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Re: Steam train from Laputa/Castle in the sky movie
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Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:33:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J Railton wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Gianluca Morelli wrote:
> > Sorry, it's not a MOC (for now :-P)
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> > I was watching this movie and I came across this funny sequence with trains:
> > Pazu and Sheeta are chased by the Dola gang and jump on the train; follows a
> > few minutes of pure fun, with Dola gang's car running on the rails and
> > crashing everything:
> > ...
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> It looks like it's copied from a European tram (or 'tramway') engine, though not
> exactly.
>
> The trams or trolley-buses that ran along roads through towns were mostly
> electric, but early on and in areas without a reliable electricity supply a
> steam engine would pull a small number of passenger or freight cars.
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> The passenger pullers were not hugely powerful, and looked like sheds on wheels.
> The most obvious feature though (that Miyazaki hasn't copied here) is that the
> wheelbase was enclosed on all sides by skirts so that the whirling and steaming
> pistons and connecting rods wouldn't scare horses or injure pedestrians who got
> too close.
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> Here are some links I found, mostly to models. The most famous reference is of
> course Toby the Tram Engine (last).
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> http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/16/fox_walker.htm
> http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco11.html
> http://www.davidlosmith.co.uk/W&UT_Tram_engine.htm
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_the_Tram_Engine
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> Jason R
The other thing I love about this film is seeing all the things it's
influeneced. This was very early Steampunk stylings. The Welsh mining
community in the high oriental mountain landscapes, and the flying machines, are
all great. But notice how Final Fantasy 7 lifted this whole elevated railway
scenario, and the engineer on the pirates' airship is the spitting image of Dr
Robotnik/Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog games.
Jason R
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| (...) Jason, you've picked images from my all time favourite film. It's served as prototype for many following anime and games. Ironicly the the robots and some other elements are lifted from Max Flieshers Superman animation. Building thr elevated (...) (18 years ago, 31-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) It looks like it's copied from a European tram (or 'tramway') engine, though not exactly. The trams or trolley-buses that ran along roads through towns were mostly electric, but early on and in areas without a reliable electricity supply a (...) (18 years ago, 31-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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