Was I wrong about Treasure Planet? - Nostalgia Critic 

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Another Fun Fact: A sequel was planned with Willem Dafoe set to voice the villainous Ironbeard, but it was cancelled based on this movie's failure at the box office.

This and Atlantis are under appreciated gems from Disney. I wish we had sequels to each, as there were plans, but they were unsuccessful at the box office

So personally I think Jim’s appearance is genius and really nice and simple. He’s the only one that seems to wear clothes that would fit in a futuristic setting unlike everyone else wearing 18ty century garb. However by the end of the movie he wears a stunning outfit of someone who has chosen to embrace the world around him instead of closing himself off to it. Also the fact that his color scheme goes from black to brown to white to show his growth and maturity throughout the film is a nice touch.

Amelia was cool: professional but wasn't above being jovial; tough and skilled fighter but preferred to fight alongside allies; willing to left behind/sacrificed when injured/captured but thankful for her rescue. She and Dilbert had good chemistry ... a sequel following her 3 daughters and 1 son on treasure adventures would've made a nice Direct-to-DVD Movie or even a TV Series.

I’m convinced that if Disney didn’t screw with this Movie’s marketing, Treasure Planet would’ve been one of Disney’s most beloved movies.

“I’m Still Here” is one of the best underrated songs Disney has commissioned.

I always thought that the actual planet looks gray and dull, and then I realized it's actually an artificial planet, and the only thing that can survive on it is fungal life

Fun Fact: did you know during the production testing the robotic arm of John Silver they used Captain hook's animation from Peter pan as a Test

Not enough words to describe this masterpiece. I love that Jim pulls a mentor out of silver, and in return, silver pulls a young man out of a delinquent. Everyone needs that kind of mentor: to pull you out of your bullcrap and remind you to keep your head in the game.

I don't know about anyone else, but Mr Arrow's death was always terrifying for me as a child. The horror of helplessly floating off into the unending void of space is something that did, and continues to freak me out now

4:29 There’s speculation that Sarah Hawkins actually had Jim when she was in her teens, hence why she not only looks so young even when Jim’s a Teen, but also why things ultimately fell apart with Jim’s dad.

I love Jim and Silver's relationship in this movie, how Silver starts as a villain before forming a real bond with Jim, and eventually choosing to save Jim over the treasure.

This movie, "Atlantis: the Lost Empire", and Don Bluth's "Titan A.E." is the Holy Trinity of 2000's animated Sci-fi for me.

Luke Skywalker = 70's rebellious teen Marty McFly = 80's rebellious teen Jack Dawson = 90's rebellious teen All Is Rebellious Teen

B.E.N. works for me because he's supposed to be crazy. He's literally lost his mind so him being sporadic and goofy makes sense, especially since they manage to sprinkle in hints that he was part of the original pirate crew. Once he's got his memory core back, he straightens up and chills out a good bit.

Another Fun Fact: Animator Glen Keane drew from real life inspiration when animating Silver's "You've got the makings of greatness in you" speech to Jim. In his words, "I was seventeen years old and I had been fighting for a starting position on the football team as a halfback. And there was another player who was competing for the same position and he was a heck of a lot bigger and the head coach's favorite guy. I worked really hard and I got the starting position on this game and I was very proud of it. The game started and I played three plays and got the ball once. Then the head coach took me out and put the other guy in for the rest of the game. I never played again and I was crushed. As a seventeen-year-old, that's your life. You want your chance to shine. I had it but the coach took it away. "Afterwards in the parking lot, the assistant coach, Mickey Ryan, a great guy who spoke with his heart and always had a twinkle in his eye, put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Glen, you're gonna do great things. You're gonna get that starting position. That wasn't right what happened.' And I could see that he really cared. There were tears in his eyes and I started to cry too. I lived that scene with Jim and Silver on the boat when Silver encourages Jim after a big setback. It was one of those things where you try to animate what you lived through and hope you can even get close to it."

The whole video I was thinking "Oh sure, you're giving Treasure Planet another chance but not Hercules?" And then the ending happened.

John Silver's animator was Glen Keane. Ratigan Marahute Ariel Beast (Aladdin, but not as impressive as the rest haha) Pocahontas Tarzan Rapunzel (despite CG) Which is why when people say "Rapunzel's hair couldn't have been done in hand-drawn..." I roll my eyes back into my head. Glen Effing Keane could've done Rapunzel's hair BETTER in hand-drawn than it was in CG.

One thing that Doug forgot to mention is about the horrible death of Scroop. He was literaly sent to space to die. PS: Honestly I feel bad for Mr Arrow's death. He was a competent officer and took his job seriously. He didn't deserve to die

Treasure Planet is one of those movies that hit a special place for me as a kid and has meant a lot to me growing up. So it’s hard for me to honestly critique it.

People can say what they will about "Treasure Planet" but it's a Disney film that I truly love! It's a fun mix of Science Fiction and pirates.

I've seen a very compelling argument on RU-vid (Treasure planet, Disney's biggest mistake) that says this film was purposefully sabotaged by Disney. The reason Silver looks so good and the 3d backgrounds blend so well is because it used a new animation technique that Disney did not want to become the standard because it's expensive. Also the new 3d studio's did not yet have a union.

While the setting can certainly cause some whiplash and B.E.N. is a bit annoying, the characters and storytelling are so good that I don't care. John Silver is straight up one of the best Disney characters ever, and his relationship with Jim is so well done.

Long John Silver's line to Jim to cheer him: "Lad, you've got the MAKINGS OF GREATNESS in ya." Seriously, every child has to hear that at least once growing up!

The reason Ben shows up as late as he does is because that’s when he shows up in the book (and every film adaptation of Treasure Island). And he’s a big personality, though in this film he’s a tad too much. Martin could’ve pulled back a bit and it would be much more bearable.

AND III WANT A MOMENT TO BE REAL WANNA TOUCH THINGS I DONT FEEL WANNA HOLD ON & FEEEEL LIKE I BELONG

The creation of John Silver using CGI and 2D is beautiful and masterfully animated. It's one of the reasons he's one of my favorite Disney characters

The sad thing is that Musker and Clements had a whole franchise envisioned. They had already come up with an outline for a sequel, with a villain called Ironbeard voiced by Willem Dafoe. But unfortunately, Disney was trying to kill 2D animation, so they screwed the duo over and sabotaged Treasure Planet by releasing it against Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, knowing it wouldn't stand a chance, and hoped that would convince the company to go full 3D, inspired by the enormous success of Shrek.

With all due respect, here's my take on the setup for the ending climax of the movie, and why I think it's actually pretty darn interesting. The planet itself, like the entire darn planet, is one big machine, all of the foliage is stuff like moss and fungus, that would grow on a giant machine with age, and a portal that can seemingly go to anywhere in the known universe, including to its own very core. I love the idea that Flynt has used this portal to "go around the universe, stealing treasure" while also adding to his own legend, because him "vanishing without a trace" is him slipping back through the portal, before storing all of his ill-gotten gains at/as the "planet's core", with a booby trap to essentially take it with him to the grave. Did Flynt build this planet/device? Seems a bit advanced for a pirate captain, no matter how clever. Maybe it was some kind of ancient forerunner/precursor device, but then was it simply created as some form of galatic travel hub, or something else?

This movie worked for me when I was younger and still holds a special place. In 2002 I was a 17 year old kid, mentally preparing myself to leave on my own adventure when I joined the marines in a year. I was a rebellious asshole raised by a single mother in a small town in no where ny. I don't know if I was the target demographic or just some one who got pulled in. But I felt this movie

Another Fun Fact: The name of the ship, "R.L.S. Legacy", is a reference to the book's (Treasure Island) author, Robert Louis Stevenson.

In my opinion, this movie is better than the book. Steampunk/sci-fi elements aside, this is my favourite version of John Silver. We could still see he's a villain and his quest to find the treasure is still there, but his soft moments with Jim make his redemption far more believable and showcase him as a phenomenal antivillain.

What people more likely dont know is IT DID GET A SEQUEL, but not as a movie. But in a form of a PC Video game that you can still obtain. And that game, is Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon, which takes place 5 years after the events of the movie which continues with Jim becoming a naval officer and him climbing the ranks and becomes apart of a naval war.

I always thought that the actual planet looks gray and dull, and then I realized it's actually an artificial planet, and the only thing that can survive on it is fungal life

The treasure being hidden as the planets core imo is a great set piece. A literal treasure planet would have been too on the nose but this way the myth has some truth to it and the amount of treasure really does seem grand in scale without getting carried away.

Funny enough, this was the movie that directors John Musker and Ron Clements wanted to make with Disney way earlier, but they said no and had them do Aladdin and Hercules instead. After those were huge hits, then they approved this movie.

Malcolm deserves extra applause for his act in this video!

Imagine Malcom having to act out that opening skit with a big cardboard rectangle taped to his face 😂

Delbert's and Amelia's relationship is for me actually set up pretty much as soon as the two meet. Standard protocol for a captain welcoming a guest to me would be to be more formal and courteous, but she is all over him like she can't leave him alone. She's also always there at his shoulder, making supportive remarks and trusting him when he proves her equal in his own ways. She chuckles I would say cutely smiles when he takes the picture of the whales and though we dont see i imagine she has quite the smile when she compliments his knowledge and skill after saving them from the star imploding and he completely fumbles his words and we know he's looking at her. You dont confuse "astronomically" with "anatomically" without looking at something good on the eyes. Delbert helps Amelia be more open, having someone outside the chain of command being her equal. There is no restrictions, no official lines that can't be crossed without consequences etc. As they say, its lonely at the top. I suppose that could be why Amelia is the one that makes the first proper move by finally letting her heart do the talking rather than her head. So yeah, the signs were there if you read into them.

Muppet Treasure Island will forever be my favorite version

Somehow Dougs gray hair makes ME feel old

I'm not gonna beat around the bush, Disney's 2002 sci-fi action-adventure coming of age masterpiece Treasure Planet is my all time favourite film. I genuinely think it's perfect from start to finish. The mix of both hand-drawn 2D traditional animation and 3D computer animation is amazing and John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls' song I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme) is also my all time favourite song. I love this film so much, I can't get enough of it and I will forever convert everyone to this cult classic masterpiece.

16:04 This blending you see is largely due to a technique Disney developed at the time called “Deep Canvas.” Originally designed for Tarzan’s vine surfing scenes, how it worked was to create a 3D model, then have traditional animators animate over it, first background, then the characters moving through it. This made the two styles of 3D and 2D animation blend more seamlessly. In this movie’s case, they modeled out the entire ship, every deck, corridor and chamber in deep canvass, so everytime it was on screen, it’s using that technology, and the results are breathtaking. It’s also one of the reasons Disney tried so hard to kill this movie. While Tarzan had, like 4 minutes of this type of animation, Treasure Planet uses it in half the movie, pretty much every time the ship is on screen. And Deep Canvas is *expensive.* So they were especially bitter towards this movie, not only for trying to be traditionally hand drawn, but also for using this expensive experimental technology, when full 3D is ‘cheaper.’

This needs to be a Kingdom Hearts world.

I’ve heard about the steampunk argument before, but I never thought that this movie had a steampunk style. I always thought that this movie was based in a universe where 18th century Earth came into contact with aliens at some point, hence the blending of alien technology and 18th century style. With the space ships based off of the sailing vessels of the time, using engines and using solar sails to power them. I actually enjoy the blending of sci-fi and the 18th century. 😊

This isn't the worse Disney movie from the 2000s to star Martin Short. That honor goes to Santa Clause 3.

This movie has something media is lacking nowadays... FATHER FIGURES. Especially when it comes to sons as there quite a few boys, teens, and young men that didn't have a male figure to look up to. "Let it go" can speak more for the girls girls I'm still here can speak more for boys. Plus the animation and characters are amazing 👏

Jim and LSJ's relationship in this movie is something that will never stop being wholesome.

Wait a minute. Aladdin didn't wait until halfway through the movie to implement Robin Williams. He's the first voice we hear in the movie.

Fun Fact: the ship Jim and the crew are traveling on to reach treasure planet is called R.L.S. Legacy which is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of treasure island.

Oh here comes the pitchforks.

Another Fun Fact: When Jim and Dr. Doppler arrive at the space-port, they get directions from two characters using a ladder. These are caricatures of directors John Musker (at the top of the ladder) and Ron Clements (holding the bottom of the ladder).

A cool detail: There's a persistent shadow around Jim's eyes, signifying his depressed, self-conscious state of mind. After bonding with Silver and gaining more confidence in himself, the shadow briefly disappears, but then reappears after he's framed for the death of Mr. Arrow. The same applies to his coat, which he removes then puts back on in a similar vein. Two very good visual ways to convey Jim's emotional turmoil. Oh, and another cool detail: Jim is visible taller at the end of the film, showing that his time aboard the RLS Legacy (see what they did there) changed him not just physically but emotionally as well.

well I'd argue is more solarpunk than steam punk :P Also as much I love the movie, the one ciriticism I can agree on is the robot. He is sooo freakin annoying.

Fun fact: the director of Klaus was an animator in Treasure Planet and you can see the similarities between Delbert and Jesper (from Klaus).

I keep forgetting that Joseph Gordon was Jim in this movie.

Treasure Planet and Muppet Treasure Island are probably my 2 favorite interpretations. 🤘😎🪙🏴‍☠️

Another Fun Fact: When Jim's mother sits with him on his bed to read his book, on his bookshelf, there is a Stitch doll in an astronaut suit.

It took me a while to watch Treasure Planet on my own but I definitely noticed it being different and even there I say it more mature than any Disney animated movie I ever seen so I say that Treasure Planet is an underrated gem and deserves more attention.

21:28 I like Doug’s idea here! 👍 His idea of a “Treasure Planet” is basically like what we got in The Road To El Dorado, except if El Dorado was a whole planet! 😎

Fun Fact: This movie took ten years to make, having had the longest production cycle of any movie in Disney's Post Renaissance Era, after it went through production hell, though the production mainly started after the release of Hercules.

Oh yeah, i knew it. Treasure Planet. I don’t know why this movie bombed at the box office aside from releasing at the time CGI animated films rule the industry while hand drawn animated film struggle and release before we discovered the internet. This is a dream project from John Musker and Ron Clements that they wanted to do in a long time since the 80’s.

Review Disney's The Wild (2006).

"That wasn't even a thing people in 02 did" Oh really? The old person clearly trying to do a "young person" thing didn't get it right? How odd...

I don't regret the cancellation of the sequel movie, all signs point to it being a direct-to-home-video release, but Treasure Planet actually did get a sequel in the form of a video game tie-in called "Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon". It takes place five years after the movie, beginning right as Jim graduates from the Interstellar Academy as a Royal Navy officer. As crazy as this sounds, the game is a pretty in-depth (and at the high levels, quite challenging) naval combat simulator. A Disney movie tie-in game being a naval combat simulator sounds too crazy to exist, but it does.

Wait a minute, does this mean next week we're reviewing Hades I mean James Woods I mean James Woods as Hades I mean Hercules?

Was I wrong about Treasure Planet? Me: Yes. Yes you were (more to come after finishing the review) EDIT: I have finished the review. Long rant incoming: Honestly, while I see his point, I personally disagree with Critic about the whole "looking cool" issue that he had with Jim's design and the solar surfing part. The solar surfing added to Jim's character since his mother, at the beginning of the film, mentioned that he built his first one at 8 years old. The way I see it, that shows the audience that Jim has a lot of untapped potential (and intelligence) that he was not utilizing due to the trauma from his father's absence. (Plus, there's also a deleted scene that shows him fixing the one we see him using in the movie. Check it out if you haven't) Regarding Jim's design, I still think it fits within the world as it allows Jim to stand out to show that he is truly an outcast. Really think about it, everyone else has a more traditional 18th/19th century look, but Jim is the only one who doesn't. So, once we get to the end, his design blends in better because it shows that he's found his place in the world. Jim's design is one of my all time favorites, not just in Disney history but also animation in general, so I might be a bit biased as well. I should also mention that characters wearing thay particular hairstyle (the curtain cut if I remember the name right) has been used on different characters in futuristic/fantasy styles and still fit just fine. Look at Future Trunks from Dragon Ball who is one of the most iconic anime characters with the same look (best character in the series too imho). I could say more but if I do I'll be here all day. 😂

I WAS RIGHT!!! About the movie choice.

Treasure Planet is a CRIMINALLY underrated masterpiece, "I'm Still Here" is a theme song of my childhood, yes I am biased, yes I will die defending that movie, glad you have seen the light

I would argue that Steampunk is a different thing entirely. Like Steampunk isn't meant to be sci-fi, it's meant to be technology that didn't really exist but could have realistically existed. Steam Punk is inspired by blue prints Leonardo Da Vinci drew but never actually built. And people have built working models based on his blue prints. Even though we have better technology now, it's not really practical but the prototypes were essentially only built as a proof of concept that his ideas could have worked. So steampunk isn't meant to be futuristic, it's meant to be like an alternate reality where Da Vinci focused more on his inventions rather than his paintings causing a shift in the development of technology that realistically could have actually happened. Wild Wild West is what I would call Steam Punk. Even Back to the Future 3 has some good steampunk but there the whole reason it exists is because Doc Brown literally has knowledge of the future and is only limited by what's available in the time period in order to build what he needs. This is not in any way realistic. This blending of the past and the future should not work but weirdly does. Firefly and Fallout are other great examples of this that weirdly blend the past with the future. In fact Fallout is weirdly set in present day some times has more advanced technology than we have right now and culture is weirdly stuck in the 1940's I always thought that Fallout was suppose to be an alternate time line where the reason for the weird blend of past and future is because media never advanced past when the bombs dropped but technology continued to develop. Which honestly still makes more sense in my head than the weird time line of events that actually happens in that universe.

BEN coming in when he did is reflective of the book’s pacing, when Jim finds the cheese obsessed survivor of Flint’s last visit to the island. It’s actually a plot point that he’s scattershot in his comedy because he’s literally missing part of his mind. As an adaptation it works remarkably well given the IN SPACE setting. The ship is called RLS Legacy, this being the legacy of Robert Louis Stevenson.

I love treasure planet The father and son relationship between Jim and silver The John rzeznik song I’m still here And the surfing scenes And silver is a pretty good villain The only thing I don’t like about this movie is the loud obnoxious robot he’s basically the gurgi or jar jar binks of the movie other than that I love this movie and I hate that it bombed and killed hand drawn movies because it’s a really good movie

After 20 years, this movie is criminally underrated and Nostalgia Critic is reviewing it. Talk about *digging up lost treasure.*

This movie came out in the 200’s. Of course it’s gonna be filled to the brim with the 2000’s. Also the entire point of Jim’s look is so that it can gradually change overtime. He goes from his earlier look of black or dark colors in general to ditching the jacket and wearing more natural colors and at the end when he comes home he’s completely reformed and thus wears white and gold to represent that and the fact that he’s graduated.

*Following close behind Hercules (at **25:22**):* *The Rescuers:* I thought you liked dark stories, why not me?! *Aristocats:* Don't you like me at all? What's wrong with being cute? *Home on the Range:* I have myself a fan base now too. How about you try me again! *A Bugs Life:* I deserve a second viewing too! I don't need Dreamworks' to prove I can stand on my own! *Aristocats:* Pixar, you too? *Home on the Range:* That's tough, man! *A Bugs Life:* I have unique side characters, an intimidating villain, and my animation is good for being Pixar's second movie, and a whole book series fleshing out the ants. *Hercules:* Well, how about it, Critic............ *Nostalgia Critic* Uhhhh........ (Tune in next time to find out)

11:49 - Hey, you shut your mouth critic, that’s the Goo Goo Dolls, the greatest rock band ever! They’re good in anything.

Not sure if it was mentioned. But the animators tested to see if robots and pirates can work together. Animators animated Captain Hook with a robotic arm to show that It can work.

Principal Skinner: Yes.

As long as AI art stays at the level of those steampunk images at 6:10, artists' jobs are safe. 🤮

In fairness towards the movie, some of the issues with the last third is more holdover from the source material than the movie writers being crappy. Remember, this /is/ an adaptation of 1883's Treasure Island, so it's gotta keep the structure of that plot. B.E.N. being a shitty comic relief introduced in the last act isn't the best decision, no, but Ben Gunn, the cheese obsessed hermit who lives on the island was just that in the book. Okay, he wasn'ta comic relief character, but that's a change I feel like Disney had to make so the robot wouldn't be even more forgettable. The treasure's backstory, likewise, is nothing special in the book. Flint just collected a metric fuckton of treasure, and stashed it on an island somewhere. That's it. It doesn't need a backstory beyond "Flint looted it and stashed it on a planet somewhere"

The opening bit was very funny! I don't know how Doug and Malcolm got through it with straight faces 😂

“Go, Delbert! Go, Delbert!”

I love that you were willing to give this another shot. Disney really shafted it out of spite and jealousy, giving it next to NO attention in advertising. It sorta...came out of nowhere in a sense. As for the "rebellions teenager" thing... I get that can get old, but---it doesn't matter WHAT generation, WHAT year, WHAT culture---there's ALWAYS a rebellious teen. That's why it works and connects with others so well. They either ARE that character now, want to be that character, OR already were at one point. So I think we need to give that trope a bit of a pass, at least be easier on it. Also you hush! Lol, "I'm Still Here", is by far one of my favourite songs. A the risk of sounding cliche---honestly, this song really resonates with me. And it's still on multiple playlists of mine to this day. Also when it comes to what you expected for Treasure Planet itself, wanting the trees and whatever made of gold---that's... sorry, that's ridiculous. This is just treasure collected by a pirate over many years that he just set up booby traps for. You can't say that X and Y elements don't match and then expect this planet entirely made out of treasure like Midas rubbed his dick on it. Then you talked about how the planet wasn't anything bright or colourful or worth being the ending. But...it makes sense to hide treasure on a place that doesn't seem that appealing to go to. Don't ya think?

Nostalgia Critic Reneissance incoming. I feel so much more passion and effort in his videos of late.

Treasure Planet isn't steampunk, though. It's more like solarpunk. It relies more heavily on solar power (as you can see with the ships' sails and with Jim's skateboard thing) and not on steam. I think that's why it feels more like 2000 mixed with the future and less like the Victorian Age. Also, the clothing options are more in line with a pirate film, so it is mixing in some definite inspiration from the 1400s (maybe some other eras, as well). I tend to think that the movie is really set in an alternate timeline wherein humanity discovered solar power and space travel sooner, lending to a blending of styles. Not that the movie is without sin, but I truly think likening it to steampunk does a disservice to the film. It just isn't steampunk.

I still like this more than Atlantis.

Another Fun Fact: Voice acting debut of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Currently, it is also his only theatrically animated film.

This movie is criminally underrated one of my top five favorite Disney movies of all time

I like how Throughout the movie Silver becomes kind of like a surrogate father to Jim.

I can’t believe you skipped over the whole part with Jim and Scroop on the ship when Jim went to get the map back! 😭 Seriously that chase was so intense

I love this film so much. "Now say you were wrong about Hercules!" "NEVAH!!!!"

This is my one of my boyfriends favorite films and we watched it together for a date night a while back. After we finished, I could see why he loves this. The visuals are incredible, but what stuck out the most to me was the soundtrack. From the first time I heard "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)" I fell in love with the music that this film has. It sounded familiar to me, only for me to find out John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls wrote that song. Him and James Newton Howard, who did the music for The Hunger Games, and worked with Hans Zimmer on the first two Nolan Batman films did the music for this film and it is gorgeous. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart.

My brother, and I love Treasure Planet

Ever since Pixar coming on the scene Disney started releasing the 2D movies against things they knew they wouldn’t do well against so they could provide reasoning to shareholders why they needed to stick to more easily made Pixar movies. For example take this movie. They released it in November 2002 after a James Bond and Harry Potter movie had come out. If you’d like another example they released The Princess and the Frog up against Avatar

I don't think this really qualifies as steampunk. The historical parts kind of pre-date the age of steam. To adequately describe Bioshock we had to coin the term dieselpunk, so I guess to capture the feel of this movie we have to call it... sailpunk?

Yes. You were. Did I mention that this is one of my favorite movies of all time?

I truly wish that treasure planet 2 was made

What I love about John Silver, is that he is by definition THE WHOLE PACKAGE, one can talk the flawless blend between 2D and 3D of the character, but that heavily compliments his CHARACTER in the story balancing the role of father-figure, friend, mentor and adversary (all pretty clashing hats) to Jim Hawking, Needless to say he is a multidimensional character in his writing as well as his design.

5:44 I agree. I love this film, but never considered it really steampunk. I love the environment, story, characters, but the world was lacking a little something. Nothing that ruins the film, just that itch in the vack of your head, this must be it, it's not good steampunk, but is a fabulous film.