The Mercury Men: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (bot cleanup) |
(Dieselpunk is one word) |
||
Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as The League, Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine. |
Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as The League, Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine. |
||
''The Mercury Men'' is an indie sci-fi web serial recently picked up and hosted by the [[Syfy]] network. Filmed in black and white, it combines elements of [[ |
''The Mercury Men'' is an indie sci-fi web serial recently picked up and hosted by the [[Syfy]] network. Filmed in black and white, it combines elements of [[Dieselpunk]], [[Raygun Gothic]] and atomic punk, with a feel reminiscent of the original ''[[Outer Limits]]''. |
||
---- |
---- |
||
{{tropelist}} |
{{tropelist}} |
||
Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]] |
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]] |
||
* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: The ''Lumiére'''s bullets. |
* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: The ''Lumiére'''s bullets. |
||
* [[ |
* [[Dieselpunk]]: Mixing Sixties Sci-fi themes with Thirties-style [[Raygun Gothic]]. |
||
* [[Doomsday Device]]: The Gravity Engine |
* [[Doomsday Device]]: The Gravity Engine |
||
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Edward's idea for getting Jack near the Gravity Engine. |
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Edward's idea for getting Jack near the Gravity Engine. |
||
Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: Much of the serial evokes this genre. The hero himself, Jack Yaeger, is dressed as a typical Raygun Gothic pilot: Bomber jacket, flight cap and goggles, jodhpurs and jackboots, and carrying a raygun. |
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: Much of the serial evokes this genre. The hero himself, Jack Yaeger, is dressed as a typical Raygun Gothic pilot: Bomber jacket, flight cap and goggles, jodhpurs and jackboots, and carrying a raygun. |
||
* [[Reverse Polarity]]: Jack has to do this to the Gravity Engine - with Edward's help - to put the moon back in its proper orbit. |
* [[Reverse Polarity]]: Jack has to do this to the Gravity Engine - with Edward's help - to put the moon back in its proper orbit. |
||
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The story is set in the mid-[[The Seventies|Seventies]]. But the lighting - and the monsters - looks like ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' ([[The Sixties]]), Edward's and Grace's outfits look [[The Fifties|Fifties]]-ish, and Jack's outfit evokes [[The Thirties]]. And it mixes [[ |
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The story is set in the mid-[[The Seventies|Seventies]]. But the lighting - and the monsters - looks like ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' ([[The Sixties]]), Edward's and Grace's outfits look [[The Fifties|Fifties]]-ish, and Jack's outfit evokes [[The Thirties]]. And it mixes [[Dieselpunk]], [[Raygun Gothic]], Atomic Punk, horror and other genres seamlessly. |
||
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Mercury Men's main weapon. |
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Mercury Men's main weapon. |
||
* [[Shout-Out]]: A visual one in Episode six, where Dr. Tomorrow [[The Outer Limits|controls the transmission]]. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: A visual one in Episode six, where Dr. Tomorrow [[The Outer Limits|controls the transmission]]. |