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Andrew (Television Executive)
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@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

We ( @MountainTownToys ) also make action figures and write fiction magazines based on the characters from this and other #SkyPirate movies.

You can find our Sky Pirates toys, as well as the first issue of our Sky Pirates magazine here: https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product-tag/sky-pirates/

Issue two is done, I'm not sure why it isn't on the website, but I'll fix that at some point.

Sky Pirates – Mountain Town Toys

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@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

We ( @video ) restore, archive, and re-score silent films. One of them, The Pirates of 1920, is a real treat! This seldom seen science fiction flick sees a band of pirates committing various crimes from their airship.

It's thrilling!

There are lots of examples of this kind of story from the 1910s, including the Aerial Submarine, The Airship Destroyer, and my personal favorite Filibus. We have a lot of these early science fiction films available on our website and on our roku app, and they play occasionally on our live stream.

But you can also watch most of them right here on the fediverse:

https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/1j5f2ff4QMkGuoig3StXdQ

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@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

We ( @MountainTownToys ) also make action figures and write fiction magazines based on the characters from this and other #SkyPirate movies.

You can find our Sky Pirates toys, as well as the first issue of our Sky Pirates magazine here: https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product-tag/sky-pirates/

Issue two is done, I'm not sure why it isn't on the website, but I'll fix that at some point.

Sky Pirates – Mountain Town Toys

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@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

Mysterious Air Pirates #skypirate action figures 3 pack shipping now: https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product/sky-pirates-crew-3-pack/

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@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 12 months ago

There's a third #skypirate film in this proto- #steampunk trilogy called The Arial Anarchists, but it has been lost for around 100 years.

It's based on a book, though. The book is called Hartmann, the Anarchist; Or, The Doom of the Great City by E. Douglas Fawcett

That's on PG and Librevox. I haven't read it. I might not ever read it. Who knows?

But if you wanted to watch a 115 year old science fiction film about sky pirates... well, go watch The Pirates of 1920, it's a much better movie than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a Second 115 year old film about #skypirates... Go watch The Aerial Submarine, it's a much better film than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a THIRD 115 year old film about #airship pirates... well, The Airship Destroyer is now available.

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@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

The film is in the public domain, but it's inter-titles and soundtrack are not.

Watch the illegal copy on the internet archive https://archive.org/details/filibus-1915-by-mario-roncoroni

Watch it with no score but still the illegal inter-titles on wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Filibus_1915.webm

Or you can watch a fully legal version here, which is much worse: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Filibus_(1915).webm

Or you can watch my in progress restoration here: https://communitymedia.video/w/nYaqWnn34d57auvQeSE6TY

But I've only finished episode one so far.

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@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

So much of what we're working on right now is based in part on this movie.

Our #SkyPirate toys (which will launch to the world in a few more days!) are directly inspired by Filibus and The Pirates of 1920 ( https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/nQmSoz1U7RUUVqSLQdeGn2?playlistPosition=1 )

I've been working on a fiction serial adventure series featuring Filibus and her crew, transforming them in to Doc Savage style pulp adventure heroes, but without the bigotry and with a lot more #RevolutionaryJoy

Eventually, I'll also do a video game. Maybe later this year? Probably by next summer.

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@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 12 months ago

There's a third #skypirate film in this proto- #steampunk trilogy called The Arial Anarchists, but it has been lost for around 100 years.

It's based on a book, though. The book is called Hartmann, the Anarchist; Or, The Doom of the Great City by E. Douglas Fawcett

That's on PG and Librevox. I haven't read it. I might not ever read it. Who knows?

But if you wanted to watch a 115 year old science fiction film about sky pirates... well, go watch The Pirates of 1920, it's a much better movie than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a Second 115 year old film about #skypirates... Go watch The Aerial Submarine, it's a much better film than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a THIRD 115 year old film about #airship pirates... well, The Airship Destroyer is now available.

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