This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Working Title: Raygun Gothic: From YKTTW
Nate The Great: I'd like to put Captain Proton (Star Trek Voyager) on the list, but he's a direct parody of Flash Gordon, and Flash isn't on the list. Is there a reason for this?
Meta Four: Mostly because I couldn't figure out what media category to put Flash Gordon under.
Eric DVH: What about Buck Godot and Schlock Mercenary?
Meta Four: Trimmed the Lileks quote a bit to save space. Just in case, here's the full quote:
Licky Lindsay: this might be one of the longest pages with no anime examples.. which is weird for any trope, but specially odd for this one.
Latw PIAT: I disagree on the redirect from Diesel Punk. To my knowledge, Diesel Punk is less about flying cars and spaceships, and more about large, smoke-spewing diesel engines powering gunmetal-grey machines with more chains, Gatling guns, Nazis, Russians and Zeppelins than you can shake a stick at.
Lions Phil: Agree—Raygun Gothic isn't Punk at all, it's happy, shiny, Amazing Atom-ic World Of Tomorrow. If anything Diesel Punk would be better redirected to Steampunk, "recycled...WITH LIQUID HYRDOCARBONS!"
Twin Bird: Does 2001 really belong? It came off as very 20 Minutes into the Future-ish to me...nothing really outlandish until the Mind Screw at the end.
