In a considered review of the film, Victoriana blog Voyages Extraordinaires questioned the film’s association with the Steampunk aesthetic:
“Director Matthew Gordon Long has gone to pains to describe the short as a “Steampunk” film for marketing purposes, but with all due respect to him I would disagree. For instance, no one is wearing goggles in it. Nor are there air pirates, nor is the mysterious Septopus made entirely out of brass.”
“I would argue, The Anachronism goes beyond the rules and roles affixed to a set of costumers and the Industrial Age Urban Fantasy they model their costumes on. Rather, [its] themes, settings and historical recollections place it as the latest full-blooded Scientific Romance in a long line.”
The blog’s own commenters don’t seem to agree. Which term do you think more accurately describes the film: Scientific Romance or Steampunk?
