Hatrack River Forum: Is Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang steampunk?

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Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :

Saw it for the first time in a decade or two and the question just had to be answered.

That and, who would win in a race-_Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang or "The Leslie Special" or, for that matter, the car belonging to Professor Fate (both from the classic movie "The Great Race.")

Posted by Wingracer (Member # 12293) on :

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Originally posted by Darth_Mauve:

That and, who would win in a race-_Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang or "The Leslie Special" or, for that matter, the car belonging to Professor Fate (both from the classic movie "The Great Race.")

The Il Tempo Gigante would crush them all [Big Grin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%A5klypa_Grand_Prix

Great old movie, highly recommended.

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

Like pretty much anything with a boiler or some gears in it is steampunk nowadays, so, sure!

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

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Is Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang steampunk?

No.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

I wouldn't say it's steampunk. Though if lots of people had a houses and cars like Caractacus Potts I'd say it is.

I had no idea the script was by Roald Dahl and that it was based on a book by Ian Fleming. Talk about strange pairings.