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Contents 1 German 2 Postmodernism 3 Story of 4 Image processing 5 Genre 6 SHIELD or SPECTRUM? 7 Olivier dubbed? 8 Spectrum Cloudbase predated by SHIELD Helicarrier. 9 The Improvements section 10 On the border of madness and greatness... maddeningly hard to capture 11 contains a major anachronism 12 narrowing down the timeframe 13 endspoiler 14 Submersible v. amphibious

[edit] German

The German-language bits in this film are as silly as they are funny...I mean Dr Totenkopf? Dringlichkeitsfreigabe????

I was under the impression that silliness was the point. Willy Logan 02:40, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Postmodernism

Postmodernism has manifestations in many modern academic and non-academic disciplines:...film.... A postmodern approach to art thus rejects the distinction between low and high art forms. It rejects rigid genre boundaries and favours eclecticism, the mixing of ideas and forms. Partly due to this rejection, it promotes parody, irony, and playfulness, commonly referred to as jouissance by postmodern theorists" - Postmodernism

I'm wondering if a section on postmodernism in this film would be interesting. --Viriditas 23:33, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hey are we sure the movie is set in 1939? Doesn't the scientist at the beginning of the movie say "...before the first World War", implying that there has already been a SECOND World War? Just a thought.

This quote seems to be an error on the screenwriter's part. (Before WWII, WWI would have been referred to as "the Great War".) Everything else in the movie seems to hint pretty clearly to 1939, though. -- Syzygy 12:32, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Story of

Isn't there a very interesting story behind this movie? I read an article (in Wired?) about a couple of months before it launched. Apparently the guy behind it had been at work on it for almost a decade, all on his own, working at a software company in the day time and rendering the movie on a cluster of old Macs in his basement in the night. I don't know how exaggerated the article in question was, but surely there was some truth to it, and it's interesting enough to be part of this article.

I added a section on the production of the movie. Hope this helps. Count Ringworm 19:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image processing

Is there a name for the (horrible) color processing that the images suffered?

Yeah: Hollywood. *baddum ch* Thank you. Cybertooth85 06:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I was under the impression that the washed-out look was deliberate.--65.113.254.254 21:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genre

Is there a name for the genre of retro science-fiction inspired by the 1930s? As in Crimson Skies and The Gernsback Complex. You know, zeppelins, aerodinamics, death rays. Retropunk? Aeropunk?

Hey there. It's called "Ray-Gun Gothic"

[edit] SHIELD or SPECTRUM?

Personally, I liked the reference to the SHIELD Helicarrier better...

J.User_talk:Michael Reiter

jmr

I think it looks much more like Cloudbase. The Helicarrier was also influenced by Cloudbase, but is less of a direct copy. Check out this page, [1] follow the links, then see what you think.

Can anyone offer an opinion re: Luther Arkwright? I never heard of it before. Anyway, it has to be newer than Captain Scarlet, since graphic novels didn't exist in the 60s. SpaceCaptain 01:01, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I've found a picture of the craft in question. [2] I still say the one in Sky Captain looks most like Cloudbase. SpaceCaptain 01:09, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The craft on the cover of the Luther Arkwright comic is a Prussian ship, there are other types in the series, including British User:Sleaf 00:51, 07 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Well, I can't make the call unless I see the British ship for myself. All the other flying carriers I've seen are just versions of a basic concept; the one in Sky Captain is Cloudbase with a Union Jack and rotors instead of jets. If there's one in Luther Arkwright that looks the same, then it' also a copy of Cloudbase.SpaceCaptain 03:57, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Olivier dubbed?

Can anyone provide a source for the statement in the introduction that Oliver's voice was dubbed? My understanding is his dialogue was created from soundclips of the actor so his own voice could be used. 23skidoo 02:52, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spectrum Cloudbase predated by SHIELD Helicarrier.

I believe the Spectrum Cloudbase is predated by Marvel Comics' SHIELD Helicarrier by at least three years... Given that Captain Scarlet came out in 1967, and that Strange Tales (Marvel Comics) came out in 1964.

User_Talk:Michael_Reiter

Okay, SHIELD and the Helicarrier predate Cloudbase. But there are many fictional incarnations of the hovering aircraft carrier, and hs latest one most closely resembles Cloudbase in its overall configuration. (The Helicarrier, in most depictions, is much thicker and has a more curved design.) SpaceCaptain 00:28, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Improvements section

"Casper van Dien would have played a much better Sky Captain. His appearance is both simliar to that of a CG character which might have blended better with the substantial amount of CGI effects the movie makes use of. His acting talents, similar to those used in his role as Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers could have helped build the character of Sky Captain into something more memorable." - How is this NPOV? Salmon

[edit] On the border of madness and greatness... maddeningly hard to capture

Interesting filmfor several reasons beyond technical landmark status. I enjoyed it, but I was constantly confused regarding what it wanted to be. Was it an all out comic-book romp? The line about "World War I" would then almost be justified in this alternate 1930s (almost). But there is more substance to it than just an elongated art-deco daydream, and its damn near impossible to nail it down exactly. This article has a way to go, but I'm afraid I don't have the answer if there is one. Definetely room to expand. Agreed?

[edit] contains a major anachronism

People don't call a World War I in any timeline until WW II has already started, particularly a timeline in which there's no obvious lead up to a second major war. "The Great War" or "The World War" would have been much better choices.Joncnunn 20:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] narrowing down the timeframe

Also note that the year can be pinned down much more than just 1930s; Towards the beginning there is a clip from our 1939 movie "Wizard of Oz", which can probably be assumed to have been come out at the same time in this timeline, especally with so many other details seeming to fit perfectly with that as the year. Joncnunn 20:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I removed the "steampunk" and "dieselpunk" rubbish because this is best classified as pulp fiction. It's absurd to label things like this as "dieselpunk" or Jules Vernes' writings as "steampunk." It's not even a real literary label.

[edit] endspoiler

I hate when I don't know where should I read, the next section, perhaps? I believe it should have an spoiler end anyway, right? Dunno. 200.230.213.152 03:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Submersible v. amphibious

The craft piloted in this film aren't really amphibious so much as aerial/submersible. Should the text actually point to an article that compares them to aircraft like the Spruce Goose? Geeman 01:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)