An AMAZING short film you all need to see!

This morning I awoke to that wonderful chill in the air that gets the creative juices squirting around in my mind.

It's a tell tale sign that my sinisterly spooky favorite time of year is just around the corner! I'm actually going to be starting to do Halloweenesqe activities later this evening when I take a Gothic Ghost Tour of the downtown area of Milwaukee.

I'll let you know how it goes once this blog ramps up it's annual celebration of Halloween in the coming weeks.

But, for right now I want to direct your attention to a magnificent little treat that someone drew my attention to recently.  It will take a mere 34 minutes of time to view this wonderful piece of work, but it will be well worth it.

The genre of Steampunk is a mashing up of an alternate history with fantasy and Sci-Fi thrown into the mix.  It revolves around a historical world that usually focuses on Victorian times where the machinations of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne actually exist and work.  Rather than progressing on into a full blown electrical future, society has advanced on the power of steam.  Usually there's great pulp adventure waiting to be had in the stories of Steampunk.

With the rise of the internet in our own time, we can go on-line and see fan made films as well as smaller independent movies that are available for mass consumption without being bogged down or stiffed by the corporate monsters that movie companies and the media can be.  Some people in Australia took advantage of this and came up with the little wonder you are hopefully going to take time to view.

 I could jibber jab on and on about this short film, but I think I'll just let you view it and soak it in.  I present to you, Aurora - A Steampunk Short Film....

Fan-fracking-tastic, wasn't it!  This is what you get when you have people with a creative and imaginative vision, who may not have the money that Hollywood does, but have the dream to make something happen.

Bravo.

I'll have a few more posts with other excellent fan films coming up on later dates.  We also have to look forward to the Halloween make over this blog usually gets during the Season of Screams!

So keep your eyes out for that.  And until next time, as a very wise sage once told me, Stay Vertical!

Zangz.