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Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 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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Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

All of those and a few others to boot are on #NETV and available for free from a few other sources.

They're fun!

If you're interested in dipping your toes in the water of early skypirate scifi movies, you could do worse (well, no. You really couldn't. Pretty much everything else is lost, so these are both the best and the worst that exists!)

Really, though, what you want to see is Filibus. 1915, cross dressing lesbian (bisexual?) sky pirate heist flick. It's great. I should finish scoring it.

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Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

I put together a playlist of our steampunk, sky pirate, air adventure, and turn of the century science fiction films on New Ellijay Television.

https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/nQmSoz1U7RUUVqSLQdeGn2

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Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

I thought I had another one for today, but it turned out to be irredeemable racist trash.

It started strong. Good print, couple takes a trip in an airship.

But then it turned in to irredeemable racist trash.

Shame.

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Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

Here's another early airship movie: https://vod.newellijay.tv/videos/watch/74878253-b45b-4d55-8c69-039836d73762

1905, Melies, Le Dirigeable Fantastique (1905)

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Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

goodnight.

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