{"id":499,"date":"2008-07-01T06:23:26","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T06:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2008\/07\/01\/combustion-punk\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:24:19","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:24:19","slug":"combustion-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2008\/07\/01\/combustion-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Combustion Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"

I moderated the steampunk panel at Apollocon. When Chris Roberson brought up the idea that any vision of the future from the past ought to qualify as steampunk, I brought up the counter-example of 50s-style futures. I mean sure, they’re anachronistic and all, but they’re hardly steampunk.<\/p>\n

"So what’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?<\/span>" asked someone in the audience.<\/p>\n

"That’s internal-combustion-engine punk," I replied. "Which will be just as anachronistic in a few years."<\/p>\n

I’ve been putting some thought into it. With the imminent demise of gas-locomotion, it’s about time to think about the visions of a gasoline future that we’re going to be nostalgic about before the decade is through.<\/p>\n

A Brief Combustion Punk Catalog:<\/span>
\nMad Max
\nKnightrider
\nAirwolf
\nCrash (both)
\nDeathrace2000
\nIron Eagles (the entire series)
\nBlue Thunder
\nSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
\nThe Fast and the Furious
\nAnything with a talking motorcycle or motorcycles with weapons attached.<\/p>\n

Here’s the combustion punk manifesto: WOOOHOOO!<\/p>\n

On a secondary note, my co-worker Johnny Motard<\/a> wondered why all sci-fi genres are appended "punk" and all music genres are appended with "core." So I propose that the next sci-fi genre be "((something)) core."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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