Steampunk Disney

mousepod · 03-23-2010, 09:06 AM

It started with the Vinylmation steampunk Mickey...

Now, it's a set of pins (and soon more merch):

Ghoulish Delight · 03-23-2010, 09:21 AM

That reminds me, I wonder if Epic Mickey is still on track for release later this year.

mousepod · 03-23-2010, 09:31 AM

I'm looking forward to Epic Mickey, though I never even finished the first Kingdom Hearts.

...and here's the Vinylmation I was talking about:

RStar · 03-23-2010, 09:45 AM

I realy don't get the appeal of the Vinylmation stuff. It just looks cold and unimaginitive.....

Not Afraid · 03-23-2010, 09:55 AM

There is something wrong with the Steampunk Disney stuff. It's way too cute to be Steampunk and, for me, there's a huge disconnect.

JWBear · 03-23-2010, 09:59 AM

It's new and improved Non-Threatening Steampunk(tm)! You know... For kids!

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-23-2010, 10:35 AM

It's just not steampunk enough.

Kevy Baby · 03-23-2010, 11:36 AM

It looks more like Victorian Disney

flippyshark · 03-23-2010, 01:39 PM

No trend, movement, style or genre can survive Disneyfication (especially of the market-driven variety) intact. It's the very definition of cultural co-opting, keeping everything neutered, sanitized and scrubbed free of troubling socio-political subtext. (And remember, I love Disney.) So, Disney character steampunk just can't ever be authentic (for want of a better word). That said, I would happily watch a cartoon or feature with the characters in a Victorian steam-punky setting. Too bad that isn't happening. Just a set of pins that I will not be buying.

From what I understand, Epic Mickey has completely lost the dark edge present in the earlier leaked designs. Too bad. I was hoping Disney would do something radically disturbing and recontextualized. Instead, it sounds like we're getting something far more conventional involving Disney villains. Pity.

Some of the early urban vinyl Mickey stuff actually was kind of gross, disturbing and unsettling. Everything I see lately has been much more friendly. (In any case, it was trend-chasing all the way.)

My, but I'm in an uncharacteristically cranky mood this evening.

mousepod · 03-23-2010, 01:57 PM

What's funny for me is that the designs for both Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet were both way more true to the steampunk aesthetic than the "Mechanical Kingdom" stuff. But they weren't as self-conscious. They also weren't very successful.

(I still like 'em.)

03-23-2010, 09:06 AM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Steampunk Disney It started with the Vinylmation steampunk Mickey... Now, it's a set of pins (and soon more merch): __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	That reminds me, I wonder if Epic Mickey is still on track for release later this year. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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03-23-2010, 09:31 AM	#3
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I'm looking forward to Epic Mickey, though I never even finished the first Kingdom Hearts. ...and here's the Vinylmation I was talking about: __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	I realy don't get the appeal of the Vinylmation stuff. It just looks cold and unimaginitive..... __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	There is something wrong with the Steampunk Disney stuff. It's way too cute to be Steampunk and, for me, there's a huge disconnect.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	It's new and improved Non-Threatening Steampunk(tm)! You know... For kids! __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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03-23-2010, 10:35 AM	#7
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	It's just not steampunk enough.
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	It looks more like Victorian Disney __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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03-23-2010, 01:39 PM	#9
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	No trend, movement, style or genre can survive Disneyfication (especially of the market-driven variety) intact. It's the very definition of cultural co-opting, keeping everything neutered, sanitized and scrubbed free of troubling socio-political subtext. (And remember, I love Disney.) So, Disney character steampunk just can't ever be authentic (for want of a better word). That said, I would happily watch a cartoon or feature with the characters in a Victorian steam-punky setting. Too bad that isn't happening. Just a set of pins that I will not be buying. From what I understand, Epic Mickey has completely lost the dark edge present in the earlier leaked designs. Too bad. I was hoping Disney would do something radically disturbing and recontextualized. Instead, it sounds like we're getting something far more conventional involving Disney villains. Pity. Some of the early urban vinyl Mickey stuff actually was kind of gross, disturbing and unsettling. Everything I see lately has been much more friendly. (In any case, it was trend-chasing all the way.) My, but I'm in an uncharacteristically cranky mood this evening.
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03-23-2010, 01:57 PM	#10
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	What's funny for me is that the designs for both Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet were both way more true to the steampunk aesthetic than the "Mechanical Kingdom" stuff. But they weren't as self-conscious. They also weren't very successful. (I still like 'em.) __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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