Comments on: Articulated, flapping steampunk wings http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 22:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wygit http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666354 wygit Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666354  I saw that Amazon has a remastered edition. It's always good when movies like this don't just disappear.  I saw that Amazon has a remastered edition. It’s always good when movies like this don’t just disappear.

]]> By: Chris Lee http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666265 Chris Lee Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666265 Here's a direct link to some videos of our wings: http://apparitionabolishers.com/2012/09/04/we-won-best-in-show-at-the-dragoncon-2012-masquerade-costume-contest/ Here’s a direct link to some videos of our wings: http://apparitionabolishers.com/2012/09/04/we-won-best-in-show-at-the-dragoncon-2012-masquerade-costume-contest/

]]> By: Joshua Jordan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666223 Joshua Jordan Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666223 Heyyyyyy, these are my friends from Vancouver Island!  Kyle also made T-Pain's touring mic!  FAAAAAME! Heyyyyyy, these are my friends from Vancouver Island!  Kyle also made T-Pain’s touring mic!  FAAAAAME!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666204 Nathan Hornby Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666204 Surely you'd be damning the animals you skinned, not those that don't partake? Surely you’d be damning the animals you skinned, not those that don’t partake?

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666156 B E Pratt Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666156 I always like the story of how Robert Altman got Leonard Cohen to do the music for McCabe and Mrs Miller. When Altman first asked, Cohen turned him down saying he didn't really watch movies much and that the last one he liked was about some guy flying around in the Astrodome. When Altman told Cohen that he had made that one, Cohen changed his mind. I always like the story of how Robert Altman got Leonard Cohen to do the music for McCabe and Mrs Miller. When Altman first asked, Cohen turned him down saying he didn’t really watch movies much and that the last one he liked was about some guy flying around in the Astrodome. When Altman told Cohen that he had made that one, Cohen changed his mind.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666155 CH Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666155 The text promises an "authentic "Icarus - Assisted Flight Apparatus" brandplate". So... how do I know it is actually an authentic one? I assume there are a lot of unauthentic "Icarus - Assisted Flight Apparatus" brandplates, as this seems to be a big selling point, but how can I verify it? I mean, for $2750 I want to be assured it is an authentic one! Also, does the brandplate guarantee it is indeed an "Icarus - Assisted Flight Apparatus", and... does it also guarantee that it will fly me all the way to the sun? The text doesn't contain any disclaimer about the issue, so I do assume that it does. Hmm, actually... with all these features it is a bargain! The text promises an “authentic “Icarus – Assisted Flight Apparatus” brandplate”. So… how do I know it is actually an authentic one? I assume there are a lot of unauthentic “Icarus – Assisted Flight Apparatus” brandplates, as this seems to be a big selling point, but how can I verify it? I mean, for $2750 I want to be assured it is an authentic one! Also, does the brandplate guarantee it is indeed an “Icarus – Assisted Flight Apparatus”, and… does it also guarantee that it will fly me all the way to the sun? The text doesn’t contain any disclaimer about the issue, so I do assume that it does. Hmm, actually… with all these features it is a bargain!

]]> By: wygit http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666114 wygit Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666114 Brewster McCloud is back Brewster McCloud is back

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666096 SedanChair Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666096 <blockquote>$2750 seems like a bargain, when you consider most steampunks have to die to get wings</blockquote>No way, I'm a steampunk Jehovah's Witness. When the world ends, the slumbering dead will rise from their graves to face judgment by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Those who believed in him, will live forever in an earthly paradise made entirely of brass gears

$2750 seems like a bargain, when you consider most steampunks have to die to get wings

No way, I’m a steampunk Jehovah’s Witness. When the world ends, the slumbering dead will rise from their graves to face judgment by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Those who believed in him, will live forever in an earthly paradise made entirely of brass gears

]]> By: Woodrow Wotan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666080 Woodrow Wotan Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666080  "SIIIIIIIIIIIMON! WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU DONE TO MY VENETIAN BLINDS?!!?" "MOM! GO AWAY!! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M MAKING A VIDEO?!?!?!!!"  ”SIIIIIIIIIIIMON! WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU DONE TO MY VENETIAN BLINDS?!!?”

“MOM! GO AWAY!! CAN’T YOU SEE I’M MAKING A VIDEO?!?!?!!!”

]]> By: Woodrow Wotan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666081 Woodrow Wotan Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666081  Not even #24 would wear those.  Not even #24 would wear those.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666065 Joseph Francis Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666065 Knock a zero off and let me use it in a photo and I'd buy a pair. Like I did with this... http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2012/11/the_flammarion.html (somewhat nsfw) Knock a zero off and let me use it in a photo and I’d buy a pair.
Like I did with this…
http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2012/11/the_flammarion.html
(somewhat nsfw)

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666064 SoItBegins Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666064  It sounds like you've been... [puts on shades] steam-Punk'd. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH  It sounds like you’ve been… [puts on shades] steam-Punk’d.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

]]> By: chroma http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666059 chroma Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666059 Here's a much more refined version of the same concept. It took first place at the Dragon*Con Masquerade.  http://apparitionabolishers.com/tag/wings/ Here’s a much more refined version of the same concept. It took first place at the Dragon*Con Masquerade.
 http://apparitionabolishers.com/tag/wings/

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666053 Ian Wood Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666053 I think its primary function these days is to present Cory with an opportunity to annoy a certain kind of person. I think its primary function these days is to present Cory with an opportunity to annoy a certain kind of person.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666051 Ian Wood Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666051 <a href="http://www.freakangels.com/" rel="nofollow">Paging Mr. Ellis</a>. Paging Mr. Ellis.

]]> By: Orion Salvaje http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666047 Orion Salvaje Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666047 And now for something completely different https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTd5Gj2KV0 And now for something completely different https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTd5Gj2KV0

]]> By: for_SCIENCE http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666046 for_SCIENCE Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666046  Anymore it's more or less just gluing ̶b̶i̶r̶d̶s̶  broken mechanical watch parts on things. I think at this stage as a '-punk' its having an identity crisis.  Anymore it’s more or less just gluing ̶b̶i̶r̶d̶s̶  broken mechanical watch parts on things. I think at this stage as a ‘-punk’ its having an identity crisis.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666028 jimh Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666028 I like this guy's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature&v=NmcqSarwnaM (At the end of the 47 second video you can hear a worried dog's response, which is great.) These remind me of Sam's wings during his dreams in <em>Brazil...</em> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYiiSxmT-p0 I like this guy’s version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature&v=NmcqSarwnaM
(At the end of the 47 second video you can hear a worried dog’s response, which is great.)

These remind me of Sam’s wings during his dreams in Brazil…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYiiSxmT-p0

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666026 Cameron Postelwait Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666026 Monarch Henchman costume version 2? Monarch Henchman costume version 2?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666005 Boundegar Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666005 Vinyl?  I would expect any self-respecting steampunk to demand leather.  Vegans be damned, only the finest materials, what? Vinyl?  I would expect any self-respecting steampunk to demand leather.  Vegans be damned, only the finest materials, what?

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1666001 Michael Smith Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1666001 I thought Steampunk had to at least look like it might work. I thought Steampunk had to at least look like it might work.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/26/articulated-flapping-steampun.html#comment-1665997 Stefan Jones Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215446#comment-1665997 <I>DOG:</I> "Human with wings. B.F.D. Anyway, I found cat poo!" DOG: “Human with wings. B.F.D. Anyway, I found cat poo!”

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