEpfJ0d8-2lHPUdaNBQkzm_U4kXi_RinDbv3Hv2St9EA_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

June 20, 2024
Steampunk Movie Scores on Picture Perfect

This week on “Picture Perfect,” things will get pretty steamy, though not in the way you might think. We’ll have an hour of scores from films that exemplify the science fiction subgenre known as “steampunk.”

Generally speaking, steampunk employs forward-looking technologies and gadgetry – in many cases literally powered by steam – in incongruous, quasi-Victorian settings.

We’ll hear selections from Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” (2011), with its abundant gears, steam, and free-writing automaton, with music by Howard Shore; “The Golden Compass” (2007), with its carriages, old-fashioned air ships, and vintage arctic gear, with music by Alexandre Desplat; “Wild Wild West” (1999), with its cowboys, proto-James Bond gadgetry, and Gustave Eiffel-style iron spider, with music by Elmer Bernstein; and “Time After Time” (1979), with Jack the Ripper, H.G. Wells, and a time machine of his invention, with music by Miklós Rózsa.

We’re powered by steampunk this week, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Saturday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

February 18, 2023
Steampunk Movie Music on Picture Perfect

Prepare to be ‘punked!

This week on “Picture Perfect,” it’s music from movies with one foot set in the science fiction subgenre known as “steampunk.”

Generally speaking, steampunk employs forward-looking technologies and gadgetry – in many cases literally powered by steam – in incongruous, quasi-Victorian settings.

We’ll hear selections from Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” (2011), with its abundant gears, steam, and free-writing automaton, with music by Howard Shore; “The Golden Compass” (2007), with its carriages, old-fashioned air ships, and vintage arctic gear, with music by Alexandre Desplat; “Wild Wild West” (1999), with its cowboys, proto-James Bond gadgetry, and Gustave Eiffel-style iron spider, with music by Elmer Bernstein; and “Time After Time” (1979), with Jack the Ripper, H.G. Wells, and a time machine of his invention, with music by Miklós Rózsa.

That’s powered by steampunk on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Saturday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

November 28, 2020
Steampunk Movie Scores on Picture Perfect

This week on “Picture Perfect,” things will get pretty steamy, though not in the way you might think. We’ll have an hour of scores from films that exemplify the science fiction subgenre known as “steampunk.”

Generally speaking, steampunk employs forward-looking technologies and gadgetry – in many cases literally powered by steam – in incongruous, quasi-Victorian settings.

We’ll hear selections from Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” (2011), with its abundant gears, steam, and free-writing automaton, with music by Howard Shore; “The Golden Compass” (2007), with its carriages, old-fashioned air ships, and vintage arctic gear, with music by Alexandre Desplat; “Wild Wild West” (1999), with its cowboys, proto-James Bond gadgetry, and Gustave Eiffel-style iron spider, with music by Elmer Bernstein; and “Time After Time” (1979), with Jack the Ripper, H.G. Wells, and a time machine of his invention, with music by Miklós Rózsa.

We’re powered by steampunk this week, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Saturday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

PHOTO: Battling a giant iron spider from a flying bicycle? This must be steampunk!

November 27, 2020
Steampunk Movie Scores on Picture Perfect

This week on “Picture Perfect,” things get pretty steamy, though not in the way you might think. We’ll have an hour of scores from films exemplifying the science fiction subgenre known as “steampunk.”

Generally speaking, steampunk employs forward-looking technologies and gadgetry – in many cases literally powered by steam – in incongruous, quasi-Victorian settings.

We’ll hear selections from Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” (2011), with its abundant gears, steam, and free-writing automaton, with music by Howard Shore; “The Golden Compass” (2007), with its carriages, old-fashioned air ships and vintage arctic gear, with music by Alexandre Desplat; “Wild Wild West” (1999), with its cowboys, proto-James Bond gadgetry and Gustave Eiffel-style iron spider, with music by Elmer Bernstein; and “Time After Time” (1979), with one of the genre’s spiritual fathers, H.G.Wells, as an actual character, who pursues Jack the Ripper to the present day via a time machine of his creation, with music by Miklós Rózsa.

We’re powered by steampunk this week, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Friday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.

PHOTO: Battling a giant iron spider from a flying bicycle? It must be steampunk!

February 3, 2017

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