Veresae wrote:
I prefer Steampunk, but it's harder to get right. I mean, the films of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "Wild Wild West" both sucked.
That said, an anime steampunk film called "Steamboy" kicked ass, as did the steampunk RPG "Arcanum."
The reverse is true for Cyberpunk. The Matrix and Blade Runner are great movies, but Gibson's Neuromancer was one of the most sleep-inducingly inaccessible books I've ever read.
It seems like Steampunk almost always works better as a literary genre (China Mieville's Bas Lag series) and Cyberpunk works better as a film genre.