In Reply to: Re: 1898 posted by rico on August 19, 2004 at 05:31:01:
rico,Thanks for the information. An 1898 setting could be very interesting- a greater contrast in Earth/Mars technologies. I think Spielberg would avoid the kind of distracting anachronmisms of "League of Extraodinary Gentlemen". The car looked like a 1987 glassfibre 1935 retro kit car with picture frame mouldings glued on it.
Reproducing old technologies and avoiding the temptation to update from a position of hindsight is very difficult and rarely well done. The English are better at it as so many scripts are still written in rooms without heating- and wiring from 1912.
Cheers,
Bambi B
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